“The ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ of Mediterranean yachting, told from the chef’s point of view.” –Carol Spurling, BookPeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID Upper crust Italian locavores, gorgeous ports-of-call, elegance, and deliciousness all in one true story? Plus a forward by Mario Batali? How had we not read this before? Let’s all get our copies at BookPeople or another independent …
I should know better than to start a book with this much standing ovation worthy advanced praise at 9pm . . . Thus it is with the bleary eyes of a late night reader that I write this review. The intro by the author himself sets the scene of a narrative voice that is deeply …
This week, 600 booksellers gathered in Denver for the 11th annual Winter Institute, a 3-day educational conference for people who own or work in independent bookstores, hosted by the American Booksellers Association (ABA). The ABA started a new tradition on the opening night: a backlist book swap. “Backlist” titlesare books that have been around (the opposite of …
Carson Ellis’s detailed, engaging, and enchanting illustrations alone make this book exquisite, but then her writing just becomes the cherry on top. I am instantly smitten with this book that takes us not only around the world but back and forth through time, all the while drawing the reader in closer and closer. This is …
If some usual faces are missing from behind the counter at your local bookstore today and this weekend, it may be that they’re attending the annual trade show and education conference of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, happening now in Portland. I took the train down from Seattle yesterday for the board meeting. (I found …
Let Me Explain You opens with an email message written by Stavros Stavros Mavrakis, Greek immigrant and restaurateur, to his three grown daughters and his ex-wife. He is dying, with just over a week left to live, he believes, and his email message outlines how he wants these women’s lives to be better— if only they …
Should you pull into the back lot behind BookPeople of Moscow (Moscow, ID), there’s no question as to where you should enter the shop, thanks to a new paint job. “We are so stoked about this mural that we commissioned for the back of our store, that was finished just today. It faces the big …
Walt, Nick, and I have all read and loved this book. Filled with literary references and allusions, an aspiring writer who keeps losing his hopeful masterpieces, an immensely talented writer who keeps losing his sanity, and a beautiful actress who cannot be without a role, readers follow these three on a romp through one story …
“March is Maisie Month and we will be celebrating the release of the new Maisie Dobbs with a special event! No queuing outside the store at midnight, no fighting through the crowds to snag your signed first edition. No. We, like Maisie, are civilized, and so are you.” That’s how BookPeople of Moscow billed its English-style …
I sit back and read the announcement’s first paragraph, that whole thing about If Not for This being “crowned.” I reread that, all royalty. But then I get to the killer line, the Jurassic-scale fly in the ointment; “…we would like each winner to choose his or her favorite PNBA member bookstore…” Seriously? One? I …
