The world has ended, almost. On a small island the last vestiges of humanity reside peacefully under the guidance of three brilliant but emotionally removed elders. That is until one of the elders dies and slowly the Fog, the misty harbinger of the end of the world, starts creeping towards them. As the clock slowly …
In the fall of 2022 we lost one of the world’s leading men of letters, Spain’s Javier Marías. We shared the news with sadness on our blog, but included a hopeful tidbit: that we’d see one more novel from him. Here we are in the spring of 2023, and here it is. Retired spy Tomás Nevinson is lured …
On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Perhaps it’s no surprise among Thanksgiving week’s titles, I noticed words of sweetness and …
From www.crimereads.com As a young girl I lived on the streets. I woke up in dirt under overpasses. I begged for change. I ate rotting food out of trash cans. I did things I’d rather not remember, to survive. On the streets people look through you—unless they want something more, which is usually bad. Like …
Riveting and difficult to put down narrative from the point of view of a cult survivor. I’m not sure if this spoke to me so powerfully because I was a child in Texas when the Branch Davidian massacre took place, or if it’s just really great writing, but if you are looking for a page-turner …
