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. Displays of new books change dramatically this time of year as oodles of fresh titles arrive every …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We’ve done a star theme before, but this week, we’re looking at the moon. Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson (#8 Hardcover fiction) Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John …
In this amazingly excellent dystopian novel, the main theme crops up often in the form of a quote from Star Trek: Voyager: “Survival is insufficient.” Besides the fact that I got the warm and fuzzies figuring the author must be a Star Trek fan, this quote perfectly describes the band of wandering musicians and Shakespearean …
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. Whether or not you’re going on spring break, you can visit the “Sea” with …
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. In both fiction and nonfiction titles, a science theme kept popping up. What are some of your favorite books with scientists as characters or authors? Sea of Tranquility Emily …
Kirkland, WA was the site of the first reported cases of coronavirus in the US. The governor of WA, Jay Inslee, declared a state of emergency (as have CA and MD). Large tech employers have instructed employees to work from home and one school district has closed for up to two weeks while they transition …
“When one’s life seems broken beyond repair, there remains one last move: a person can at least shut her eyes.” The premise is simple: A college student falls asleep, and can’t be woken. Then another. Eventually, an entire town. Only a handful ever wake up. When they do, they remember different worlds, different lives– raising …
Read this aloud to my husband as we drove from Yakima to Gearhart and back this weekend.
“A child is abducted by her father and a restless lifestyle of motels and endless roads ensues. The sense of drifting follows the protagonist into adulthood and infects all who are drawn to her. An exploration of family, of rootlessness and its opposite—and their effects.”—Hillary, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland
