Elizabeth Barnhill
Book Buyer for Fabled BookshopAn over 30-year resident of Waco, Elizabeth Barnhill works as the adult book buyer at Waco’s independent bookshop, Fabled. She spends her days reading books, talking with publishers and authors, conducting personalized shopping appointments at Fabled, and curating books for all types of readers in the Waco community and beyond. She is also a regular contributor to the Wacoan’s Cover to Cover feature and book podcasts including the Currently Reading podcast. She has two degrees from Baylor University and is married with three grown children. Her book recommendations can be found @Wacoreads on Instagram.
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The beginning of this slow burn crime fiction is a doozy. During the beginning days of the pandemic, beaches in Florida were closed to the public, but two boys sneak out to surf near Reef Road, when they spot a hand that has washed up to shore. -
The beginning of this slow burn crime fiction is a doozy. During the beginning days of the pandemic, beaches in Florida were closed to the public, but two boys sneak out to surf near Reef Road, when they spot a hand that has washed up to shore.
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Nugent, an Irish writer, always starts her books with a catchy opening line. Any time she has a new book out, I immediately turn to the first sentence to see what sort of tale awaits me. -
Nugent, an Irish writer, always starts her books with a catchy opening line. Any time she has a new book out, I immediately turn to the first sentence to see what sort of tale awaits me.
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I wanted to bring a backlist selection that I only recently discovered. That is The Long And Faraway Gone by Lou Berney. -
I wanted to bring a backlist selection that I only recently discovered. That is The Long And Faraway Gone by Lou Berney.
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A nonfiction deep dive into one of America's most intriguing cities is the book I am bringing to you today. That is The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Missisippi by Richard Grant. -
A nonfiction deep dive into one of America's most intriguing cities is the book I am bringing to you today. That is The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Missisippi by Richard Grant.
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Today I am recommending my favorite book of last year, Love and Saffron by Kim Fay. I describe is as if Ruth Reichl, food writer for the NYT, and Laurie Colwin, my favorite food memoir writer wrote Eighty Four Charing Cross and I loved everything about it -
Today I am recommending my favorite book of last year, Love and Saffron by Kim Fay. I describe is as if Ruth Reichl, food writer for the NYT, and Laurie Colwin, my favorite food memoir writer wrote Eighty Four Charing Cross and I loved everything about it
