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Feb

13

2019

Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

“When one’s life seems broken beyond repair, there remains one last move: a person can at least shut her eyes.” The premise is simple: A college student falls asleep, and can’t be woken. Then another. Eventually, an entire town. Only a handful ever wake up. When they do, they remember different worlds, different lives– raising …

Jan

30

2019

Weather Woman by Cai Emmons

Bronwyn realizes she can change the atmosphere, but how much can she do, how far can she go, and what is the purpose of this gift? With an unusual story, Emmons writes a tale full of science, faith, exploration, and maybe even love. –Dianah Hughley, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR Follow the staff picks to unique …

Dec

26

2018

So Lucky

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist: “So Lucky” by Nicola Griffith

Griffith, the author of bestselling fantasy novel Hild, gives us a compulsive psychological thriller and an important contribution to disability literature in her new novel. In the course of a week, Mara’s wife leaves her and she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. To keep herself from spiraling, Mara launches herself to the front lines of …

Oct

30

2018

Kristine Kaufman

The Shoulder Season

Autumn has finally arrived here in the Northwest corner, sneaking up on us perhaps because so much of October was dressed up in summer-like weather, but it’s still the perfect time to look back at some favorite reads from the summer just passed. Lining them all up, it seems that although I didn’t actually get …

Sep

6

2018

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Truly, one of the best books I’ve read all year! The writing is beautiful and tender in this coming of age, love story, and mystery novel. This is the first novel by New York Times best-selling non-fiction writer and wildlife scientist Delia Owens (John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing), and the way she describes the natural world …

Aug

28

2018

This Is How It Always Is

Island Books Cheers on WA State Book Awards Finalists

This was originally posted on Island Books’ tumblr It’s always a pleasure to see the list of finalists for the annual Washington State Book Awards, not least because the judges are some of our favorite people, local booksellers and librarians. We especially wanted to take note of this slate of books, though, since so many of their …

Jun

19

2018

Kristine Kaufman

Viva l’Italia! (and Paperbacks)

Sometimes when I look back over the past few books I’ve read, I notice a common thread running through them. Might be a particular time period or historical event, a theme whether big or small, or frequently, a locale. And that’s why one corner of The Front Table is currently draped in the green, white …

Jun

4

2018

Freshwater

Freshwater by Akawieke Emezi

This is one of my favorite novels of the year–yes, I can already tell. Emezi explores fluidity and a fractured life from the perspective of Ibgo gods and goddesses that control our narrator’s body in turn. I already need to read it again. —Shawn, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Akwaeke Emezi has crafted a …

May

28

2018

The Overstory

The Overstory by Richard Powers

National Book Award-winner Richard Powers (Orfeo) has crafted an epic environmental novel about the Pacific Northwest timber wars in the in the 1990s and the impending destruction of the last of the old-growth forests, whose trees might otherwise help save the earth. In the first half of the book, Powers devotes individual chapters to the lives …

May

24

2018

So Lucky

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith

Settle in quickly when you begin this little book, because it’s going to charge out of the gate, whether you’re buckled in or not. It begins with a stumble for its main character, Mara, which soon becomes a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The disease moves fast, but so does Mara, who, decisive in this and …

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