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Thursday Themes
Bestseller Spotlight: “Land” and Sea
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 look for something special to showcase. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Boating season is well underway– on the ocean, in …
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Lucky Seed: A Novel by Justinian Huang
Good Eggs meets Crazy Rich Asians as a wealthy Chinese family with multiple dysfunctional issues bank on the leading queer son to produce a male heir to continue the traditional namesake and lineage. —Gerard Villegas, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA Treat yourself to queer books from Auntie’s Bookstore and other independent bookstores. Happy Pride Month!
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Dontaná McPherson-Joseph Interviews Alexandra Oliva, Author of “The Radiant Dark”
Foreword Reviews interviewed PNW author, Alexandra Oliva in May Enjoy! Dontaná McPherson-Joseph Interviews Alexandra Oliva, Author of The Radiant Dark Science and fiction—you can almost sense the tension between those two words. Science is serious, it wants evidence and facts. Fiction is playful, it imagines and creates and does whatever the hell it wants. All of …
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The Traveler by Joseph Eckert
Joseph Eckert’s The Traveler is the science fictional story of a man out of step with time. Every day, at 7:52 AM, Scott Treder slips forward in time. At first it is only twenty-four hours—one day—but the next time it happens, he slips two days. Then, four. And, well, you can see where this goes. …
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Crown City by Naomi Hirahara
In 1903, Ryui Wada arrives in Pasadena, California after leaving Yokohama, Japan to start a new life. After taking a job as an art dealer’s apprentice, Ryui faces new opportunities and dangers as he fights to adjust to his new home. Full of mystery, tension, and tidbits of true people and histories. –Lisa, Wanderlust Book …
Thursday Themes
Bestseller Spotlight: Father’s Day is June 21!
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. We featured some bestselling possible gifts for grads, but this week we’re shopping for the dads! Of …
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Blue Iris and Goldfinches by Mary Oliver
This poetry collection is a celebration of everything that makes spring my favorite season — blooming flowers, trees, and birds — in the most beautiful verse and prose. I find Mary Oliver’s writing is best appreciated outdoors, in your favorite park or garden, while basking in the sunshine. Of course, it’s lovely to enjoy these …
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Portland Book Week through June 14, 2026!
Oregon Public Broadcasting talked to some of the 81 (!!!) bookstores participating in Portland Book Week. Hear from booksellers at the White Rabbit Book Cafe in Oregon City, Maggie Mae’s Bookshop in Gresham and Lost & Bound Books, a mobile bookshop based in Portland. There’s still time to plan your route. Here’s the official Portland …
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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli
Like sitting down to have several long chats with Liza with a Z. The chronological retelling of her life, full of her silliness, amazing performances, and intense struggle with substances. I really got to know her, how fast and hard she worked and how intensely she loved everybody and every minute of it! Accept the …
