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Sep

27

2023

Congratulations to Queen Anne Book Company, “Best of the PNW!”

Queen Anne Book Company of Seattle, WA celebrated being named Seattle Times’ Best of the PNW/ The People’s Choice Bookstore for 2023! You can see them celebrating in front of the store (and a peek at the insert) at their Instagram.

Sep

22

2023

Comeuppance Served Cold
by Marion Deeds

Set in Seattle mere weeks after the stock market crash that kicks off the Great Depression, prohibitionists and the cream of the (magical) crop clash with speakeasies and changelings in this enchanted heist novella. Comeuppance Served Cold clips right along but somehow makes room for copious intrigues, prejudices, and so many delightful, colorful characters. I want …

Sep

20

2023

Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea by Iris Graville

From 2018-2019 Iris Graville served as the first writer-in-residence aboard the Washington State Ferries, spending a couple days a week writing on the route that travels between Lopez, Orcas, Shaw, and San Juan islands. The subtitle for her book Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea is quite literal, as much of the book …

Sep

13

2023

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust

Here is Mercury Stardust’s Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair. We’re happy advocates for self-reliance and Stardust’s book offers solutions to more than 50 simple home maintenance projects. Plumbing secrets! Electrical wizardry! Showerhead flow management! Take control of your life with Mercury Stardust! –A Good Book, Sumner, WA Celebrate DIY success stories and …

Sep

12

2023

At Home in the Pacific Northwest

It was uncommonly easy to find myself at home in the Pacific Northwest. After forty years of wandering in other countries and the US, I knew intuitively that it was where I wanted to plant myself even though I had no roots in the area. The land and seascapes lure me outside most days to …

Aug

30

2023

Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa

This is a book I wouldn’t have picked up if it hadn’t been a gift. But now I’m very glad that I did. Fifth-grader Kazu sees a strange ghost-girl in the middle of the night and the next morning at school he sees her again. Except this time she’s his classmate, and everyone acts as …

Aug

28

2023

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai

The Cat Who Saved Books is a love letter to book lovers, championing the emotional impact that stories have in the hearts and lives of readers. Tiger adds a bonus charming and Ghibli-esque aesthetic to this thoughtful, tender novel. — Andrew King, Secret Garden Bookshop, Seattle, WA It was International Dog Day last week, but …

Aug

18

2023

Celebrate Bookstore Romance Day Saturday, August 19!

Find a Participating Bookstore Romance Day Shop Near You! See the Map Enjoy FREE Bookstore Romance Day Panels Online! All Bookstore Romance Day panels will be presented virtually via Zoom, but space is limited. Click on any of the images below to be taken to the Eventbrite ticketing page for that panel. For each panel …

Aug

11

2023

The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs

Each chapter investigates the history and community around a different type of puzzle. From English cryptics to sudoku to escape rooms to the famous MIT Puzzle Hunt, the author explores them all! He even represents USA in an international speed jigsaw-puzzling tournament. The book includes many puzzles to try out for those who are puzzle-curious. …

Aug

7

2023

Illustrated mountain and sun cover of "Rocky Mountain High" by Finn Murphy

Rocky Mountain High: A Tale of Boom and Bust in the New Wild West by Finn Murphy

If, like me, you loved Murphy’s first book, the truck-driving memoir The Long Haul, you might have wondered what he’s been doing since he retired from the road. The answer: trying to cash in on the supposed hemp boom in his adopted state of Colorado. First he buys a chunk of farmland, then he spies …

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