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, …
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, …
“Bookavore” works for an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. She recently read one of the 2010 Book Award winners from the independent bookstores of the Pacific Northwest, The Big Burn by Timothy Egan, and gave it a rave review. Gotta love her style! Note, too, Bookavore’s honorable mention at the end of her column …
