This middle grade debut novel, available now in paperback, has just enough creepiness and plenty of hilarity! I loved the adventure and quirkiness; the storytelling reminds me of Roald Dahl but with a modern sensibility. It will make a fun family read-aloud. (I was hooked as soon as I learned our heroine suffers from tragic flatulence… …
I should know better than to start a book with this much standing ovation worthy advanced praise at 9pm . . . Thus it is with the bleary eyes of a late night reader that I write this review. The intro by the author himself sets the scene of a narrative voice that is deeply …
Last year, I attended the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s annual tradeshow on behalf of Girl Friday. I moderated a panel on building book communities and sat on a second panel about reading and influencing. Last year was my first time at the conference and I was amazed by the sense of community. Here were folks …
Hugo & Rose, the debut novel from Seattle author Bridget Foley, was chosen as one of the “12 of the most hyped books to read on the beach this summer” by the Irish web news site, TheJournal.ie. Here’s what they had to say: Married Rose dreams of the same man every night. This isn’t a problem …
Wow! The Steady Running of the Hour left me breathless. A brief, unforgettable affair between an English officer, headed to the worst of WWI battlefields, and a very modern Will o’ the Wisp weaves through the adventure of a young American and his far-reaching search to prove he is the heir to a fortune. –Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, …
Who in their right mind, in 2014, would publish a novel that touches upon the American War in Vietnam? And what sort of nutter would write, let alone try to publish, a novel that involves one of the protagonists being accused of sexual misconduct? I was raised partly by a Vietnam veteran stepdad whose anger …
At times harshly funny, at times heart-wrenching, this ultimately hopeful novel will appeal to fans of Jay Asher and John Green. — Emily Ring, Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA Emily was part of a panel of readers from independent bookstores around the country who chose ten debut novels to introduce at Book Expo America in New York last …
Full of humor, energy, love, and a sense of home, this debut novel is fantastic. Butler writes his main characters with complete understanding, but the greater surprise is the truth of his female characters. —Wendee Wieking, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle
I met with Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his element, on an overcast summer Monday at the Columns, the basalt rock climbing area of Skinner Butte Park in Eugene, Oregon. You can find Hoffmeister there upwards of one hundred days a year, either with his family or the students he teaches in the Integrated Outdoor Program …
