Olivia Waite’s Nobody’s Baby [is] a cozy science-fictional novella about a baby that appears where no baby is expected and the subsequent investigation into who was making babies where folks aren’t supposed to be—you know. There are rules in space, especially when you are doing generational travel across light-years, but—you know. ANYWAY, this baby is here …
A staff pick from Maris at Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT: In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash …
When Darby visits his hometown to help his mom move, he’s transported back in time– in the literal sense– whenever he enters In Between Books, where he worked part-time in high school. What avenues of your life might change if you knew then what you know now, and what would you want to express to …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. It’s Pride Month, so let’s celebrate LGBTQ+ characters and authors on our list! Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid …
This is Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story, which is a lot of colons to swallow. We think one of those isn’t the title of the book that Reid submitted, but you know how they are with the meta-data these days. Anyway, Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story is the story of …
Fat Ham is a staff pick from Dani at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA. Not all independent bookstores have a Drama section or plays on the shelves, but most can order for you– especially Pulitzer Prize winners like Fat Ham. Read contemporary classics from Elliott Bay Book Company and other independent bookstores.
I did not know that I would find pleasure in the rain. I grew up in northern Alberta on the edge of the subarctic, where everything is covered in snow for several months of the year. I moved to Vancouver, BC to teach and to write. It rained every day that first January. I was …
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it. –Hilary, Beach Books, Seaside, OR Treat yourself to a book to inspire and comfort. Beach Books and other independent bookstores are ready to help. …
From Shelf Awareness Thursday, October 3, 2024: Obituary Note: Tom Spanbauer Author Tom Spanbauer, best known for his cult classic The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon and his award-winning final novel, I Loved You More, as well as his long-running Dangerous Writing workshop, died September 21. He was 78. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, he attended …
Available new in paperback store on September 17. Watch the replay of our interview with the author here. River can see monsters and is destined to be the hero, a job they definitely don’t want. They’re just trying to survive middle school, especially the class where the teacher keeps misgendering them on purpose. But when …
