From the Queen Anne & Magnolia News, by Joe Veyera Sherman Alexie is a familiar face around Queen Anne Book Company. Soon after the store reopened in 2013, he spent a day at the shop as a bookseller, an instance that later led to the launch of the “Indies First” effort to draw people to …
This book is fabulous! It’s like a modern, funnier “Back to the Future” in which the main character explores different versions of himself within different timelines of both his life and the universe. He is trying to save the love of his life from her fate, and ends up endangering the fate of the world. …
In 2008, artists Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring made a letterpress broadside featuring a quote by suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Come, come my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles and see the world is moving.” This began a years-long project printing broadsides inspired by feminists throughout history, and donating a portion of the …
Reading this is like taking part in the best possible late-night dorm room bull session. Klosterman not only questions the assumptions we rely on, he explains why it’s important to do so. Hidebound critics who can’t stand hypotheticals, alternative histories, or possible futures will probably say he’s wasting their time with stoner logic, but the …
We’ve been in a funk this week. One of those “why is it still raining in June” sort of funks. Or maybe it’s one of those “can we take the afternoon off to read?” sort of funks. Or maybe it’s just a funkier sort of funk that has no name yet. Regardless, there’s a sensation …
Three PNW booksellers all recommended the same book in a booksellers’ Father’s Day recommendations post by Restless Books: “God is Round is perfect for Father’s Day because it examines the culture, connection, and joy surrounding the sport that so many people love. Also: because soccer.” —Justus Joseph, The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA) “You don’t need to be …
SEATTLE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY ADVENTURES: THE SEQUEL by Catherine Bull Seattle Independent Bookstore Day did it again! Such a festive day for all us ‘Willpower in a bookstore? What’s that like?’ folks to celebrate, support, and enjoy the excellent indie bookstore scene we’ve got here. My mom and I went for it again—we took the challenge and went to 17 indie …
What a fast-paced, enthralling read! I couldn’t put The Passenger by Lisa Lutz down. Tanya Dubois finds her husband dead at the bottom of their stairs. Because of something in her past, she decides to run. Along the way she changes identities several times! Buckle up because this will have you at the edge of your …
The staff at King’s Books in Tacoma, WA highlights some favorite coloring books: Color Your Own Van Gogh designed by the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam This coloring book is truly inspired! It breaks down the strokes of Van Gogh works, and the true challenges of impressionism emerge. Whether you reveal your own interpretations or try …
No April Fool’s jokes on this blog! Just a nice video to treat yourself to during a break today. Sorry, I just realized that it’s the beginning of April, and I’m only now sharing this wonderful video from Rediscovered Books in Boise about the March pick recommending a book and music to complement it. Katt …
