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Nov

13

2019

SLAY by Brittney Morris

SLAY is so much more than just another book about video games: it’s about a girl who carves a space in the world for herself and completely owns it, and it’s about the microaggressions and the can-I-touch-your-hairs and all the things that come with being one of a handful of black kids in a school. …

Aug

31

2016

Riverine

Riverine by Angela Palm

Haunting and surprising yet immediately relatable, Palm’s striking memoir sinks its roots deep into readers and holds fast. Everything ordinary, Palm reveals, is extraordinary–tragic, profound, amusing, brutal–when examined up close. In reflecting on her own formative years, growing up ‘between points on the map’ in small-town Indiana, Palm paints a measured, unforgettable portrait of the …

Aug

17

2016

The Book That Matters Most

The Book That Matters Most
by Ann Hood

Hood offers the parallel stories of Ava, who is struggling to build a new life after the end of a long marriage, and her daughter, Maggie, living in Paris and descending into addiction. Ava is invited to join a book club whose members each suggest the book that matters most to them. In Ava’s case, …

Aug

11

2016

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

The Woman in Cabin 10 and In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

When journalist Lo Blacklock sees someone throw a woman’s body over the side of a small cruise ship, it should be clear that a crime has been committed. The problem? No one is missing. This is far from the travel magazine assignment that brought Lo on board, but she can’t just give up. Something happened …

Aug

8

2014

Q&A with Malcolm Brooks, Author of Painted Horses

Painted Horses was chosen by independent booksellers as the #1 Indie Next book for August— the book booksellers were most excited about. Cheryl McKeon, now of Book Passage in San Francisco but formerly of Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA, wrote the blurb chosen to explain what readers love about Painted Horses: “Brooks sweeps …

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