Buckle up! You’re in for a wild ride. No Place Left to Hide is a gripping thriller full of twists and turns, both figuratively and literally. –Aly, Beach Books, Seaside, OR Aly’s recommendation was selected by the American Booksellers Association for the January/ February 2025 Kids’ Indies Next List. Find this and more recommended books …
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans I loved every page of this compelling, funny, suspenseful book. Imagine “Rear Window” meets a queer, teen version of “The Lovebirds.” Bianca is endearingly awkward and charmingly honest as a narrator and character, and the good people who enter and stay in Bianca’s orbit are …
If you’re looking for engrossing, high-stakes fantasy, you need this emotionally rich, gorgeously written novel. It’s about about power that winds up being about love, sacrifice, honor, and family— that we choose and are given. Raybearer is absolutely brilliant, gripping, and one-of-a-kind. I couldn’t wait to read more from this author, and luckily the sequel is …
From Shelf Awareness February 14, 2022: YA author Lani Forbes died on February 3 after a nine-month battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She was 35. Forbes’s YA book series, the Age of the Seventh Sun, made its debut in 2020 with the release of The Seventh Sun, followed by The Jade Bones in 2021. The Seventh Sun was a finalist …
Local author Tara Goedjen slips onto the shelves with No Beauties or Monsters, which is an eerily rendered novel about friendship and memory loss and top secret government ops. On returning to her old stomping grounds in Twentynine Palms, Rylie Caruso discovers that one of her besties has been missing for a year. When she investigates …
This addition to the fairy tale re-tellings did not disappoint! Meyer gives her characters such fullness and a rich world in which to grow that I couldn’t help but be invested in the plot. Unlike her Lunar Chronicles, this retelling happens in a medieval world, full of magic and curses, and I especially enjoyed …
Every now and then, a book comes along that stirs the excitement of the entire bookshop. This is that book. In the debut novel from Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, The Hunger Games meets magical realism. Every generation, seven families must send a tribute to fight to the death in a secret battle for …
Fans of Marissa Meyer, it’s time to check out another author. Kalynn Bayron takes on fairy tales in fantastic new ways. It’s feminist, queer, powerful, and above a a dark and twisty mystery. And if you haven’t read Cinderella Is Dead, then there are two books that need to climb up your TBR list. –Laura …
Each year since 1965, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors. PNBA is proud to announce the 2022 Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. This year’s committee chose the following 12 finalists, crafted by Northwest authors, from a list …
Remember Eugene author J. C. Geiger‘s road trip from Oregon to NYC for Book Expo in 2017? Over 100 booklovers supported his journey (and the American Library Association) so he could meet his fundraising goal. For Geiger’s new book, The Great Big One, readers can travel along, both virtually through a mixtape with clues and …
