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Jun

16

2022

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: HERE BE DRAGONS

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Take a look at the dragon-related titles on this week’s list: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (#7 Hardcover fiction) Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.) (#10 Children’s Illustrated) The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) by Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.) (#2 Early & Middle Readers) …

Jun

15

2022

Face Out

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

What if you could travel back to your 16th birthday, make changes that might make your life better, and save your dad’s life in the process? Time travel, father-daughter relationships, and Emma’s great writing. If you liked The Midnight Library or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, this is the book you need. Now! –Karen, …

Jun

14

2022

Borrowed Copy

Play Ball! Phinney Books’ Little League Team

From the Phinney Books (Seattle, WA) newsletter: One of the side pleasures of having a neighborhood bookstore that I did not expect is having a baseball team named after you. With our fond memories of being a Ballard Little League family for a few years (not to mention fond memories of Chico’s Bail Bonds), when a friend asked …

Jun

13

2022

Face Out

Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

I loved this suspenseful novel, these mysterious characters. Antoine Wilson has created a situation worthy of Hitchcock, or of Highsmith. Mouth to Mouth asks if we can ever know the truth about those we love, or indeed ourselves. —Adam Possehl, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR Pick up something thrilling from Powell’s and other independent bookstores this summer. Remember …

Jun

10

2022

Borrowed Copy

New Owners for Seattle’s
Elliott Bay Book Company

  From Elliott Bay Book Company Instagram this week: We have a major life update for you all: we now have new owners! The transfer will happen over the course of this month and the new owners are very familiar faces, being our general manager [Tracy Taylor] and longtime shoppers and Queer/Bar owners [husband-and-husband team …

Jun

9

2022

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Musical Shelves

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We’d been watching the prevalence of bestsellers with music or singing in the title, or by musicians.  Storyteller by Dave Grohl dropped from the bestseller list for the first …

Jun

8

2022

Face Out

Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell

Ryan O’Connell has created a novel that has been missing from the publishing industry for too long. This novel follows the story of Elliot, a gay man with cerebral palsy who’s trying to find his way in LA as he navigates an impending life crisis. I loved cheering him on through all of the awkward …

Jun

7

2022

Borrowed Copy

Portland’s First Black Book Fest: Freadom Festival, June 18

From Amy Wang of The Oregonian/OregonLive, June 3, 2022: For Nanea Woods, books and community have always gone together, and now she’s launching her biggest effort yet to combine the two. Portland’s first Black literary festival, the Freadom Festival, is a tribute to freedom and reading that’s taking place in Portland’s Peninsula Park on Saturday, June …

Jun

6

2022

Face Out

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

In her first foray into Historical Romance, Adriana Herrera introduces us to Las Leonas–three Dominican best friends who travel to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, the heiress of the title, has come to the Expo to find new markets for her rum. James “Evan” Evanston Sinclair is there to do much …

Jun

3

2022

1remark

Borrowed Copy

Third Place Books Honors Bookseller Michael Coy

As reported in Shelf Awareness Wednesday, June 1, 2022: In honor of Michael Coy’s 48-year career in bookselling, his contributions to the greater Seattle book community and his lasting impact as the manager at Third Place Books, Ravenna, Wash., Third Place Books has named its entrance to its Ravenna location “Michael Coy Way.” A street sign bearing …

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