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Oct

12

2020

Face Out

The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

Welcome to Moose Springs, Alaska, where locals are grumpy, the tourists are sometimes overly touristy, and the moose love to cause mischief. I’m not ashamed to admit I stayed up way too late reading every page… Perfect for anyone who needs a little rom-com to lift their spirits.” –Melissa, Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, WA This recommendation on Instagram also included the second Moose Springs romance, Mistletoe and Mr. Right, which just came out, and the commentary: “This is quite the …

Oct

9

2020

Awards and Honors

2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Preview, Part 2

Last Friday afternoon, as part of the week’s virtual regional trade show, booksellers from around the Pacific Northwest watched members of the PNBA Book Awards Committee present a selection of books they are excited about for the 2021 Book Awards. This post is the second part of the list of books mentioned during that session. …

Oct

8

2020

One Nightstand

Hard Target by J. B. Turner

Jon Reznick is former Special Forces, CIA “black ops,” and current FBI. consultant. Sometimes his ops are “on the books;” other times he operates outside formal control. He lives in Rockland, Maine. He operates worldwide. He usually is a loner but he has resources. Among his resources in this story are Martha Meyerstein, Assistant Director …

Oct

7

2020

Face Out

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

A wedding invitation you definitely might want to decline! Foley follows in the footsteps of Agatha Christie with a remote setting of an island off the coast of Ireland and explosive secrets between spouses, siblings, and guests you can’t wait to discover. With lives and reputations at stake, who doesn’t want a front row seat? …

Oct

6

2020

PNBA Book Awards

Awards and Honors

2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Preview, Part 1

Last Friday afternoon, as part of the week’s virtual regional trade show, booksellers from around the Pacific Northwest watched members of the PNBA Book Awards Committee present a selection of books they are excited about for the 2021 Book Awards. About 400 titles have been nominated for the award (more were arriving during the conference). …

Oct

5

2020

Face Out

Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton

Gibbs Smith continues their charming wilderness writing series with Ernest Thompson Seton’s Wild Animals I Have Known. Look, we’re suckers for pretty books, and Gibbs Smith is doing a marvelous job with the design and layout of this series (we’ve thrown a couple more of them on this Newsletter List on bookshop.org). Seton’s Wild Animals I Have …

Oct

2

2020

Borrowed Copy

The Year of Reading Toni Morrison (with Broadway Books)

From Broadway Books in Portland, OR: Last year we were excited to host The Year of Reading James Baldwin at Broadway Books. This year we are elated to announce that starting September 1st, we are hosting The Year of Reading Toni Morrison. As with our James Baldwin year, this means we will be offering ALL of Ms. Morrison’s many …

Oct

1

2020

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Spindlefish and Stars
by Christiane M. Andrews

Clo, wall-jumper, turnip-picker, corner-skulker, was NOT a hand-wringer, but in the many times and many ways they had fled a village, never had her father failed to meet her. Always, he had made her promise, should the morning bells ring five without his return, she should leave the town. “Do not stay,” he instructed her. …

Sep

30

2020

Face Out

The Finisher by Peter Lovesey

Fifty years after publishing his first novel—the wonderful Wobble to Death, about murder during a Victorian race walking competition—British author Lovesey returns to the sports world in this 19th mystery starring Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond. In the run-up to Bath, England’s spring half-marathon, we’re introduced to Maeve Kelly, a usually non-athletic schoolteacher, who’s training for this …

Sep

29

2020

Award Winners

2020 Washington State Book Awards Winners

Congratulations to the 2020 Washington State Book Awards winners! Winners selected are outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2019. This is the 54th year of the program, formerly called the Governor’s Writers Awards. An award is given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author …

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