From Jim Ryan and Jamie Hale for The Oregonian/OregonLive 10/28/21: A new film adaptation of classic science fiction novel Dune has opened in U.S. theaters, bringing audiences back to the desert planet Arrakis, home of sand worms, spice, politics and war. While set on an alien world, Dune was inspired by a very real place: …
By Amy Wang for The Oregonian/ Oregonlive.com September 18, 2021: “It’s happening! It’s really happening!” That was Portland author and musician Colin Meloy‘s delighted tweet on Wednesday. “I’m super excited to see what these guys do with Wildwood,” Meloy added. That would be “Wildwood” as in the 2011 children’s fantasy novel set in Portland’s Forest Park that put …
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 the light is starting to get shorter every day; maybe it’s the smoke; maybe it’s school starting; maybe it’s hormones; maybe it’s the global pandemic… but it …
Every Thursday, we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. This week, we noticed a lot of numbers in titles. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig (Hardcover Nonfiction, #7) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Hardcover …
We don’t consider it often, but writing about the past, even in the most straightforward way, makes time elastic. Take The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis, for example. It’s a 1983 novel that’s having a renaissance due to Netflix’s acclaimed screen adaptation. (Side notes: I’ve seen one episode so far and agree with the accolades. I …
Sunday night marked the debut of “Lovecraft Country,” an HBO series based on Seattle author Matt Ruff‘s novel of the same title. The series is produced by a stellar team that includes Misha Green (who wrote the first episode) and Jordan Peele. Here’s the summary of the show: Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the …
To all my fans, friends, and family. You’ve been amazing supporters of Enzo and his story for more than a decade and I want you to know how much I appreciate you all. I also want you to be among the first to see the trailer for the movie adaptation of The Art of Racing in …
Having seen the trailer for the upcoming movie with the same title, I learned it was a book first published in 1973. A great yarn filled with spooky and magical elements that many 8-12-year-olds love to read. Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to live with his uncle Jonathan and discovers a world totally new to …
What a treat to have not just one fun book, but a whole trilogy to dive into this summer! I am so happy that I finally got around to reading the first of this sassy, compulsive series set in modern Singapore. The “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” elements combine with skewering social commentary and …
Did you know that Einstein’s brain saw more of the US than he did? True story. Forty years after he died, a piece of his brain took a road trip with a journalist and the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955 (and kept his brain! What?). You can read about it in Driving …
