Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Summer Berries

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. A glance at the bestseller list made us ready for a trip to the bookstore, followed by a visit to the farmers’ market. Can you see why? BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics Paul Hollywood (Included: A Victoria Sandwich recipe with raspberry jam) (#14 Hardcover Nonfiction) Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey (#2 Children’s …

Aug 18, 2022

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Aug

17

2022

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One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

Here’s further proof that no one writes families as well as Laurie Frankel. Mabs, Monday and Mirabel are triplets growing up in a small town beset by an ever-worsening environmental crisis that has profoundly damaged its residents. Determined to find the culprit poisoning their town’s water, the girls’ mother wages a campaign that divides the …

Aug

16

2022

Borrowed Copy

Hugo House’s New Youth Literary Journal: Call for Submissions from Young Writers

From Seattle’s writers’ community hub, Hugo House: Introducing Misty Mint Magazine! Misty Mint Magazine is a fresh new literary journal run primarily by students from the Hugo House Young Writers Cohort (with some support from the Hugo House Youth Programs team!) and was founded with inspiring youth voices in mind. For our first issue, Misty Mint Magazine is accepting …

Aug

15

2022

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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

When a meme mocking her cousin’s body hair becomes the talk of the school, TJ Powar begins to wonder how and why something as natural as hair is seen as disgusting or unclean—she then decides to discontinue her shaving and waxing regimens to test just how much it affects her social status. TJ Powar Has …

Aug

12

2022

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The Maid by Nita Prose

Very entertaining! Miss Marple meets The Rosie Project in this charming book about a hotel maid who sees the world a bit differently than many of us. Molly the maid and her cast of friends will bring a smile to your face! —Jenny Stroyeck, The Homer Bookstore, Homer, AK Pick something that will make you smile; shop …

Aug

11

2022

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Family Affairs

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Several books this week have family relationships in their titles. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford (#2 Hardcover Fiction) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Silvia Moreno-Garcia (#12 Hardcover …

Aug

10

2022

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Fire Season by Leyna Krow

One of the hazards in the fast-growing American cities of the late 1800s was fire, and the Northwest was no exception. Most of us are familiar with the 1889 blaze that reshaped Seattle’s streets, but Spokane fell victim to flame in the same year. Unlike the Seattle fire, Spokane’s conflagration remains unexplained, which enables Leyna …

Aug

9

2022

One Nightstand

A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable

I read a book by Michelle Gable entitled The Bookseller’s Secret. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to try A Paris Apartment by the same author. It is one of the author’s earlier works. Like my first Gable book, this is based on fact but is a novel. The apartment existed. Marthe de Florian existed. …

Aug

8

2022

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Hella by David Gerrold

A book this fun has no business being so interesting and thought-provoking. Hella is a low gravity world home to massive wildlife ( a.k.a. giant dinosaurs) and even larger weather patterns, a combination that forces the colonists trying to build a home there to adapt to their surroundings in profound ways. Seasonal migrations, strong communal …

Aug

5

2022

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The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

We’re quietly intrigued about this next one. Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters is about a family who do just that: they eat books. But, aha!, they retain all of the content of the book after they ingest it. Naturally, things get dark, and the family’s secrets are put in danger as they try to navigate an …

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