Rising meteorologist Ari Abrams loves a rainy day, but there’s a storm brewing at KSEA6 News between two divorced starring staff, and Ari is tired of it dampening the atmosphere. Teaming up with sports reporter Russell, the two hatch a plan to make their bosses fall in love again– and there might be love in …
Delilah isn’t looking forward to being her stepsister Astrid’s wedding photographer, but the hefty paycheck will make it worth the trip. What Delilah doesn’t expect is to find herself attracted to Claire, one of her stepsister’s best friends, and the spark seems to be mutual. Snarky, sensual, and sweet, this is a firecracker of a …
On a … whimsical note, here is Sosuke Natsukawa’s The Cat Who Saved Books, which is about a young bookseller and a talking cat. The cat has a mission, you see—a mission to rescue books from mistreatment, misappropriation, and general misuse. Naturally, the bookseller agrees to help the cat. Mysteries ensue. –A Good Book, Sumner, …
By Becky Merilatt from Secret Garden Books in Seattle, WA: Four years ago, I came back to work at the Secret Garden after spending a few years at home raising my two boys. My return to work also meant a return to reading, a practice that had nearly been lost to me while elbows deep …
It might be nigh on impossible to stay cool in this kind of heat wave, but some bookstores in the Pacific Northwest DO have air conditioning. If you have a safe way to get to them, it would be worth planning a visit. Secret Garden Books in Ballard, Seattle, WA 2214 NW Market St …
I first read Brian Doyle’s The Grail (Oregon State University Press, $18.95) while serving on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards Committee years ago. I fell in love with his abundant affection for people and place and his exquisite prose. Over the years, I had the pleasure of meeting him several times. I was just discovering his poetry/poetic essays and …
Step aside, Meg Ryan– Bellefleur is bringing us Sapphics in Seattle! A striking romantic comedy that kept me starry-eyed and full of fuzzy warmth the whole way through. –Andrew, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA Add more love to life with books form Secret Garden Books and other independent bookstores. It’s not too early to start …
From Secret Garden Books in Seattle, WA: The smiling-under-their-masks pair you see to the left are longtime Garden customers Lua and her mother Noelia. The table before them is covered with books they chose from among our selection of bilingual Spanish/English books for children. These books are now ready to be shipped off to the …
Out of an abundance of caution and concern for everyone, this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed. August 29, 2020, a Saturday, is the tentative new date. Visit our SIBD web page seattlebookstoreday.org. It lists all of the bookstores involved in this year’s event. Many, if not most, …
By Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times Neighborhood Reads If you want to learn about a Seattle neighborhood, browse the shelves of its independent bookstores. Local bookstores succeed when they place the interests and aspirations of their neighbors over the fads and excesses of national bestseller lists. And every time we buy books from …
