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Seattle Indie Booksellers on the Future of the Book

Last weekend, I went to the Friends of the Seattle Public Library’s annual meeting, which featured a panel discussion on “The Future of the Book” with four Seattle independent bookstore owners: Lara Hamilton of Book Larder, Danielle Hulton of Ada’s Technical Books, Debbie Sarow of Mercer Street Books, and Christy Dawn of Secret Garden Books. Are they feeling threatened in an era of Amazon and e-books? Their answers (paraphrased by me) might surprise you. Seattle City Librarian Marcellus Turner listens to Lara Hamilton, Danielle Hulton, Debbie Sarow, and Christy Dawn talk books. Lara Hamilton, Book Larder As the [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:53-07:00October 11th, 2013|

Everyone’s Talking About Gone Girl

Gone Girl News and Updates The reviews are in! What's everyone saying about the Gone Girl movie? NPR says David Fincher's direction "delivers jolts designed to make audiences squeal, while also letting you identify with characters one moment, and wish you hadn't the next."' RogerEbert.com says this "overheated," "plot-obsessed picture" is a "sick film, and often brilliant." Entertainment Weekly praises the cast's "gallows humor" and "calculating oiliness," and gives it an A. Rottentomatoes.com gives it a pretty-darn-good 87%. Now that we know Ben Affleck is officially the lead actor in the movie adaptation of Gone Girl, we can really start [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:57-07:00July 23rd, 2013|Tags: , , , , |

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2016-12-31T17:58:59-07:00June 7th, 2013|
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