“This is my favorite book so far this year. Retired, proper Englishman Harold Fry gets a letter from an old acquaintance saying she has cancer. He struggles to write a reply. Then he struggles to mail his reply, so he just walks across England to hand deliver his letter. While Harold is walking he has …
“Alain de Botton writes charming, philosophically-oriented books about a variety of subjects that impact our lives, to varying degrees (work, travel, architecture, religion, philosophy, Marcel Proust…). In this cheekily titled little volume, he’s actually encouraging us to think more deeply (penetratingly?) about sex, rather than more often. With gentle humor, he reassures us that sex …
“This is the most accessible of the novels I’ve read by Toni Morrison, but it’s no less powerful for being readable. The story is about a Korean war veteran, Frank Money, who joined the army to escape from the home town in Georgia that he hated, and is now state-side again, suffering from what would …
“This is Carl Hiassen’s fourth book for younger readers. It’s the story of Wahoo Cray, an Everglades kid whose father, Mickey, is a professional animal wrangler. Mickey has been out of work after getting a concussion from a frozen iguana, but finally accepts a job offer from Derek Badger, a reality-TV star. Everything seems to …
“This is an astounding book with surprises around each corner. Against all odds two extraordinary characters, River, a Kentucky coal miner’s son, and Meena, an Indian immigrant girl living in New York, become pen pals. They share their moving stories, feelings, thoughts, and even try to send each other telepathic messages.”—Giulia, Watermark Book Company, Anacortes, …
Anacortes bookseller Patti Pattee informs us that her town has murals of its “famous” residents all over the place, but that local artist Christine Olsen has, “added a whole new element.” Pattee should know. One of these elements lives on the side of her bookstore, Watermark Book Co. The Bookworm Sasquatch went up in August, featuring—this …
“An admiring biography of the minor German princess who at the age of 15 married Peter the Not So Great, the mentally incompetent teenager who was the grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne. (Peter the Great was the subject of an earlier Pulitzer prize-winning biography by Massie.) In the decade …
“I liked Margo Crane, the 16 year-old feisty heroine of this coming-of-age novel, and I think you will, too. She’s a sharp-shooting, unashamedly sexy kid looking for love on the wrong side of the river. (Spoiler alert: There’s a ‘redemption’ component!) Author Bonnie Jo Campbell narrates in a gentle, gliding voice, much like the river …
Watermark Book Company (Anacortes WA) and its owner Patti Pattee are pleased to announce the opening of a mini-store within the current bookstore that’s devoted to the sale of used eBooks. Called ReBook, the store features a number of collectible items. “We’ve got some rare first editions, a number of out-of-print titles, even a few autographed …
“Moonlight Mile is the sequel to Gone, Baby Gone, which is probably the most devastating entry in the Kenzie/Gennaro series. In this new book, private investigator Patrick Kenzie continues to wrestle with the case of Amanda McCready: How can the right decision be so terribly wrong? Lehane’s writing is as explosive as ever, but this …
