Out of an abundance of caution and concern for everyone, this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. August 29, 2020, a Saturday, is the tentative new date. Visit our SIBD web page seattlebookstoreday.org. It lists all of the bookstores involved in this year’s event. Many, if not most, …
By Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times Neighborhood Reads If you want to learn about a Seattle neighborhood, browse the shelves of its independent bookstores. Local bookstores succeed when they place the interests and aspirations of their neighbors over the fads and excesses of national bestseller lists. And every time we buy books from …
Local author’s newest book delves into his father’s double life AUGUST 09, 2017 by JOHN PRENTICE for Seattle Refined For many people as we grow up, there’s a moment when we start relating to our parents as adults instead of children. And sometimes, they aren’t quite the people we thought they were.For John Clauson of …
For my first Kami Garcia book, it did not let me down. This was fast-paced and super exciting. I absolutely loved the story and everything about the characters. Frankie was such a perfect teenager; she has so many problems going on in her own life while trying to juggle school. This completely related to …
5/5 Stars Completely blew away my expectations! Truly utterly astounding. My jaw literally just dropped open when I realized the book was over. I flipped through the last page to the acknowledgements thinking there was more, but no, sadly. This book was unbelievable, wondrous, and so full of adventure. All of the characters’ points of …
It sounds so unreal you think it must be fiction; but no, it’s true! Greenland, 1942: first a US cargo plane crashes, followed by those of the rescue contingents. Zuckoff’s writing is compelling as he chronicles the events and the expedition 70 years later to find wreckage; you can feel the bitter cold and the roller …
The story of a young couple’s year on family land in Montana, building a yurt. Wonderful feeling for the land and its wildlife, and a compelling story of the couple’s adventures in yurt building, living on the land, and how the year changes them. —Georgiana, Magnolia’s Bookstore, Seattle, WA For this and more books that give …
Excerpted from the monthly Queen Anne & Magnolia News column by Joann Moreno. Every month in the local paper for Seattle neighborhoods served by Queen Anne Book Company and Magnolia’s Bookstore, Moreno recommends new books. For the full October column (including more books), click here. October is to publishing what October is to baseball: that …
“Bryson in his usual humorous, inquisitive way takes us for a delighful excursion through the history of his English home—room by room. Each room, its layout, contents, etymology and usage is amazingly defined by what has happened in the rest of the world. An interesting and fun history lesson illlustrating how simple-to-complex discoveries have influenced …
“This is a wonderful story—perhaps for the older young adult reader. I’d recommend 15 and older. An unusual story peopled with very unusual characters. The story is mystery, magic, romance and action. It will break your heart, yet leave you hoping.”—Sandi, Magnolia’s Bookstore, Seattle. Buy Daughter of Smoke and Bone from your local indie.
