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holiday spirit

Jan

6

2016

Island Books’ Customers Reaffirm Faith in Humanity

Sure, that title sounds like hyperbole and clickbait, but I assure you that it’s true. This piece by Island Books bookseller and nwbooklover columnist James Crossley tells the story of a dollar bill, a holiday season, and what can happen when you trust.  Passing the Inadvertent Faith in Humanity Test The Christmas season is over, but …

Nov

26

2015

A La Mode Pie in Seattle

Happy Thanksgiving, Readers!

Happy Thanksgiving! I tried to find a photo of family togetherness to share to celebrate the day, but I decided instead to share this picture of me stuffing myself with pie at A La Mode Pie in Seattle. I was lucky enough to go in the company of fellow bookseller and amazing baker Emily Adams …

Jan

1

2015

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

What are you most looking forward to in literature in 2015?

Dec

25

2014

Book Tree at Book N Brush

Merry Christmas!

May you find all the books you wanted under (or in) your tree!

Dec

23

2014

James Crossley

Shades of Christmas

I’ve fallen into an unnatural role here at NW Book Lovers, that of holiday columnist. I say unnatural because I am by inclination someone who thrives on regularity and routine and does his best to follow Flaubert’s maxim: “Be settled in your life and ordinary as a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and …

Dec

9

2014

window shopping

Too Wonderful Not to Give Somebody

With all the noise about Black Friday and stores being open on Thanksgiving it occurs to me that we didn’t used to shop as much when I was a kid. (Pardon my doddering nostalgia.) I remember just two kinds of shopping with mom. Grocery shopping at the A&P, which I loved (“Trix are for kids!”) …

Nov

26

2014

Sherman Alexie with all the Indies First bags

Indies First:
Shop with Authors Saturday 11/29/14

Last year, Sherman Alexie came up with the idea for writers to support their local indie by volunteering to work at the store on Small Business Saturday 2013. Alexie called the appeal “Indies First,” and entreated authors to link to an indie to sell their books online. The day was a huge hit. Thousands of authors volunteered as …

Nov

19

2014

Seattle7Writers Holiday BookFest
11/22, 3-5 pm

Join the Seattle7Writers Saturday November 22  for a literary kick-off to the holidays like no other: the fifth annual Seattle7Writers Holiday BookFest!  The line-up features 28 fantastic authors from the Pacific Northwest, including current NYT Bestseller Daniel James Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan, 2014 Washington State Book Award Winners Suzanne Selfors, David Laskin, and …

Oct

29

2014

Spooky Hugo House

Haunted Hugo House
Thursday October 30

Is Seattle literary hub Hugo House haunted? The building was once a mortuary… Get in the Halloween spirit with the Haunted Hugo House Party Thursday October 30 starting at 8:00. There will be a literary costume contest! (Need ideas? Did you see Tuesday’s featured post?) There will be tours of the basement– spooooky. There will …

Oct

28

2014

James Crossley

Halloween: Literary Look-alikes & Other Bookish Inspiration

I once dressed for a masquerade party as a character from Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Tyrone Slothrop is–well, I’m not sure if he’s the protagonist, a linchpin, a point of focus, or what. In any case, he’s an army lieutenant deployed in Europe during World War II, and at various points in the novel …

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