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 look for something special to showcase. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. When we were switching over the bestsellers’ display at …
Most independent bookstores are closed for Christmas Day, but you can browse our Face Out archives to make plans for your to be read pile. We hope you have a healthy and happy holiday!
This gorgeous cookbook is full of tasty recipes, beautiful photos, helpful tips, and thoughtful insight. I have never read a book so clear about when it is necessary to follow precisely, and if it’s not specified, we can assume there’s a little wiggle room. Explore sweet and savory recipes for a wide range of baking …
From A Good Book in Sumner, WA: The night before Christmas, and all through the store No critter was reading, including these four: They had hung no stockings, the stove was unlit; The shelves were all packed, such a tight fit! “These books are too many. No end is in sight!” The otters wailed loudly, bemoaning …
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. It looks like it might be a white Christmas, at least in Seattle, but whether or not the weather is optimally festive where you are, you can surround yourself with …
I have been reading books since the early 1950s and reviewing/posting the reviews for the past decade. I do not know how I missed Blake Pierce for all of those years. I have just read book one in the European Voyage Cozy Mystery series entitled Murder (and Baklava). It has two components that I am …
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. …
Before I start celebrating all of the festive holiday-themed Romance novels you can curl up with as the weather tuns cold and the nights grow longer and you need a break from all of the forced cheer, I need to address a huge, huge mistake in last month’s column. I forgot to include My Fake …
Here’s hoping you get to rip into some great book presents today. Happy reading and Merry Christmas!
Jamie Temairik, illustrator of Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties written by WA author Eric Ode, has a holiday gift for you! If you sign up to receive her (adorable and never-overwhelming) emails, you’ll get a link to a free download of Bigfoot paper dolls. Whether you need a Christmas craft or a little bonus gift, …
