Perhaps you read Snyder’s bracing pamphlet, On Tyranny (or the Facebook post it was based on)—from its title, I had imagined this new, much larger book as an expansion of those ideas, but, while it’s written in the same level-headed-but-urgent tone (which Snyder’s voice for the audiobook perfectly represents), it’s doing something related but different, focusing less …
Audiobooks. More specifically, audiobook narrators and the ability of said narrators to make or break an audiobook experience. I was going to try to do this without naming names, but I’ve never before shied away from being upfront about what I don’t like, so why would I now? I think it stemmed from some …
Phinney Books’ Audiobook of the Week I am learning: a comedian reading their own audiobook is a good way to go. (Eddie Izzard next?) But W. Kamau Bell is not your average comedian, and his Awkward Thoughts is not your average comedian’s book. There’s not a punch line in every paragraph; sometimes there isn’t one on …
I’ve had ideas for new posts rattling around in my brain for months, but, to be perfectly honest, I just haven’t had the mental or emotional energy to get the words down. It started with the election or, really, with the campaign. It was just so dispiriting and disheartening and now it feels like it’s …
I adored this debut middle grade novel. Narrated by young Arturo, it tells the story of how he tried to save his family’s restaurant and his neighborhood from alluring yet ultimately devastating gentrification at the hands of a smarmy real estate developer. There’s some light romance, a touch of bittersweet sadness, a ton of hilarious …
Every spring, Phinney Books in Seattle gives a preview of upcoming titles. It usually comes around the time of the first crocuses, and it’s a harbinger of good things, indeed. This year, Phinney Books owner Tom Nissley kicked off the list with Lincoln in the Bardo, even though he hadn’t had a chance to read …
At NWBL, our kids are either too old or too young to have drawn us into JK Rowling’s world. And, while nowadays it’s customary for adult readers to read the stories of Harry, Bella or Katniss, a decade ago, when several of us were working in bookstores, it just wasn’t the case. Some of us …
