The Seattle Review of Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mashka: the unlocked secrets of an imprisoned teenage royal
Sophia GallegosThe Seattle Review of BooksSponsor Sophia Gallegos has published a full chapter from her gripping novel Mashka: a re-telling of the Russian Revolution from the perspective of Maria, the Tsar's daughter. Read it on our site all week. https://t.co/sDkTPxei2L https://t.co/rlULrpODFx
Paperback, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America
Sarah KendziorThe Seattle Review of BooksAt last night's Reading Through It Book Club, we looked at Sarah Kendzior's "The View From Flyover Country", and came away with questions. https://t.co/lMDhuRJgM6
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Joy of Cooking: Fully Revised and Updated
Irma S. RombauerThe Seattle Review of BooksThis Sunday, the writers of the latest edition of Joy of Cooking will have a rare peek behind the curtain. https://seattlereviewofbooks.com/notes/2020/03/02/event-of-the-week-joy-of-cooking-at-book-larder/
Hardcover, 2019
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
Rebecca TraisterThe Seattle Review of BooksLast night, at our last Reading Through It Book Club meeting, we discussed Rebecca Traister's excellent GOOD AND MAD. https://t.co/l9VBUeg2qd
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88 Names
Matt RuffThe Seattle Review of BooksMatt Ruff's new novel, 88 Names, comes out this Tuesday. It's up to Seattle to give the book a big launch. Here's how: https://t.co/eD79LXbFN5
Paperback, Large Print, 2020
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Creation
Sylvia NickersonThe Seattle Review of BooksAs coronavirus has changed city life, it's a good time to read books about city life. Sylvia Nickerson's Creation is a great addition to that conversation. https://t.co/PUjXYVkall
Paperback, 2019
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Anna Lowenhaupt TsingThe Seattle Review of BooksWhat can we learn about capitalism from matsutake mushrooms? @mn76 gives us a primer in his review of Anna Tsing’s book, The Mushroom at the End of the World. https://seattlereviewofbooks.com/reviews/mushrooms-money-and-the-end-of-the-world/index.html
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Weather
Jenny OffillThe Seattle Review of BooksLocal writer @jennyha_yes on Jenny Offill's Weather and the comforts of its kaleidoscopic prose https://t.co/klBWWnZnnP
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Knockout Queen
Rufi ThorpeThe Seattle Review of BooksIn which @rufithorpe's biggest fanboy, @hellbox, waxes about architecture and avoids boxing metaphors in discussing Thorpe's wonderful new book, "The Knockout Queen" https://seattlereviewofbooks.com/reviews/one-review-in-a-single-style-of-rufi-thorpes-brilliant-new-novel-without-boxing-metaphors/
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Exile Waiting
Vonda N. McIntyreThe Seattle Review of BooksOur thanks to sponsor @KateHandheld for bringing us something truly wonderful: a reissue of Vonda N McIntyre’s debut novel, The Exile Waiting. Read a full chapter on the site for a limited time! https://t.co/eBv6FFe58H
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