Borrowed Copy

Maria Semple’s Seattle Visits for “Go Gentle”

It was a @mariasemple weekend for her old Seattle friends: watching her on stage @townhall_seattle trading zingers with @whoiskenjennings on Saturday night and hosting a book-signing visit at the store and doing some visiting with friends on Sunday. Her new novel, Go Gentle, is a heartful hoot, the kind of book for which the adjective “madcap” was invented—we’ve been trading our advance copy around the staff for weeks. Come join the coven! —Phinney Books, Seattle, WA The wonderful @mariasemple made her return to Queen Anne to say hello …

Apr 21, 2026

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Apr

22

2026

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Strange Pictures by Uketsu (with bonus Secret Garden Books Independent Bookstore Day info!)

Visit and revisit illustrations that shift before your eyes as you gain contextual understanding of the interlocked stories in this book. This mystery-horror novel is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Truly chilling! -Lucy, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA On Seattle Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, Secret Garden Books is hosting a …

Apr

20

2026

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The Fountain by Casey Scieszka

Damned to repeatedly outlive all man and creature she’s ever loved, and having fallen out with certain family, Vera comes back home to root out the source of the fountain of youth and undo its curse on her. Her search is complicated by a secretive corporation buying up every parcel in the vicinity and then …

Apr

17

2026

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Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite

Olivia Waite’s Nobody’s Baby [is] a cozy science-fictional novella about a baby that appears where no baby is expected and the subsequent investigation into who was making babies where folks aren’t supposed to be—you know. There are rules in space, especially when you are doing generational travel across light-years, but—you know. ANYWAY, this baby is here …

Apr

16

2026

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Dramatic Weather

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. Yesterday, Seattle had dramatic lightning, thunder, hail, and downpours. Some of last week’s bestsellers sounded a little …

Apr

15

2026

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Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel by Kalynn Bayron

I have loved Kalynn Bayron’s work since she published Cinderella is Dead. Recently she moved to middle grade fiction with the Vanquishers series about a new breed of vampire hunters. Now Bayron has turned the page again and we have Olive Oakes, detective extraordinaire. Olive is looking for mysteries in every part of her life, …

Apr

14

2026

Borrowed Copy

At Select Bookstores on Indie Bookstore Day: The Libro.fm Golden Ticket!

On Independent Bookstore Day (April 25, 2026), across the country at select independent bookstores, audiobook lovers will have their eyes open for the Golden Ticket from Libro.fm. Libro.fm will also have a sale on bestselling audiobook titles April 20- April 25, 2026 to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day. Libro.fm is a Seattle-based audiobook company that partners …

Apr

13

2026

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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

I am not a huge reader of nonfiction, but Patrick Radden Keefe writes his narrative nonfiction so compellingly that it reads a bit like fiction. I was completely drawn in by Say Nothing about the troubles in Ireland and Empire of Pain about the Sackler family and the opioid epidemic. In London Falling, Radden Keefe chronicles the search for answers by …

Apr

10

2026

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Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

Book club alert!!! This book, about a wholesome family show that takes place in the 1960s, is a dream book club selection! It’s charming, engaging, and would give ladies sooooooo much to talk about!!! It’s about social expectations and restrictions, and the strain of judgment from others and ourselves. Very good! ~ Annette An enjoyable …

Apr

9

2026

Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: “It’s all fun and games until…”

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. This week, it’s all fun and games until… the …

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