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AAPI Heritage Month

May

5

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Asian American Authors

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. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Let’s celebrate the first week with bestselling books by Asian American authors, and let’s work on getting some books by …

May

4

2022

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Julie Otsuka’s novels are literary gems, and Swimmers joins its predecessors—The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor was Divine—as a work of uncommonly lyrical beauty and pathos. The loss of a public swimming pool to a series of mysterious cracks developing on the bottom disperses a tight and quirky community of lap swimmers. …

May

2

2022

Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings written by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat

Ooh! Look at this! Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat (who recently wrote and illustrated The Aquanaut) team up for Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! Can you narratively navigate through the dark wood and avoid the hungry wolf? Can you find the golden goose? Watch out for the angry pig! Oh my! You’ve …

May

19

2021

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and Erasure by Percival Everett

If you, like me, thought Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown was a terrific novel, funny, tragic, thought-provoking, insightful, all those good things, then here’s your next great read: Percival Everett’s Erasure. √ them out today. —Nancy Pearl on social media 5/18/20, reposted 5/18/21 One Nightstand is a reader-fueled feature, and you can be a contributor, too. Simply …

May

17

2021

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a unique heartfelt Japanese story. The story is beautifully told and shows how heartache can be turned into happiness and bring people closer together. An unexpected and enjoyable find. –Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, WA This little gem was a favorite of not just Trail’s End in Winthrop, WA, but …

May

14

2021

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown

Seattle author Daniel James Brown autographed copies of his latest book, Facing the Mountain, for Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle in preparation for his launch event with the bookstore and nonprofit Denshō on May 11.  No one puts heart into history quite like Brown. Fans of The Boys in the Boat will appreciate how he again …

May

5

2021

While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown

This is a true story about a girl who was sent to live in Japan with her grandmother for six months. Waka is very funny, and it was very interesting reading about what Japan was like for Japanese Americans in the ’80s. Definitely made we want to visit Japan someday! –Hailey, Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo, …

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