Every Thursday, we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. It’s a bit like a game of Scattergories mixed with a title-driven Rorshach test, with a dash of market research. This week, inspired by the stellar debut of Stephen King’s Fairy Tale at the #1 …
This engaging collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman takes on an upcoming apocalypse with hilarious results. A prissy angel and a hedonistic demon team up to halt the coming rapture. Witty and well written, Good Omens proves that even the apocalypse can be enjoyable. –Katie, Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA Read it …
Audiobooks. More specifically, audiobook narrators and the ability of said narrators to make or break an audiobook experience. I was going to try to do this without naming names, but I’ve never before shied away from being upfront about what I don’t like, so why would I now? I think it stemmed from some …
Velkomin! Enter the feasting hall of Norse Mythology. Grab a fist full of meat and a horn full of mead. Gather close, the night is deadly cold, but the fires are lit, and many a yarn is about to be spun. Perhaps a few tales might be new to you, or some you may already …
Shaun Tan is back with The Singing Bones, an illustrated collection of some of the fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Tan, who has been making fantastic and whimsical art for a few years now, presents a series of sculptures that encapsulate these stories. They’re very minimalist, but also very evocative. As Neil Gaiman says …
CONGRATULATIONS to our Neil Gaiman signed poster winner, Jess! Favorite spooky read: I just read Through the Woods by Emily Carroll and not only are her illustrations amazing, the stories were actually spooky for me! Favorite bookstore: Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. I can spend hours wandering their shelves! -Jess Thank you to …
You know you want it… There’s still time to type up a little something about your favorite spooky read, the name of your favorite independent bookstore, and your mailing address to email to nwbooklovers editor, Tegan to be entered to win a poster signed by Neil Gaiman. Entries to our contest are due by the LAST …
In between stocking up on candy for trick-or-treaters, finalizing your Halloween costume, and putting the finishing touches on your jack-o-lanterns, we have a spooktacular opportunity for Neil Gaiman fans: A CHANCE TO WIN A SIGNED GRAVEYARD BOOK POSTER! How can you win this hauntingly awesome prize? Email nwbooklovers editor, Tegan with the following before the …
“Based on a poem by Neil Gaiman, Instructions should rival Oh, the Places You’ll Go! for graduation gifts this year. Gorgeous illustrations accompany strange but oddly universal advice on how to go into the world, find adventure, friendship, and love, and not get lost along the way. The language is familiar, culled from any number …
“A different sort of back-to-school book. Gaiman graces readers with wonderful, poetic, life lessons for the fantastic adventurer in all of us, young or old. Remember them well in your day-to-day adventures.”—Owen, Ravenna Third Place Books. Buy Instructions from Third Place Books.
