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Remarkably Bright Creatures

August 11, 2022

remarkably

Hello, everyone! I’m easing back in today with a novel that melted my curmudgeonly heart. Remarkably Bright Creatures is a debut by Shelby Van Pelt that takes place in Sowell Bay, a fictional small ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, Pacific Northwest

If, Then by Kate Hope Day

March 13, 2019

if then

It feels a bit as if alternate realities are all the rage in fiction this year, which is not too surprising if you pay attention to what’s happening in the real world. First, there was The Dreamers, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, debut, literary, Pacific Northwest, science fiction

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

January 26, 2018

red

  From the very beginning reading Red Clocks is like looking through a very grimy window. Everything is tinged with dirt and difficult to see, much less see clearly. Four women, each speaking in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, dystopia, literary, Little Brown and Company, Pacific Northwest, women

5 Star Week: Before the Wind

April 14, 2017

before the wind

There's no better way to wrap up a week of fabulous 5 star reading than with one of my favorite books of 2016. Jim Lynch is a Seattle author and this lovely book about a quirky family of  sailors ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, family, Pacific Northwest, Vintage

Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

November 28, 2016

your heart is a muscle

  Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist is one of those novels that runs on pure adrenaline. Author Sunil Yapa drops the reader into the chaos of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle with such ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, contemporary fiction, Lee Boudreaux Books, literary, Pacific Northwest

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