From Shelf Awareness for Readers November 15, 2019 On the last page of A Pilgrimage to Eternity, journalist Timothy Egan (The Immortal Irishman) reflects on his thousand-mile journey. “The Via Francigena is a trail of ideas, and it helps to walk with eyes open–otherwise you miss the bread crumbs of epiphany along the way.” Egan’s …
I LOVE this book! Karen Karbo is at her feisty best as she relates the “difficult” natures of her subjects. (The author of Eloise? Who knew?) –Cheryl McKeon, former bookseller at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA; currently the manager of Book Passage Ferry Building in San Francisco, CA Seattle area folks: Learn …
The NW booklovers’ community extends beyond the Pacific Northwest… Here, we see a lovely photo of a display promoting an event at Book Passage in San Francisco. (I pulled this post’s headline from the great intro on the shelf talker pictured.) The picture was posted by former Third Place Books bookseller, Cheryl McKeon, on Facebook with …
Painted Horses was chosen by independent booksellers as the #1 Indie Next book for August— the book booksellers were most excited about. Cheryl McKeon, now of Book Passage in San Francisco but formerly of Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA, wrote the blurb chosen to explain what readers love about Painted Horses: “Brooks sweeps …
“In this WWII story like no other, a former investigative reporter for The New York Times tells of her mother and grandparents’ flight from 1938 Germany for France, where, as Jews, they spent four years as refugees. In 1942 they escaped France, to be detained in Cuba for almost two years before emigrating to New York. This …
How does a natural history book about an everyday bird become so popular that it lands a spot on the Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List? Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness (Little, Brown, 2009) is charming Northwest booksellers and readers, inspiring us to become urban naturalists and to pay closer attention to those …
