Pacific Northwest Bookselles Association’s Tiffany LaSalle of Eugene, OR is touring Washington, visiting PNBA member indie bookstores and talking to booksellers. Her first stop: Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo, WA. Liberty Bay Books is “North Kitsap’s Oldest Book Store.” In February 2020, author Suzanne Selfors purchased the store. Tiffany got to spend time with Suzanne and …
This dizzying, death-leaning new classic could see a cult following beyond 2024. In Philip Roughton’s expert hands (he’s the translator of several Halldór Laxness novels, after all), Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson writes my favorite kind of novel: one that measures every maudlin, throbbing emotion of the human experience; one that trusts the intelligence and …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week most of us are trying to stay hydrated and probably drinking a lot of water, …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, we could make a display with water, boats, and ships on the covers of our …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week’s list shows some signs of summer, including the annual graduation bestseller. The sales coincided with …
When a book starts off with sarcastic humor, I know I am going to like it. What’s a girl to do when she wakes up and has no clue who she is, why she’s in Paris, and why the bad guys and good guys are all chasing her? It might have something to do with …
An excerpt from OR author Jane Kirkpatrick‘s July 2023 newsletter: I got my first library card there when I was four. I remember my mom helping me choose picture books and “word books” piled like a haphazard smokestack on a counter above my eyes. I remember sitting on the floor with a book beneath that …
A sweet story of compassion and friendship set in a cozy Italian hotel. Give yourself a warm, sunny little holiday and read this one! –Annette, The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene, ID Travel without having to wait for passport checks– shop destination-setting books at The Well-Read Moose and other independent bookstores.
Just for fun, let’s find a picnic table in the park in one of our large cities – maybe London. Fill a coffee thermos with a load of Arthurian legend, toss in a dragon (it’s okay – it’s a big container) and bring in some immortal knights for good measure– maybe a damsel in distress– …
Fall into the vortex of this novel and be whisked along by Marshall’s flowing and poetic prose. Venture past lies and fractured lives, along forgotten trails of a blood-stained woodland, and arrive at the center of it all– a secret concealed by the forest and protected by three young girls. A secret which, once unearthed, …
