Okay, so the first thing I have to say about this book is: IT’S HILARIOUS! The second thing I have to say about it is: IT’S A HOOT! And the third thing is… just a second while I try to stop laughing… I LOVE IT! It features Rosaline (she prefers Rosie) – the daughter of …
Early 1900’s in Paris. Sylvia Beach wants to open a book store and she does, with a love of literature and a lot of hope. And it is a success – at first. Shakespeare and Company draws more than just customers. It is also the landing place for folks like Hemingway and his pals, including …
This is a memoir that screams and shouts, and murmurs and purrs. It is biting and scratching and claws its way into your psyche. It rends a man’s clothing to reveal the Truth. It does not apologize. It curses and blesses, and pierces the Dream to reveal a deep, dark void. It pulls back the …
Wow! I LOVE it when my favorite genre comes up with a new series that leans on a unique concept. Ben Koenig is the Fearless guy – because he can’t feel fear. Sometimes that’s a good thing but it can also lead to some bad outcomes, so he’s constantly on the watch for personal disaster. …
Magical realism, myth, surrealism, fairytale, folk tale – call it what you will but this story is a major treat! Translated from the Japanese author’s (Maru Ayase) original by translator Haydn Trowell, this is the first of the author’s many novels to be translated into English. What a great decision! Our main character is tired …
Just for fun, let’s find a picnic table in the park in one of our large cities – maybe London. Fill a coffee thermos with a load of Arthurian legend, toss in a dragon (it’s okay – it’s a big container) and bring in some immortal knights for good measure– maybe a damsel in distress– …
Ah…Italy in the Springtime. The war is over and it’s time to return home to Valetto, where few citizens remain. The village has been devastated, leaving it in ruins. But it is beautiful in its setting. Yes, even the three widowed sisters seem more lovely than they should be. But not everything is as it …
Author Brendan Slocumb incorporates some of his personal experiences as a classical musician and POC in this fictional novel of black history set against the classical symphonic industry. Protagonist Ray is an African American violinist who discovers his instrument is a rare Stradivarius that has been passed down to through his family. After it is …
A fun, fictional bio of a country superstar, like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, making her last tour due to health issues. A moving portrait of a woman trying to break through a patriarchal industry and the pratfalls she endured. — Gerard Villegas, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA In March, novelist Stephanie Clifford came back to …
Good. –Steve, whose favorite independent bookstore is Auntie’s Books in Spokane, WA Grisham returns to the legal thriller genre and Mississippi in this latest novel. John Grisham returns to Mississippi with the riveting story of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Grisham’s …
