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Staff Recommendations

Apr

23

2018

The City in Which I Love You

The City in Which I Love You
by Li-Young Lee

Sit down. Right here in the aisle is fine.  Get your phone, put in earbuds. Go to YouTube. Watch Li-Young Lee read his poem”This Room and Everything in It.” Buy this book. –Shawn, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Immerse yourself in poetry at Elliott Bay Book Company and other independent bookstores.

Jun

16

2014

The Other Woman's House

The Other Woman’s House
by Sophie Hannah

It’s past midnight, but Connie can’t sleep. To pass the time, she logs on to a real estate website in search of a particular house. As she clicks through the virtual tour, she comes across a scene from a nightmare: a woman lying facedown on the living room floor in a pool of blood. But …

Aug

13

2013

Chris Miller

Broadway Books’ Staff Spotlight

Broadway Books in Portland, OR, started  series of articles about their staff including a little background information and some recommendations. We love this way to help readers get to know their booksellers better, especially because it highlights what interesting people booksellers are, even when they’re not in the store. Here’s their first article, about Chris.  …

May

2

2013

The Burgess Boys

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

When Susan’s son instigates a racial incident in their small Maine town, she calls her two lawyer brothers. Reluctantly they return to their hometown only to have old resentments flare up. Strout creates characters who are not easily likeable but who endure. Excellent follow-up to Olive Kitteridge. — Wendee Wieking, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, …

Oct

24

2010

Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA

The way Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond tells it, it sounds like a bookish child’s fantasy. As a four-year-old, she would cruise the aisles of an empty library after hours, sliding out books and carefully leaving a space so she’d know where to re-shelve them. It’s not fiction, though. Richmond’s mother had taken a part-time …

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