#BookBingoNW2023

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Workers’ Rights!

    Are you well into #hotlaborsummer and still looking for stories of solidarity to fill out your workers’ rights Bingo square? I’ve got plenty of books for the bargaining table below. On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union by Daisy Pitkin First up is a harrowing… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Chosen by the Cover Part 2

    #BookBingoNW2023: Chosen by the Cover Part 2

    Still working on your Summer Book Bingo? Maybe you haven’t filled in the “Chosen by the Cover” square just yet? Let me suggest a few more books with covers that caught my eye! Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly Set in 2003, a bookbinder finds a queer love letter in a book and becomes obsessed with… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Debut Essays or Short Stories

    I’ll be honest, I’m quite distractible. And I’m a book piler. I go back and forth between novels, poetry, comics, and so on. So, what could be better than reading deeply personal or timely topical essays, or short fiction that affords the fulfilling seeds of an unfulfilled story plot or character formation? How about an… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023 In Translation: What’s in a Language?

    I always find the consuming too much of one thing to be detrimental to my reading health, like eating a menu of only grilled cheese sandwiches would be for example. For a wider, more nourishing literary diet (and to get another square for your Book Bingo blackout), I suggest adding books translated from other languages… Continue reading

  • Three on a Theme: Haunted Media

    At our recent author event with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, an audience member requested more suggestions for haunted media. If you are also looking for such suggestions, please enjoy the following three! All feature movies in one way or another. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Lifelong friends Monserrat and Tristán stumble into an opportunity they can’t refuse… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Indigenous Author

    As I’m writing now on the lands of the Coast Salish people, specifically the Duwamish, in a city named for Duwamish and Suquamish Chief Seattle, it feels appropriate to recognize the many ways Indigenous individuals and nations have shaped our society. One way we can do this is by centering Indigenous creators, like Indigenous authors,… Continue reading

  • While You Wait: Fourth Wing Readalikes

    “Romantasy” (fantasy romance) is really taking off this summer with the social media sensation Fourth Wing topping holds charts everywhere. While you wait to read this book or its sequel, here are three more books to try: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose Anequs, a young Indigenous woman from the Maqsuisit nation, is… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Chosen by the Cover

    #BookBingoNW2023: Chosen by the Cover

    One of the squares in our 2023 Adult Book Bingo challenge is “Chosen by the Cover.” While it is common advice to avoid judging a book by its cover, I have to admit that I love—and can rarely resist—a beautiful book cover. Here are some of my favorite reads that also happen to have a… Continue reading

  • Three on a Theme: Mermaids

    With the live-action Little Mermaid in theatres, mermaids are on my mind! Are they on yours too? While they are often depicted as beautiful and sweet in pop culture and children’s fiction, these mythic creatures may haunt your nightmares after reading these three speculative fiction titles. Bonus: included are some relevant categories to help you… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Peak Picks Edition! True Crime or Crime Fiction

    Looking for a book without holds to help you make your Book Bingo? Check out one of these Peak Pick titles that fit the True Crime or Crime Fiction category! Pro tip: Click on “Availability by Location” to see what branches have that title on hand. In S.A. Crosby’s All the Sinners Bleed, Sherriff Titus… Continue reading

  • #BookBingoNW2023: Manga or Graphic Novel

    Here at the library, we have so many great manga and graphic novel titles that it can be hard to decide what to read next! Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo reading: Those Who Helped Us by Seattle-born Ken Mochizuki (author) and Kiku Hughes (illustrator, Displacement), blends a fiction and nonfiction Japanese… Continue reading

  • On Your Bookmark: Summer Book Bingo Starts Today

    On Your Bookmark: Summer Book Bingo Starts Today

    Grab a stack of books, a friend and start reading — Seattle’s favorite summer reading contest is on! The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures just launched this year’s Summer Book Bingo, which encourages people to read for pleasure and to talk about books with friends, coworkers and neighbors. Need a refresher? Book… Continue reading