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Jan

27

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: “Bookshelves, Take Me Away!”

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. I’m dating myself with my reference to the “Calgon, take me away!” bubble bath ads from the 1980s, but I couldn’t resist as I read through the hardcover bestsellers’ titles.  …

Oct

26

2020

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London filled a void in me. Yes, I know that’s dramatic to say, but you know when you read a book and you feel like no other book can live up to it so you’re almost afraid to pick one up when you finish? That’s what I felt with this one. This …

Aug

31

2020

The Lost and Found Bookshop
by Susan Wiggs

Bookstores are filled with the best of stories, but this bookshop is even better — it hides mysteries within its walls and beneath its floors — secrets that can change a life. Readers will love Natalie, who inherits an historic (but also dilapidated) bookshop after a heartbreaking tragedy. Never afraid but often uncertain, she plunges …

Feb

27

2020

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
by Abbi Waxman

In these days of trying times, political unrest, uncertainty on many fronts, it’s good to just take a step back and find some joy somewhere, anywhere. Reading Abbi Waxman’s novel is a good start. From the first page to the last, this is a book that will keep the reader giggling, chuckling, and even laughing …

Aug

26

2019

Diary of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Bythell’s sardonic humor and undeniable wit and charm will “bookworm” its way into your heart and mind. Two things are bound to happen: 1. You’ll add The Bookshop in Wigtown to your bucket list of Scottish destinations hoping to catch a glimpse of EITHER the author OR the spraying stray cat, or to hear one …

Apr

13

2018

2

remarks

Kristine Kaufman

“Pick This Next…”

Throughout my career as a bookseller, one of my favorite duties was selecting the books to be displayed on the bookstore’s Front Table. Usually just inside the front door, a stack on that table was the best way to tell fellow readers “pick this one next.” Now that I’m retired, I no longer have such …

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