From OregonLive/ The Oregonian September 4, 2021: The start of the new school year makes it a fitting time to pick up Portlander Margot Wood’s debut young adult novel, Fresh, a queer retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma that spans its protagonist’s freshman year of college. Quick recap for those who haven’t encountered Emma in a while: …
So if there wasn’t enough tension and the stakes weren’t high enough in Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, and Royal Blue (there was, and they were) now we’re given One Last Stop: a girl lost in time and a romance that’s destined to be a missed connection. Good to the last drop! Just like RW&RB it …
WWII holds so many stories, and I often feel that surely we have seen them all. But we haven’t. Paper Bullets draws you into the lives of Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, artists, lesbians, and resistance fighters. Schwob and Malherbe, avant-garde artists, turn their creativity to antiwar propaganda on the Island of Jersey during the …
Last night I read this wonderful book. The story of a little boy in CT who grows up to be a restaurant critic in Paris, then at Gourmet magazine (oh how I miss that publication). If you love food & dining like I do, you will devour this in one sitting. James Beard, Julia Child, …
From Shelf Awareness June 21, 2021: A proposal to paint four crosswalks at one intersection in Hamilton, Mont., in rainbow colors during Pride month was voted down last week by the city council, but high school students who supported the effort decorated the windows at Chapter One Bookstore “with rainbows and messages of inclusiveness and diversity,” Ravalli Republic reported. Chapter One …
Step aside, Meg Ryan– Bellefleur is bringing us Sapphics in Seattle! A striking romantic comedy that kept me starry-eyed and full of fuzzy warmth the whole way through. –Andrew, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA Add more love to life with books form Secret Garden Books and other independent bookstores. It’s not too early to start …
From the blog of Inklings Bookshop in Yakima, WA: June marks the beginning of Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community, and what better way to celebrate Pride than to read! Raymond and I (Samwise) wanted to share some LGBTQ+ books that we are in love with. Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby …
Queer history, modern royalty, enemies to lovers; this book is funny and sweet, and it does not disappoint! –Kelly, Paper Boat Booksellers, West Seattle, WA Treat yourself to romance, great gay characters, and other forms of happiness this summer with recommendations from Paper Boat Booksellers and more independent bookstores. Paper Boat Booksellers also curated a …
Now, doesn’t this look like a lovely way to spend the day? Inspiration courtesy of Cannon Beach Book Company in Cannon Beach, OR. Deb says if you haven’t read The House in the Cerulean Sea yet you’ll want to get it in your #TBR pile ASAP! It’s a quirky, heartwarming, tender, funny, feel-good tale that will …
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. Maybe it’s the pent-up wanderlust after a year and a half at home, but we think some of the titles of the bestsellers point to happy journeys… So, …
