Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Let’s Hear It for the Wives

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week’s hardcover fiction bestsellers feature some powerful, complex wives. Could we continue the wifely theme by getting the nonfiction book The Wives by Tacoma author Simone Gorrindo on next week’s list? All Fours Miranda July (#4 Hardcover Fiction) Lady Macbeth Ava …

Sep 5, 2024

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Sep

9

2024

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Stay True by Hua Hsu 

Hua Hsu’s story perfectly balances being deeply personal and resonating with anyone who reads it. About friendship, nostalgia, identity and the desperate ways in which we try to preserve the past, Stay True is heartbreaking and deeply relatable to those struggling with loss in any form, whether it be loss of youth, loss of self, …

Sep

6

2024

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

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Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson

Here is a new Jackson Brodie mystery by Kate Atkinson. In Death at the Sign of the Rook, we find Brodie trudging through a tedious case involving a stolen painting. But Brodie soon discovers this theft is but one of many, and the trail leads him to a dilapidated estate which has recently been converted …

Sep

4

2024

Karen with The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr

Karen of Beach Books, Seaside, OR recommends The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr. From the publisher: Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists …

Sep

3

2024

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The Storefront

Sisters Festival of Books Sept. 13-15, 2024

What a month September is for the Pacific Northwest! We have the Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival on September 7 in Redmond, WA thanks to Brick & Mortar Books, and then the following weekend is the Sisters Festival of Books September 13-15 in Sisters, OR, thanks to the hard work of Paulina Springs Books and the …

Sep

2

2024

The Storefront

Happy Labor Day!

On holidays, remember to check with your local, independent bookstore to make sure they are open their regular hours. Enjoy this salute to laborers and those who speak for them. This display was shared by former PNW bookseller Cheryl McKeon, now a bookseller at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany, NY.

Aug

30

2024

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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

This was sooooo compelling and delightful! A goose girl retelling, yes, but goose girl as a regency-fantasy-horror-fairytale. This had all the signature warmth and quirk of her other fantasy books, but tinged with true horror elements— some of the more grotesque imagery has really stuck with me. I loved these characters, and the ending was flawlessly …

Aug

29

2024

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mochizuki

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Magic and Mystery (minus the Maas)

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. We have been enjoying a magical, mysterious summer as readers, with many of …

Aug

28

2024

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The Prickletrims Go Wild by Marie Dorleans, Polly Lawson [translator]

The sentences, the illustrations, the patterns, the message—I loved it! I read it again immediately after I finished reading it. I would have loved to read this book over and over at bedtime with my kid. —Blanca, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA From the publisher, Floris Books: The Prickletrim family are very proud of their pristine …

Aug

27

2024

The Storefront

Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival Sept. 7, 2024

Head to Redmond, WA for a kid lit extravaganza, Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival, hosted by Brick & Mortar Books outside the store at the Redmond Town Center! Dress for the weather. Check out the schedule. Have a blast! Here’s a detailed schedule for who is when (click to go to their website, which might be …

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