History enthusiasts – have I got a book for you! I believe I’m in great company in knowing very little about the Korean war. Blaine Harden, author of the NYT best seller Escape from Camp 14, has penned an absolutely fascinating and enlightening book that will both startle and mesmerize you. Using the individual stories …
“A novel about a young woman who works in a bookstore…I kept staring at it, then finally just had to try it. What a delight! Esme Garland is a 23-year-old grad student of art history in New York City when she discovers herself pregnant by her rich, prestigious boyfriend, Mitchell. Mitchell takes off, and Esme …
Paulina Springs Books‘ Sisters location is almost done with its recent renovation, and it looks great! They’ve repainted, refloored, and reconfigured the store as part of their remodel. You won’t believe the difference. The store feels roomier, it’s easy to navigate around the various rooms, we have some new display fixtures, and we think you’ll find …
Oooh, I just love a good holiday gift guide! So after I helped put one together for Queen Anne Book Company, I surfed the websites of the independent bookstores of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and found MORE. Take a browse. You might even want to share your favorite lists because not everyone is lucky …
I just returned from a trip to Seattle, where my sister worked hard on turning me into a fan of the BBC’s newest “Sherlock” show, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Her ploy worked—I am now waiting in suspense for the much-anticipated third season. Discussing the shows and how they follow and differ from the …
As a bookseller who is also a mostly unpublished writer, I crave contact with other serious writers. One of my main tasks at Paulina Springs Books is booking our author events, which means I get to meet or have contact with all the authors who come through here. You would think this would be the …
“This book is bursting with life. It’s filled with poetry, dizzy with first love, buzzing with eccentric characters. Why is this surprising? Because, on the face of it, the book is focused around a death. Lennon’s older sister, Bailey, has just died, and Lennon and her Gram and Uncle Big are heartbroken. Sixteen-year-old Lennon tells …
“In this very readable narrative, Jeffrey Ostler gives us the history of the relationship between the Lakota Indian tribe and their struggle to retain a connection to a homeland that means so much to them, the Northern Plains of the Black Hills of South Dakota. As is true with most Native American histories, this is …
