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
