Welcome back to New Day Northwest.
You know, I love a good summer read.
I also love getting good reading
suggestions from the pros,
so here with her top picks for
summer is Karen Mayada Allman
from Elliott Bay Book Company.
Welcome to new day OHP.
Thank you.
You've been with Elliott Bay for 23 years.
I have it's
been amazing and amazing time Pioneer
Square and now on Capitol Hill.
I've spent on a dream
job dream job. I've read so many books,
books to your life.
So I'm excited that we have
you here talking about summer
reads because I just finished.
I'm just actually about to
finish my Jasmine Silvera novel,
so I'm ready for a new one.
Alright, so the first one
is a Ellen Hildebrand,
the Hotel Nantucket,
and this person is one of
the best writers, right?
She's called the Queen of Beach reads
for a reason, and this is number 28.
It's set in a hotel so I
love that kind of story.
Has a little romance, has a little intrigue,
and certainly has the townies.
And also the people.
Who are the glamorous guests
who are coming from elsewhere?
So it's a beautiful novel.
She also has some vacation tips in the back.
Ohh she does.
Yes, in case she wants to go to Nantucket,
I that is not very fascinating because
a lot of times you read the books
and you have to look it up yourself.
But that's very helpful. Thank you Ellen.
Alright SO12 3BY Laurie Frankel
so Laurie Frankel of of course I
have to include a Seattle author.
And Laurie Frankel is one of my favorite.
This is her fourth novel and 123.
Is set in a fictional northwest town
which has become a Superfund site,
and there are no there.
Triplet girls are 16 years old
and their mom and their mom is
trying to figure out how to how
to deal with this lawsuit that's
been going for for three years.
Who was which has so affected the family.
So really warm story of of three
sisters Sisterhood and also a
story of unexpected allyship.
That's
nice. And for anyone who doesn't know a
Superfund site is when the area has been.
No damage ecologically that
the government has to step in,
and it's a big deal when that happens,
so this is probably very fascinating
and educational. Imagine a city,
a pilots journey across the urban
world. Yes, by Mark Van Hoen, Ecker.
He is a long haul pilot and his
first book was called Sky Faring.
And in that book he figured out
he tells us how he became a
pilot and also a little bit about
how pilots navigate this book.
Is about his his experiences with cities,
both the city he was from,
which is Pittsfield.
He couldn't wait to leave it,
but finds himself returning again
and again as he does on his flight.
And so it's the pilot's eye view.
And also what it's like to revisit cities.
Many, many, many times for short periods,
but yet become attached to become
attached. And you know what?
This book? This is one of the
reasons I love an actual book.
What do they call this when
the when the pages are cut
like this, it's a deckle edge.
Is decolletage fancy?
So it feels really neat
when you're reading it.
I just love an actual physical book.
OK on lighthouses by
Jasmina Barbara Barrera.
Yes, so this is a translation
from this from Spanish, but it is.
It starts out in the northwest and
she collects lighthouses so by
that she means she travels from
place to place and visits them.
So some of the lighthouses she
visits are on the Oregon coast.
Some are in Spain and she
has a beautiful interlude.
That the Sylvia Beach Hotel,
in which all of the all of the
rooms are named after writers.
And there are items in there
that that kind of give you the
feel of the writers flare and
also books by those writers.
Interesting such a beautiful book.
Is there a Belgium and the Sylvia Plath room?
Ohh, you'll have to find
out you'll have to visit
alright. And finally the five wounds.
The five wounds by Kristen
Quaid is a book that has been.
Championed by our booksellers,
it was featured in our newsletter,
and it's also on our staff recommends wall.
It's the story of the Padilla family
in New Mexico, and as it starts out,
the 15 year old daughter is pregnant
and she is coming home to a father
that she doesn't know very well and
her grandmother and her auntie.
It's a really beautiful family story
that deals with some of the issues that I
think a lot of families are dealing with now.
Which are addiction also.
Kind of trying to figure out
your place in the world.
And yeah, it's such a beautiful,
beautiful story.
When I read books like this,
I find whether or not they relate so
much to my own life. They're healing.
Yes, because the human character
is is is the same with everyone.
So absolutely. Oh my goodness,
I cannot wait to get started.
I can't wait to come down to Elliot
Bay books because I just I was just
telling her I invested in my book
light because I miss reading actual
books and it's so good and it feels
so good and it's so therapeutic.
So I will be seeing you soon.
Ohh wonderful thank you so much.
Thanks
for inviting us over to to speak
with you today. Really appreciate
it. We'll see you back soon.