July 2012

  • Your Next 5 Books: Real life adventure

    In this column we regularly highlight a Your Next 5 Books submission that we find interesting, funny, unique, or useful to other readers. Submit Your Next 5 Books entry now, or stop by and see us in person, and maybe you could see your (anonymous) reading habits on Shelf Talk! Continue reading

  • Take a BITE Out of July

    What better month to explore the chefs and cuisine that call Seattle and the Pacific Northwest region home than July, when barbeques get fired up and summer farmer’s markets are in full swing displaying an array of fresh, local, and seasonal produce and artisanal delights.  July also hosts the annual Bite of Seattle at the… Continue reading

  • A Dream of Summer

    A Dream of Summer, because we are all dreaming of summer… Here we are in the heady rush of summer, where busy summer plans are making themselves felt regardless of the on-again, off-again weather. In the midst of all the hurry, I find myself longing for quiet dreaming reads – the ones that speak of… Continue reading

  • Science Fiction Fridays: School’s out, your education begins

    Now that summer has finally arrived and school is out,  I feel it is my duty to offer up some great science fiction reads to recent graduates. These are the kinds of books that speak to the confusion and contradictions of being a young adult cast into the “real world” and faced with the options… Continue reading

  • H is for Gar Anthony Haywood

    Talking with fans of detective fiction, you tend to hear the same authors come up a lot, so it is a real pleasure to introduce readers to great crime novelists who are less well known, such as Gar Anthony Haywood. Hawyood’a Fear of the Dark won a Shamus Award in 1989 for best first private eye novel, introducing… Continue reading

  • Your Next 5 Books: Audiobook suggestions from a real, live librarian

    In this column we regularly highlight a Your Next 5 Books submission that we find interesting, funny, unique, or useful to other readers. Submit Your Next 5 Books entry now, or stop by and see us in person, and maybe you could see your (anonymous) reading habits on Shelf Talk! Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Suggestions from readers in Greenwood

    On the Edge: My Story by Richard Hammond Regarding the jet engine car that crashed and nearly killed him, RH and his wife, Mindy, recount the process of healing and recovering. Well-written, an excellent read. ~ Shay Original Sin by Beth McMullen Quite enjoyed. Captures very well the unworldliness of being a mother and simultaneously… Continue reading