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Laura Silverstein

Jul

30

2015

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me
by Sara Nickerson

Harry Potter is a good guy, without question. So are Pippi, Percy, and (it seems) all the other heroes for middle readers. And the evil they fight is unequivocal too. So it’s refreshing to read a story that explores what happens when people you love do things that maybe they shouldn’t (but maybe should)? Sara …

May

18

2015

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

I admit that when I open a book and find it has no dialogue, I feel like I’m a sixth grader all over again, made to read A Tale of Two Cities against my will (it took me a long time to learn to love Dickens). But The Sympathizer, long paragraphs and all, absorbed me …

Apr

4

2014

Santoro's Books

A Neighborhood Bookstore SAVED!

Great news rang out in the bookselling world this week when Carol Santoro, owner of Santoro’s Books for 29 years, announced that she sold the brick-and-mortar bookstore in the Phinney/Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle to author Tom Nissley (A Reader’s Book of Days) and his wife Laura Silverstein (owner of Glittersweet, the local company behind the …

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