Jake’s mom is a treasure collector who up-cycles, making new things out of old. Jake wonders if he too can be transformed. A beautiful story about the bond between mother and child and how some things are worth changing while others are perfect just the way they are. –Jesica Sweedler DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, …
[In] Lillie Lainoff’s One for All, the story of 16-year-old Tania de Batz … suffers from constant dizziness and a murdered father. One of these things has an evident solution, and young Tania whisks herself off to Paris where she discovers that the finishing school her father wished her to attend is actually a secret …
From Shelf Awareness for Readers October 20, 2020 Jordan Scott: I Talk Like a River When I was a boy, my dad would sometimes pick me up from school on “bad speech days” and take me down to the river. On those days, my mouth would just stop working. Every word was painful, the laughter …
Hello, loverlies! After being quiet–at least on NW Book Lovers, as I certainly haven’t been quiet elsewhere–I am back for a new adventure. Turning Pages has gone into semi-retirement to make way for…The Bodice Riffer! (Thanks to our own Brian Juenemann for that pun-derful title.) Each month(-ish, because I’m still me), I’ll give you the …
The newest graphic novel from team Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker is packed full of the most amazing imagery and story, I couldn’t stop reading! I also couldn’t get over how natural the whole story was. Main characters Tam and Nova have their little quirks – one’s a witch with hearing aids, one’s a non-binary …
Redmond, WA’s Redmond Reporter’s opinion writer Samantha Pak recently published a great piece about romance books. She spoke with Brick & Mortar Books, an independent bookstore, about the genre. Below is an excerpt. At Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond Town Center, the romance section sells just as well as any other section, according to …
Sometimes you just fall in love with a book and everything it represents. Rosie Revere is back in an all-new chapter book series that might just be the best early chapter book series ever engineered! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA This is a fun, well-illustrated early chapter book that encompasses all the zany …
I REALLY enjoyed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus. While it’s listed as middle grade (8-12), it’s the upper end of that age range and one that readers of ALL ages should read (good life insights for young and old). It is beautifully written and has an extremely strong female character. She has …
Two weekends ago I attended my first Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) tradeshow. I had absolutely the best time, met some really incredible people (doing incredible things!), and learned more than I thought possible. It was also a physical challenge I posed to myself. See, I’m a high-function disabled woman. I was born with lipomeningomyelocele, …
