Bus Reads

  • Bus Reads for January

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in January: The River at Night by Erica Ferenik. Every year four friends, Wini, Pia, Sandra, and Rachel plan a trip, to spend time together and get away from everyday life. This… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for December

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in December: Sal by Mick Kitson. A beautiful book despite its tough subject matter. The sisters, Sal and Peppa, are adorable and charming. Sal, the oldest, has been taking care of her younger… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for November

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in November: There There by Tommy Orange. It was one of those books I loved, but wanted more. I want more book, I want a sequel, I want more of the story, more, more,… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for October

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in October: Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper. A small fishing island in Newfoundland is home to few. As the fish began to vanish, so too did the island’s inhabitants, leaving one by… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for September

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in September: The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu: Five girls, Nita, Isabel, Andee, Siobhan, and Dina are selected by their camp leader, Jan, to go on a kayaking trip. These… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for August

    Bus Reads for August

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in August: Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot: After checking herself into a psych ward Mailhot begins journaling to her ex-lover. She grapples with her past, her present, and her future as well as… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for July

    Commuting to Seattle by bus five days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in July: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: One of the main themes I loved about this book was the character’s experience of being two different people in two different worlds and having… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for June

    Commuting to Seattle by bus 5 days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus this past June: How To Be Safe by Tom McAllister This book takes place in the aftermath of a school shooting and hits so close to home. Tom has his fingers on the vein… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for May

    Bus Reads for May

    Commuting to Seattle by bus 5 days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Here’s what I read on the bus in May: Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld A graphic memoir of a young Evie’s obsession with sharks; every little thing about them. Folded in among that obsession are stories of family… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Bus Reads for April

    Bird Week: Bus Reads for April

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for the first ever Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary. Commuting to Seattle by bus 5 days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Usually I read whatever catches my eye, but for Bird Week I… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for March

    Here are my March bus reads: Mothers and Other Strangers by Gina Sorell Married to a man she didn’t love and carrying a child she never could. Elsie had always wanted her mother to be proud of her…to want her, but she was always too selfish to be the mother Elsie needed. Now as an… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for February

    Here are my February bus reads:   California Dreamin’ by Penelope Bagieu A look at the life of Mama Cass before she was Mama Cass (of The Mamas and the Papas). I loved it. Beautifully illustrated, and Mama Cass has been a fascination to me; she also reminds me a bit of my mom.      … Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for January

    Bus reads is back with a twist! We want to hear from you! Share what you’ve read during your commute: whether on a bus, a train, or the light rail. To mix it up I’ll incorporate reviews from you, our patrons, into future Bus Reads columns! I may even see you on the bus! Here are my… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for December

    The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry. A librarian finds a man asleep in the basement near the section she is in charge of. Before the door opens to the public she decides to take that time to tell him her life of working at the library, along with the history of libraries, its… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for November

    The Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel Gonzales. First off swearing and lots of it, which I love because for some reason it makes me giggle over and over and over again. But secondly, great female leads, which I also love because woman are amazing and have far more depth then often portrayed. We… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for October

    The Well by Catherine Chanter has an edge of magical realism, but for the most part it is the struggle for life, marriage, family, and self under pressure; I loved it. Mark and Ruth Ardingly seek a new start. They leave their London life behind and find their new home at The Well. The Well turns… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for September

    Today is my dad’s birthday, he would have been 63 years old, but sadly I lost him to a sudden heart attack five months ago. Although my grief has settled a bit he is very much on my mind this month so I thought I’d use books as a form of therapy; seeing the commonality… Continue reading

  • Bus Reads for August

                Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert was along the same vein as Morgenstern’s The Night Circus with a bit of Baum’s Wizard of Oz thrown in. It takes place in 1898 and tells a love story in the midst of the fictional Omaha World’s Fair. In the beginning though before… Continue reading