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Season’s [Shopping] Greetings: Seven Tips for Supporting Small Businesses

As a retail worker, I have some things to ask of all of you as we go into what should be the tail end of this year’s Holiday shopping season, but is likely just the beginning. 1. SHOP LOCAL. A****n and Target and WalMart are going to be fine, but the local small businesses that give your neighborhoods and towns and cities their character may not. Wherever possible, buy from them instead, even if it costs a little more. (Remember …

Nov 27, 2020

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Pieometry by Lauren Ko

Thanksgiving is also known as “Turkey Day,” but for 2020, we are claiming it as “Pie All Day Day.” May you have a safe, satisfying Thanksgiving. Just in time for the holiday season, local Instagram sensation, artist, and baker Lauren Ko shows how to rise to the next level with pie baking. Ko provides easy …

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Apeirogon by Colum McCann

A double face out from Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA:  Sit back and let McCann work his magic. The book is rooted in the achingly tender real-life account of Rami and Bassam, Israeli and Palestinian fathers who have lost daughters to senseless violence, but who arrive at a shared position against the occupation …

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Karen Russell

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Rapid-Fire Book Recs from Author
Karen Russell on Literary Hub

Lit Hub’s “Rotten Tomatoes for Books,” Book Marks, interviewed Portland author Karen Russell, author of Sleep Donation. For her thoughts on 19 books, click here, but below– a sampling. Book Marks: First book you remember loving? Karen Russell: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle BM: Favorite re-read? KR: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn BM: What book do you …

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The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill

“I like it’s about that they have dragons and they make tea out of their flowers. The art is so beautiful!” — Mikaela Skye, age 7, Chapter One Book Store, Hamilton, MT Find books about your favorite things from Chapter One Book Store and other independent bookstores.

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The Storefront

Third Place Books Announces Favorite Books of 2020

From the Third Place Books blog, posted November 5, 2020: We asked the booksellers at all three of our locations for their favorite books of 2020. These are the top 10* books that made it onto the majority of those lists. [*Editor’s note: We’re only posting the top five so you can predict the other …

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Octavia Butler (a Seattleite!) should be required reading, and this book is a prime example as to why. This novel follows teenage Lauren, a visionary leader dedicated to seeking freedom and safety despite the fear, violence, and complacency of those around her. You will be in awe of her at every turn. Butler transcends the …

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I Am Every Good Thing

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I Am Every Good Thing written by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James 

This beautifully illustrated poem of a picture book celebrates Black boyhood, leaning into the joy and pride of a loved child. I love this line from the narrator: “I am good to the core, like the center of a cinnamon roll. Yeah, that good.” We have signed copies. —Carrie, Broadway Books, Portland, OR With bold …

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“Nourishment”– a poem by Abbe Rolnick

Nourishment Surrounded by books In a shop no larger than A postage stamp I traveled the world Through the portal of Another’s story Escaped and returned Enlightened Imagination broadened By quiet adventure The mind knows When you feed it Eat well — Abbe Rolnick Abbe Rolnick is an author, poet, and former bookseller. She lives …

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The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin

This excellent trilogy’s first book, The Fifth Season, begins on a dying world with a mother searching for her missing daughter. Opposing forces are using the power of the earth for their own benefit and using children as pawns in their struggle to control the world. This riveting trilogy will keep you on the edge of your …

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