Come with me to Victorian London, where we’ll enjoy the sights and then take a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland; maybe even visit a dark estate nearby, where numerous children await their fates. They’ve been gathered together, you see, because they are unusual. Some can heal, others, well…. best not discuss it. They’re called the Talents, …
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. Maybe it’s that everyone is back to school now: we found more “lessons” and teachable moments in the bestseller titles than we remember noticing before. Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie …
Alice Feeney returns with Daisy Darker, a locked-room mystery about a family reunion that gets all atmospheric and twisty. Daisy’s family has gathered for Nana’s 80th birthday. Where? Oh, just Nana’s old gothic place out on the island. You know, the island that routinely gets cut off from the mainland when a storm rolls in. The …
I read a review of Remarkably Bright Creatures that sang it’s praises, “even if it was a bit improbable.” In a world where the worst improbabilities seem to occur with ever-increasing frequency, it was supremely refreshing to read this heartfelt, hope-filled, “bit of improbability.” It left me walking a little lighter, my heart a little …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Last fall, there were quite a few one-word titles on the bestseller list. It’s …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. This week’s bestseller spotlight shines on fantasy titles (along with some …
Here’s further proof that no one writes families as well as Laurie Frankel. Mabs, Monday and Mirabel are triplets growing up in a small town beset by an ever-worsening environmental crisis that has profoundly damaged its residents. Determined to find the culprit poisoning their town’s water, the girls’ mother wages a campaign that divides the …
A book this fun has no business being so interesting and thought-provoking. Hella is a low gravity world home to massive wildlife ( a.k.a. giant dinosaurs) and even larger weather patterns, a combination that forces the colonists trying to build a home there to adapt to their surroundings in profound ways. Seasonal migrations, strong communal …
We’re quietly intrigued about this next one. Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters is about a family who do just that: they eat books. But, aha!, they retain all of the content of the book after they ingest it. Naturally, things get dark, and the family’s secrets are put in danger as they try to navigate an …
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. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles. How fitting that during the …
