For my young adult fans, this is the *perfect* sapphic holiday rom-com. I appreciate that it features a Jewish protagonist and subverts the mainstream Christmas narrative. It is simply such a delightful read. Read if you love fish, paleontology, corgis, and enemies to lovers/forced proximity tropes. –Jeanette, Browsers Bookshop, Olympia, WA Who says holiday romances …
From Rebel Heart Books, Jacksonville, OR [TW: suicide] “The pressure to be great, not just good, is unrelenting.” –from What Made Maddy Run Not long ago, a fifteen-year old girl came into the store and stayed awhile. After picking out a few books, she shyly asked if I could set aside the books she …
I read Frankly in Love when the publishers sent an early copy, and I knew this was going to be a big deal in the young adult communities (or anyone who reads YA). There are a lot of elements to love about it, one of which is Frank’s voice. He’s real, he’s funny and he’s …
From Carol Price, owner of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID: My three favorite teenage employees graduated from Moscow High School last weekend: Reed Spurling (my son), Sidney Williams, and Emma Seckington. They’ll all be going off to college in August: Reed to University of Arizona for aerospace engineering, Sidney to Georgia Tech for math, …
Here is my teenage employee Emma Seckington [right] and another high school student from Moscow High School, Ari Carter, who helped organize Moscow’s March For Our Lives and was one of the emcees. I’m so proud of Emma! And I let her off work early so she’d get to the march on time. 🙂 My …
I cannot say enough about Stasia Ward Kehoe’s The Sound of Letting Go. This book captured me from page one and did not let go. While looking through the hundreds of nominations we receive for the PNBA Awards, it is always a breath of fresh air to get to a book that is so different …
More Than This opens in the last, few precious moments of a life. How can there be more than this? Oh, but there is! A boy wakes up after he was certain he was dead and comes face to face with the stuff of nightmares: he is alone in a bombed-out, empty world and, perhaps …
“The Lunar Chronicles just keep getting better and better. Cress is absolutely AMAZING and is my favorite book of the year. I love Meyer’s use of the switching character perspectives each chapter– and really, her fabulous writing (of course). This is a must read for YA/Fantasy/ Faiy tale/ Post-apocalyptic/books-in-general fans.” –Kaitlyn, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA …
At times harshly funny, at times heart-wrenching, this ultimately hopeful novel will appeal to fans of Jay Asher and John Green. — Emily Ring, Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA Emily was part of a panel of readers from independent bookstores around the country who chose ten debut novels to introduce at Book Expo America in New York last …
This Memorial Day weekend, I’ve seen memorials and/or parades honoring veterans in Seattle, Chicago, and New York. (Yes, it’s been a busy weekend.) I’ve been remembering those who gave their lives in service to our country, and those who served alongside those who did. Last year, I posted about authors who have written about military service. …
