Here is Torben Kuhlmann’s latest Mouse Adventure children’s book. This one is about Earhart, both the aviator and the mouse who dreamed of the world beyond the field she’s grown up in. We’re huge fans of Kuhlmann’s art and storytelling, and we’re so delighted he’s done another book in his absolutely charming series. Highly recommended. …
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ballast Book Co. (@ballastbookco) Independent Bookstore Day 2025 is Saturday, April 26. Washington’s South Sound bookstores are hosting the South Sound Bookstore Crawl April 26th through May 4th. It’s a worthy quest! If you visit all 11 stores on the South Sound Book Crawl and get …
Here is Jeneva Rose’s latest domestic thriller, The Perfect Divorce, complete with bloodspattered edges. (Yes, the books ship that way. No, we didn’t suffer a terrible papercut while getting these books out of the boxes. We appreciate your concern.) Anyway, The Perfect Divorce is about Sarah and Adam and Sarah and Bob. Oh, and former deputy Marcus …
Reginald Bakeley’s classic Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice in Our Campaign Against Fairies, Gnomes, Goblins, and Other Nasty Members of the Fairy Kingdom is back in print! Thank goodness. Our chickens are all going to sleep more securely tonight, knowing that Mr. Bakeley’s timeless advice is once again readily available to the lay person. …
Romney, as the subtitle notes, is a rare book collector, and one of the things such folk do is ask pointed questions and do follow-up research. In Romney’s case, it was a line written in a non-fiction book about the history of the novel, which stated that the formative period of Jane Austen’s life was “was one of the …
Here is Ken Forkish’s Let’s Make Bread, a delightful comic book cookbook (filled with illustrations and helpful diagrams by Sarah Becan). Much like Let’s Make Ramen and Let’s Make Sushi, Let’s Make Bread is a charmingly illustrated guide to, well, making bread. Plan accordingly. And bring us some examples of your efforts. Please and thank you. –A Good Book, Sumner, WA …
Karl Marlantes on Chronicling the Early Cold War Years Karl Marlantes is back with Cold Victory [available this week in paperback], a novel about community, family, and skiing. Set in 1947, Cold Victory tells the story of two young military attachés who drunkenly challenge each other to a cross-country wilderness race. Since this is Finland, …
Out Nov. 5 is Sy Montgomery’s next exploration of the natural world: What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird. Sy has had a flock of chickens for more than two decades, and during that time, she’s come to know them all: their weird walks, their distinctive calls, their awareness of …
The King of Not-Cozy has a new book out. This is Chuck Palahniuk’s Shock Induction, a satirical parable about surveillance capitalism, indentured servitude, and sleazy billionaires. Kids at a highly reputable high school are disappearing, and no one wants to talk about what’s happening. That’s because everyone knows these kids are being chosen for a …
Here is Willy Vlautin’s The Horse, which is the story of Al Ward, a man in his final years, who finds a horse on his doorstep one morning. He’s not sure if the horse is a hallucination, but its presence triggers a lot of contemplation of life—the one he had and the one he didn’t …
