A Delicious Indie Assortment: Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle Imagine a set of cartoon characters who appear to be alien beings but who experience many of the same daily joys and frustrations that we do. Then imagine that these beings are somehow naive and curious AND wise, with complex vocabularies and gentle senses of …
Want an adorable, unique gift? Broadway Books in Portland has some great ideas. But you need to contact them ASAP, before the morning of Wednesday February 5, 2020 if you want to jump on their personalized copies of some hot titles. … our friends Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel are back with a new book, …
Redmond, WA’s Redmond Reporter’s opinion writer Samantha Pak recently published a great piece about romance books. She spoke with Brick & Mortar Books, an independent bookstore, about the genre. Below is an excerpt. At Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond Town Center, the romance section sells just as well as any other section, according to …
With love from our friends at Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT– Romance for Valentine’s Day and every day! Romance Recommendations from Author Jennifer Ryan Curl up with one of these dreamy romances and a steamy beverage to enjoy the season! Jennifer says: Something Old My obsession with historical romance continues with one of my favorite …
This tender work comes to us in the style of a zine; the perfect open letter to anyone who is or has struggled with mental illness. Potter brings us brilliant advice for the days when self care becomes increasingly difficult, and your mind seems to get away from you. This is a gem full of …
I really, really like a lot of books. But I don’t fall in love too often. Sometimes the relationship starts off in a friendly, comfortable, I-can-put-you-down-but-I’m-excited-to-see-you-again kind of way. As we progress, whenever I open the covers, I forget myself but also paradoxically feel that I’m becoming deeper, truer me. It’s all-encompassing and empowering. We’re better together, …
We’re doing an extended riff on the dating life here; roll along with us, okay? So, we’ve gone to the trouble of making some of these books more alluring and mysterious. And no, we’re not just taking pictures of them in front of sweet yachts. Give us a little credit here. We think more highly …
by Melissa Diamond for thedailyuw.com If you’re looking for a book this Valentine’s Day but aren’t in the mood for a typical romance novel, The Professor’s Wife by Nick DiMartino, UW graduate and book buyer at the University Book Store, might be just right. The launch party for the book took place Sunday afternoon at …
“Love may be the reason that poetry was invented and the world turns and the oceans weep, but with as many as have written and mulled over the subject, none have more adequately tossed it, mentally dismantled it or ruminated on it than Barthes has here. The most authoritative text on the most wily subject.”—Stephen, …
When Annie Bloom’s Books‘ February newsletter arrived promoting “books that are great for Valentine’s gifts, or that help explain one of life’s most powerful feelings” (it’s love they’re talking about), we poked around to see what other bookstores were up to in support of—or at least in response to—this chocolate-powered, pollen-laden lover’s holiday.
