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. Big thanks to Cannon Beach Books of Cannon Beach, OR for the idea. So many of the bestsellers had blue elements, I had to be a little subjective when making …
The Polish science fiction writing genius, gave us a short story par excellence with The Seventh Voyage. It’s one of many adventures of his indefatigable comedic protagonist Ijon Tichy. In this instance the innocent Ijon is merely cruising in his space ship when he gets caught in a time loop. As a result, past and …
Imagine you are a writer and you just can’t think of anything to write about. What do you do? You take your dog for a walk through the neighborhood, of course! And wouldn’t you know, by the end of this quiet, unassuming book, Philip Stead has found a lot to write about without even thinking …
When we visited Green Bean Books in Portland this summer (this is a great new store that manages to be homey and stylish and full of kid-pleasing nooks and wonders), they were prominently displaying the picture book A Sick Day for Amos McGee, whose illustrator Erin E. Stead won the won the 2011 Caldecott Medal, it was …
