A fascinating look into the total solar eclipse of 1878 and the lives of three scientists who traveled to witness the rare event. Baron paints this moment in American history in full color, complete with train robberies, rival astronomers, and Thomas Edison and his newest invention, the tasimeter. –Mary Jo S., Powells.com Are you planning …
On July 10, 2017, NPR aired “Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into The Story” by Karen Grigsby Bates about Octavia Butler, beloved scifi author who lived in Seattle from 1999 until her death in 2006. Octavia Butler used to say she remembers exactly when she decided to become a science fiction writer. She was 9 years …
I love when a local author I admire is everywhere I look. This week, it’s been that way with Maria Semple. She kept popping up in my twitter and facebook feeds because she’s been so dang busy! She was on NPR. She was at King’s Books. Somehow she worked some Hermione time-turner-type magic and had …
Alison Bechdel, author of the comic “Dykes to Watch Out For,” strikes a chord with a look back on her family life. This memoir told in graphic novel form is easy to devour in one sitting. The drawings and short dialogue actually slow you down in a good way and help you focus on the …
On Tuesday February 3, it was announced that Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, will publish Go Set a Watchman, a 304-page novel featuring characters from Harper’s debut– and thus far, famously only– novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, set 20 years later in the same fictional Southern town. Although as of the writing of this post …
I was in the kitchen cooking up some breakfast sausage (not chorizo, unfortunately) when this Morning Edition segment aired on NPR Radio, the perfect plug for this gorgeous and robust new volume. It’s being called a “bible” or “encyclopedia” of Mexican cooking, as it contains 600 recipes! But read on and listen on, and you’ll find …
While you make your plans to enjoy the holiday weekend, here are some links for you: Staff picks from Village Books in Bellingham Staff picks from Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle Staff favorites from Annie Bloom’s in Portland Top 10 bookstores in America according to Travel + Leisure Summer reading recommendations from Publishers Weekly Real …
Terry Tazioli has a great interview with Amanda Coplin on his cable TV program Well Read. Coplin’s debut, The Orchardist, is getting both acclaim—called “a stunning accomplishment” on NPR—and lots of readers (It was number five on the Pacific NW indie bestseller list this week). After the interview, Mary Ann Gwinn, the book editor for …
Nancy Pearl is a librarian with an action figure modeled in her likeness; author of the Book Lust series; a regular commentator about books on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and a former bookseller. She recently joined forces with Amazon to create the Book Lust Rediscoveries series, which will bring out-of-print books back into circulation. The partnership …
NPR featured a story recently about the rise of books on the topic of “nostalgia and reclaiming older, more refined ways of life in the modern world.” They featured three “elegantly old school” books: Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household by Jennifer McKnight Trontz; Let’s Bring Back: An Encyclopedia of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful, …
