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. You could use this week’s list as inspiration for book shopping and for what to name a goldfish, dog, hedgehog, cat, houseplant, or other new member of the household. Don’t …
An astronaut wakes up with amnesia, and discovers he is on a mission to save the world. This book is a return to what made The Martian such a great read. There’s a sarcastic but earnest narrator, many a life-threatening disaster, and so very much clearly and cleverly explained science. Once I started reading it, I could …
I really, really like a lot of books. But I don’t fall in love too often. Sometimes the relationship starts off in a friendly, comfortable, I-can-put-you-down-but-I’m-excited-to-see-you-again kind of way. As we progress, whenever I open the covers, I forget myself but also paradoxically feel that I’m becoming deeper, truer me. It’s all-encompassing and empowering. We’re better together, …
Most writers who develop a devoted readership over time do it with a series of books that offer comforting similarity. It’s easy for their fans to return again and again to the tried and true. It’s far more rare for someone to pull off the same trick by never repeating himself. You wouldn’t think that …
“This novel is haunting and beautifully crafted. Etsuko’s daughter has committed suicide. While recovering from grief, Etsuko’s thoughts return to post-WWII. She remembers a friendship with mythic qualities and how tragic events can cause us to neglect the ones we love. Read this one not for plot and action, but for atmospheric depth”.—Morgan, Vashon Book …
