As I write this, it’s November 5, and it’s raining. These two things together make me think of England. I spent ten weeks in Britain in college, on a school literary trip abroad with twenty-odd other students, chaperoned by our literature professor and his wife. The purpose was to put us inside the literature we studied …
This year, my dear husband gave me a birthday gift of two L.M. Montgomery books: Anne of Avonlea, because my old copy had worn out, and Rilla of Ingleside, which I had read twice but never owned. I was thrilled, and immediately started reading Rilla of Ingleside again for the third time. Like many people, …
I just returned from a trip to Seattle, where my sister worked hard on turning me into a fan of the BBC’s newest “Sherlock” show, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Her ploy worked—I am now waiting in suspense for the much-anticipated third season. Discussing the shows and how they follow and differ from the …
“What are you reading right now?” This is the time of year when I dread this question. Imagine my typical customer, a nice, middle-aged, middle-class, well-dressed woman who loves to read, standing in front of me, asking this question with an expectant, hopeful look on her face. She needs a new book, perhaps a read …
cheap generic propecia Perhaps it's my destiny in life to relate to books in almost every possible way. I read them. I sell them. I've helped edit them. I'm writing some of my own. And I'm in two books, too. When I was growing up, my dad, Jon Remmerde, wrote a memoir of the eight …
I read Kenmore, Washington author Kirby Larson’s Newbery Honor-winning book Hattie Big Sky when it came out in 2007. The story of 16-year-old Hattie, who moves to Montana by herself to try to prove up on a homestead claim left to her by her bachelor uncle, completely captured my heart, and I hand-sold it to everyone I …
I’m always interested to hear about bookseller-writers, so I was curious to read Miriam Forster’s debut novel, City of a Thousand Dolls, and happy to get to ask her some questions. Forster worked at Rediscovered Books in Boise, Idaho until recently, when she moved to Portland, Oregon. She maintains a delightful blog at msforster.blogspot.com. City …
It started when I saw the new movie of The Hobbit. Although I was in the middle of another book at the time–a new book, adult fiction, just the kind I always think I should read to keep up with my field–I couldn’t help it; I started to re-read The Hobbit. Never mind that I’ve …
On a college trip to England, I wandered off by myself to explore a small town. I wanted to find a bookstore, and I wanted to find a very specific book. It was not a book I had ever seen, yet I thought it must exist. As I entered a secondhand and antiquarian bookstore, I …
If you live in Oregon and enjoy hiking, you probably know William Sullivan as the author of many excellent guidebooks. He has written and published five hiking guides to cover different regions of the state, as well as additional books of special things to do and see in Oregon. His narrative nonfiction is also well-known; Listening …
