BOOK REVIEW A Map of Her Own by Dede Montgomery Dede Montgomery’s new book, A Map of Her Own , is historical fiction at its best. The nov...

BOOK REVIEWS A round-up of reviews of seven new-ish and noteworthy books.  Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and other Things That Were Not the...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Please join me every Friday for Book Beginnings! Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, ...

MAILBOX MONDAY A couple of interesting -- and different -- books came my way last week.  Winterland by Rae Meadows (2022, Henry Holt ) This...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS What book captured your fancy this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) with us here on Book Beginning...

Tina Ontiveros is a writer, teacher, and bookseller based in the Pacific Northwest. Her memoir, rough house , tells her story of growing up ...

  Who doesn't like getting books for gifts? It's my favorite part of holiday gift giving! I haven't gotten as clever as Christie...

  Journalist Lori Tobias has covered the Oregon coast for the last 20 years, writing about small towns, fishing, tourism, crimes, good time...

  BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS Do you get in a nonfiction mood in the fall? I do! It must be a vestige of some back-to-school impulse. I feel ...

Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan is the captivating title of Deborah Reed's new novel.  Violet Swan is a famous abstract artist livi...

  Fall is the season for new books, pandemic or no pandemic. Book launches may be on Zoom and getting a signed copy might be tricky. But new...

Oregon's own Ann Patchett is Deborah Reed , the author of seven novels and the owner of the Cloud & Leaf Bookstore in Manzanita....

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING The boy slipped into the salo...