Village Books Blog

On Eating Animals

The latest book I'm taking on is Jonathan Safran Foer's latest, Eating Animals. Those of you who know me know that I may be a weensy obsessed with Foer's fiction. Although I'm a strict fiction reader, I had to delve... Read more →

Half the Sky

Many women around the world have no dreams. None. Can you imagine that? Thirteen-year-old women are raped and then expected to marry their rapists. Young girls with fistula are left alone in huts at the edge of villages to die.... Read more →

The Layman's Health Care Guide

The other day, a customer called up and wanted to know if there was just a general book for the lay reader that explained the US Health Care system. Seeing as how we are in the middle of a national... Read more →

A Friend's Take on the Current State of Bookselling

I've commented before on the state of the publishing and bookselling business and I'm sure I'll have more to say about it in the future. In the meantime, take a look at this post by our friend Bill Petrocelli, co-owner... Read more →

An Op-Ed Piece by Kaled Hosseini

Kaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has an op-ed piece about racism in the current presidential campaign in the Washington Post today. Read it! Read more →