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Jul

17

2020

Judith Arcana with newspaper

Launching a New Book in Pandemic Times

[Broadway Books‘  July 13, 2020] newsletter links to a list of books by authors who were scheduled to read from their books at Broadway Books in April, May, and June. Some of the books are novels, some are collections of poems, stories or essays; some offer advice, directions, and instructions. The writers of those books …

Mar

25

2020

Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris

WOW! I just completed Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris, her second book. It was as mindboggling as The Tattooist of Auschwitz, her first. The story is true but the author did not meet her subject. The story is based on interviews with Lale Sokolov, the subject of her first book, plus extensive research into the …

Oct

16

2019

This Is how You Lose the Time War

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

A war is waged by two rival time-traveling agents: Red, who comes from a world ruled by technology, and Blue, who comes from a world rooted in organic life. The narrative is told through letters between the women, at first passionately loathsome, then– surprising both– passionately loving. Through visceral, poignant, and intricate wordplay, El-Mohtar and …

Aug

15

2018

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What Would You Recommend?

This is a link we’ve had in the files for quite some time now… Even though the titles aren’t quite so fresh, it’s still a fun tool. The Seattle Times created interactive book recommendations based on reviews from the paper. You know what’s even more fun, though? Visiting a local independent bookshop to ask a bookseller …

Aug

19

2016

Trouble in Rooster Paradise

Trouble in Rooster Paradise
by T. W. Emory

Trouble in Rooster Paradise is a fun mystery set in 1950 Seattle and in 2003 in a Seattle area injury rehab center. 83 year old retired shamus (private detective) Gunnar Nilson is laid up in 2003 in a nursing home with a busted gam (leg). Josephine Tey used a similar gambit in The Daughter of Time, which …

Oct

28

2015

SIGNED Graveyard Book Poster Contest ends TOMORROW!

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 …

Oct

23

2015

Spooktacular Giveaway: Poster
Signed by Neil Gaiman!

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 …

Jan

15

2015

Spark of Death by Bernadette Pajer

A Spark of Death
by Bernadette Pajer

“Thanks to the Pacific NW Writers Association, I recently discovered books by Bernadette Pajer. Her protagonist in the historical/scientific mysteries set in Seattle around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is Professor Benjamin Bradshaw. Bradshaw is a professor of electrical engineering at the fledgling Department of Engineering at the University of Washington. The first …

Oct

22

2014

The Final Stomr by Jeff Shaara

The Final Storm by Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara may be the best contemporary writer of military history written as fiction. I recently finished The Final Storm. This is the fourth book in Shaara’s World War II series. The first three books take readers from North Africa to VE Day. The Final Storm moves to the Pacific Theater. The first chapter or two briefly …

Sep

12

2013

Crashers

Crashers by Dana Haynes

Have you ever wondered what the NTSB is and/or what it does? I did. I just finished Crashers, the first book in a series by Portland, OR author Dana Haynes that answers many questions about the NTSB and its “Go Teams.” (“Crashers” is the nickname for the “Go Team.”) In this first of at least …

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