Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Whether a main plot point is spinning straw into gold, a character lives in a town called …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, let’s enjoy birds on bestsellers. The #1 books on the Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, and …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. We have been enjoying a magical, mysterious summer as readers, with many of …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. The latest bestseller list features some books that sold through their most recent print runs in the …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles. Last week, much of our …
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. This week, we found “love” in the titles on our bestseller lists. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss Amy Bloom (Hardcover nonfiction #11) The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We’re highlighting one-word titles. Easy to type. Maybe not-so easy to search. Easy to buy. Easy to enjoy. Bewilderment Richard Powers (#6 Hardcover fiction) Crossroads Jonathan Franzen (#8 Hardcover fiction) …
By Amy Wang for The Oregonian/ Oregonlive.com September 18, 2021: “It’s happening! It’s really happening!” That was Portland author and musician Colin Meloy‘s delighted tweet on Wednesday. “I’m super excited to see what these guys do with Wildwood,” Meloy added. That would be “Wildwood” as in the 2011 children’s fantasy novel set in Portland’s Forest Park that put …
In the Half Room brings me right into that cozy realm that Goodnight Moon did for me as a child: the playful warmth of the familiar alongside the clever. Having met Carson Ellis several times over the years, this feels like such a reflection of her untraditional way of moving through the world while staying …
It is now December, & … strange stuffs will be well sold, strange tales well told, strange sights much sought, strange things much bought, and what else as falls out. To conclude, I hold it the costly Purveyor of Excess, and the after-breeder of necessity, the practice of Folly, and the Purgatory of Reason. Farewell. …
