Amy Kane, who owns the bookstore in Haines, the tiny Alaska town where I live, tells everyone that my books, especially the most recent one, Of Bears and Ballots, published June 30, 2020, saved her business during the pandemic, but really, The Bookstore saved me. “Bottom line is without that book we wouldn’t be here,” …
If you, like me, thought Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown was a terrific novel, funny, tragic, thought-provoking, insightful, all those good things, then here’s your next great read: Percival Everett’s Erasure. √ them out today. —Nancy Pearl on social media 5/18/20, reposted 5/18/21 One Nightstand is a reader-fueled feature, and you can be a contributor, too. Simply …
The sun might be shining, vaccination rates are going up, and hope is definitely springing, but some good books to keep you company are always a good idea. You’ve got this! Here’s a list compiled earlier this year by the good people of the Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT. Wintering by Katherine May released during the …
I met Rob Phillips a few weeks ago. He had on a mask. So, I might not be able to recognize him on the street after COVID-19. I have, however, read his Yakima Herald Republic column for years. I love the comfortable way he writes, never exuding the expert outdoorsman vibe that keeps others from …
Be sure to read the full list, with recommendations from booksellers around the country, but why not start here, with favorites from Portland and Seattle booksellers? John Rember, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World (University of New Mexico Press) Jeremy Garber, Powell’s, Portland: John Rember’s A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World collects …
Matt Ruff is mercurial, and you never know what he’s going to do next. With 88 Names, he tackles the whole online persona/MMORPG thing (also known as “I Know What We’re All Doing This Summer”). Our protagonist is John Chu, who runs a sherpa business, which is a thing where neophytes get guided through the hard …
Instead of a hare with a pocket watch, it’s an enigmatic man with a proposition who leads our unnamed narrator down the rabbit hole. His offer is unusual, but lucrative: if she is willing to relinquish her identity entirely to work as a stand-in for a reclusive young actress until she is well enough to …
