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Apr

10

2025

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Song Lyrics in Titles

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Here’s a pairing of bestsellers and songs that have their titles in their lyrics. Go ahead, sing along! Say You’ll Remember Me Abby Jimenez (#1 Hardcover fiction) When the Moon Hits Your Eye John Scalzi (#7 Hardcover fiction) Deep End Ali Hazelwood …

Apr

9

2025

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Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

A polyphonic requiem of voices singing a dissonant fugue. Reading Dogeaters is like approaching the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. For when the world seems incomprehensible and history is playing out like a twisted farce. From Marcos to Trump, the Philippines to America, reading this book is like looking in a funhouse mirror. And the reflection isn’t …

Apr

8

2025

Conversations

From Breaking News to Enduring Stories: A Conversation between Nancy Townsley and Laura Stanfill

In the early 2000s, Laura Stanfill (Forest Avenue Press) and Nancy Townsley (author of the new debut novel Sunshine Girl) were colleagues at a community newspaper chain in Portland, Oregon. Nancy’s new novel follows Eliza Donovan, the daughter of a journalist, as she pursues her own reporting career amid turbulent industry changes and, in the …

Apr

7

2025

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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

If you like Cloud Cuckoo Land this is similar… connected lives [Mesopotamia, London and Turkey] told through time… I loved the characters! — Michelle, Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds, WA Spanning from ancient Mesopotamia to the 1800s in England to the 2000s, this story begins with a single drop of rain. The book is simply stunning! — …

Apr

4

2025

Book cover of "The Small and Mighty" by Sharon McMahon; ivory background, woman's head profile in the American flag

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The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon

In this patriotic, inspiring, and untampered compilation, McMahon chronicles the extraordinary lives of ordinary Americans. We learn about teachers like Virginia Randolph, who created schools for children in the rural south. We learn about Inez Milholland, Maria De Lopez, and Rebecca Brown Mitchell and their decades’ long fight for women’s suffrage. We learn about Senator …

Apr

3

2025

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Yay, YA Authors!

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. This week’s bestseller list shows that some YA authors have staying power and …

Apr

2

2025

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Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Xavier Rush is a swoon-worthy veterinarian with ACOTAR vibes and a soft side. After the perfect date with Samantha, she begs him to forget her due to family drama. But the connection between them is undeniable. Full of humor, heart, and chemistry, this is a great romance. (Possibly Jimenez’s best to date) Another great pick …

Apr

1

2025

The Storefront

Celebrate Seattle Indie Bookstore Day Saturday April 26, 2025; Passport Challenge through May 5

Now that it’s April, Independent Bookstore Day is coming right up! This year, 29 (!!!) bookstores are participating in the Seattle Indie Bookstore Day passport challenge, the most ever. Start planning now if you want to be an Indie Champion by getting to all the bookstores between April 26, 2025 and May 5, 2025. The …

Mar

31

2025

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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Read Starling House if . . . – you enjoy the fog -you’ve read a Stephen King or V. E. Schwab Book – you love the taste and/or smell of coffee. –Rachel, Browsers, Olympia, WA Find an atmospheric read at Browsers and other independent bookstores.

Mar

28

2025

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Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Jane Eyre meets Shirley Jackson (think: We Have Always Lived in the Castle) in this Victorian horror-comedy. In the movie in my mind, Tim Burton is the director. Upon arriving at Ensor House, the new governess informs the reader with casual cruelty that, “It is early fall, the cold is beginning to descend, and in three months …

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