Wednesday night a delighted crowd gathered at Book Larder in Seattle to celebrate Renee Erikson and the incredible team behind the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Book Award-winning cookbook, A Boat, a Whale, & a Walrus. The bookstore’s Culinary Director, Kyle Wisner, served up delicious nibbles from the book including pâté and crostini. Lara Hamilton, …
For the foodie. Are you looking for a gift for someone who loves to cook? If there’s any chance he or she has already bought A Boat, a Whale, and a Walrus, Plenty More, or Prune (or if there’s any chance anyone else will give those bestsellers), treat your favorite chef with this cookbook full of exciting flavor …
“Here’s an unexpected title to add to your Halloween tables…Conversion by Katherine Howe. It’s a YA novel by the author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, and it, too, has a connection to Salem and its witches. The story goes back and forth between contemporary girls at a prestigious high school in Massachusetts experiencing strange …
“Without thinking too much about it, post ten books that have stuck with you and/or influenced you and/or in some other way meant something to you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I can read your list.” In my social media circles, the 10-book Challenge followed hot on the heels of the ALS Ice Bucket …
Delightful! What a great picture book for strong readers– the kind of book that will entrance the Magic Tree House set and convince them a picture book is still worth reading. Hermelin is a clever little mouse who likes to solve mysteries. (He takes his name from a cheese wrapper.) He uses a typewriter to …
I picked this up when I last visited Inklings Bookshop in Yakima (along with an armful of other wonderful books), but I finally got around to reading it on my recent trip to Brazil. What a perfect read for the trip! Ed and his friend Luke, experienced expeditioners, decided to travel the entire Amazon River— …
Ahhh— discovering a book like The House at the End of Hope Street is pure bliss! Wish you could read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society again for the first time? Try this! It’s like a bookish combination of “Amelie” and “Fried Green Tomatoes,” all set in a magical house in Cambridge, England: …
Does your local indie bookstore have the Kids’ Next Indie Next list? Most do! It’s a quarterly newsletter compiled by the American Bookseller’s Association, with recommendations from booksellers all around the country. The Spring Kids’ Next List just came out, and Washington booksellers are well-represented. Hooray, us! To see the full lists, click here. Below, …
Oooh, I just love a good holiday gift guide! So after I helped put one together for Queen Anne Book Company, I surfed the websites of the independent bookstores of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and found MORE. Take a browse. You might even want to share your favorite lists because not everyone is lucky …
Flavorwire has a slideshow of “20 Photos of Famous Authors in Awesome Costumes.” Among my favorites are Susan Sontag dressed as a teddy bear, Jeffrey Eugenides as Henry James (from a Vogue photoshoot!), and Maya Angelou in a stunning slitted dress as “Miss Calypso.” For Halloween, I’ve dressed as characters from books. I can only find …
