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The Midnight Library

Sep

12

2024

Book cover featuring an illustration of a grey striped cat coming out of a Rx bottle.

Bestseller Spotlight: “It Has a Cat on the Cover…”

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Meow! Raise your paws, clean your whiskers, and enjoy these bestsellers with cats …

Jun

30

2022

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Bestseller Spotlight: It’s About Time
[Take Two]

It’s Thursday Theme day, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We did a spotlight on books that had some sort of “when” in the title a little over a year ago. I must admit: I am astounded that I have …

Jan

13

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Day and Night

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. As the days get longer, we noticed that there’s a day and night theme to some of our regional bestsellers. Which are you rooting for? The Dawn of Everything by …

Aug

26

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Something Blue

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Big thanks to Cannon Beach Books of Cannon Beach, OR for the idea. So many of the bestsellers had blue elements, I had to be a little subjective when making …

Jun

10

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: It’s About Time

Every Thursday, we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. It’s a bit like a game of Scattergories mixed with a title-driven Rorshach test, with a dash of market research. Last week, we did the WHERE theme; now let’s do the WHEN! When the Stars …

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