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Mar

5

2019

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The Storefront

Independent Bookstore Day Is Coming: Saturday April 27, 2019

What are your plans for Independent Bookstore Day? Saturday, April 27, 2019 will be the fifth annual Independent Bookstore Day. IBD celebrates independent bookstores around the country. Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent. In a world of tweets and algorithms and …

Mar

4

2019

The Wolf in the Whale

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An Unexpected Recommendation Pairing: “Growing Berries and Fruit Trees in the Pacific Northwest” by Tara Austen Weaver and “The Wolf in the Whale” by
Jordanna Max Brodsky

Here’s a book about growing fruit in your backyard.   This book contains instructions for caring for more than seventy-five different cultivars. All of which can be grown right here in the Pacific Northwest. Just think, you can start planting this week, and all your friends in the midwest will be sooper jealous that you …

Mar

1

2019

Women's National Book Association

Awards and Honors

Rediscovered Books and Third Place Books Nominated for Pannell Award

Twenty-eight general bookstores and 11 children’s specialty bookstores have been nominated for the Women’s National Book Association’s 2019 WNBA Pannell Awards, which honor bookstores that enhance their communities by using exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading among their young patrons. Rediscovered Books of Boise, ID and Third Place Books of Lake Forest Park, WA are …

Feb

28

2019

The Storefront

Beach Books Hosting Author Pam Houston March 22, 2019

Are you a Pam Houston fan? Treat yourself to lunch with Pam Houston at Beach Books in Seaside Oregon! [Ticket required] From Beach Books:  We are excited to have Pam Houston return to Beach Books with her latest work. Deep Creek is an invitation to her ranch home in the high country of Colorado. She bravely invites …

Feb

27

2019

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

In the ’60s four young siblings visit a psychic who tells each of them the day they will die.  Would you live your life differently if you knew the date of your death?  Would you want to know?  Free will or fate?  These and other questions are surrounded by beautiful writing that keeps you turning …

Feb

26

2019

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

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Mark Your Calendars and Preorder at Your Favorite Bookstore: Upcoming Title Highlights from Phinney Books

Phinney Books in Seattle shared excitement about some spring titles in a recent newsletter.  February 26 The Border by Don Winslow The arrival of this final volume is making it clear that Winslow’s epic trilogy about the drug wars on the US-Mexico border is one of the central fictional dramas of our time, closing in a storm …

Feb

25

2019

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Travels with Charley

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Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

In 1960, Steinbeck felt that he no longer intimately understood the country that he had been writing about for most of his life. Travels with Charley is his travelogue that came from his desire to see the country one last time before he died. It’s a rich perspective on America as only Steinbeck can tell it, as …

Feb

22

2019

Christy Carlyle by Paul F. Blouin

Conversations

Ruminating on Romance with Christy Carlyle

Christy Carlyle is one of the amazing group of Romance writers who call the Pacific Northwest home. Her new series, The Duke’s Den, began publishing in November 2018 with book two coming in April 2019. She took some time away from working on book three to answer a few questions from nwbooklovers columnist and Third …

Feb

21

2019

Herringbone Books storefront

Borrowed Copy

Store Snapshot: Herringbone Books

Herringbone Books, Redmond, OR “Brandon Weimer owner of Herringbone Books. [Author] Pam Houston just dropped by on the suggestion of Deon Stonehouse of Sunriver Books.” –posted by Kurtis Lowe, sales rep, Book Travelers West, on Instagram Feb. 12, 2019 Follow Kurtis on Instagram: kqlowe 

Feb

20

2019

The Fox

One Nightstand

The Fox by Frederick Forsyth

Thank you, Frederick Forsyth, for writing The Fox. Thank you G.P. Putnam’s Sons for publishing it. The 21st century has seen the birth of a new type warfare– cyberwarfare. Mr. Forsyth has produced a book whose plot seems to be ripped from major news headlines (not “fake news!”). Among the major characters is Sir Adrian Weston, retired …

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