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. As customers celebrated independent bookstores, is it any wonder that books that sound like happy thoughts sold well? Check out the uplifting titles that readers chose in regional independent bookstores …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has 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 got this week’s theme idea from seeing Life in Five Senses by Gretchen …
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, we noticed a question theme. Two books have “Questions” in their titles, …
Some just out-wit, out-smart, out talk others, out perform, and some “sit quiet and refuse to be agreeable.” Many just don’t give into self-doubt and second-guessing and proceed through life with verve and conviction. I would have loved to met them all! Each little vignette is filled with wit and insight and such fun to …
Before she was known for her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed was writing advice columns under the pseudonym Dear Sugar. The essays collected in this book are unlike any other advice pieces I’ve ever read; they’re filled with empathy and gut-wrenching honesty and are the perfect thing for someone who might be feeling a little (or a …
The “Tiny Beautiful Things” play, adapted by Nia Vardalos from the book by Oregon author Cheryl Strayed, will be appearing on stages around the country. Strayed posted on her social media: …Chicago, Massachusetts, Colorado (in three different cities!), Michigan, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newport, Oregon, Fernandina Beach, Florida, or Washington, D.C. … More cities to come, …
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 …
by Cila Warncke for frugalportland.com In an era where you can read yourself blind online without spending a penny, buying books is an act of enlightened frugality. Magazines and newspapers get tossed; websites morph. Books stick around. What’s more, books slow us down. There are no hyperlinks or banner ads, nothing to whisk our mind into the …
This Saturday, independent bookstores put their own twist on Small Business Saturday with Indies First. For the third year, authors support independent bookstores as they kick off the holiday season. Find a participating store near you, whether you’re in your own neighborhood or visiting family; the American Booksellers Association compiled stores celebrating Indies First on …
Oregon Public Broadcasting has launched a new monthly online series called “Greetings From the Northwest.” It explores stories, adventures, and history about this remarkable place we call home. This month, the series showcases books. Stories connect to reading lists, author interviews, book tours and more. It’s a nice stew of literary Northwestiness—features on Ken Kesey, Ursula K. …
