Brisingr -The Inheritance Trilogy

You've enjoyed Eragon and Eldest... now prepare for the final book of the sensational Inheritance Trilogy, BRISINGR!

The final book by Christopher Paolini will be released on Saturday, September 20, 2008.

We are currently taking pre-orders. Come and reserve your copy now, and stay tuned for more details.

Congratulations, PNBA Award winners!

From the Seattle Times:

Northwest booksellers name PNBA winners

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) has announced the winners of the 2008 Pacific Northwest Book Awards. The honorees are:

Sherman Alexie, of Seattle, for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," his young-adult novel which also won the National Book Award.

Jim Harrison, for his novel "Returning to Earth" (Harrison lives part-time in Montana).
Denis Johnson, of Idaho, for his novel "Tree of Smoke," which also won the National Book Award.

Lauren Kessler, of Oregon, for her nonfiction book "Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's."

Aryn Kyle, of Montana, for her debut novel, "The God of Animals."

Matt Ruff, of Seattle, for his novel "Bad Monkeys."

The six books were chosen from nearly 200 nominees by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The winners will be feted at a reception for PNBA members in Portland on March 29.

PARKING TROUBLE?

Having a difficult time finding a parking spot at Jefferson Square in the busy holiday rush? Remember, parking in the lot underneath the store is FREE on weekends and after 4 p.m. on weekdays. The elevator near the West Seattle Animal Hospital can take you right up to our store.

New Staff Picks on Square1books.com

We just loaded up some new staff recommendations over at Square1books.com.

Check them out at http://www.square1books.com/recommendations.htm.

One of them could be your next favorite!

Tis the Season!

Every child deserves a good book.

Purchase any children's book from us Dec. 1-2 for 15 percent off and we will donate the book to West Side Baby. The books will be distributed to families in need in December.

Keep an out for us at the 2007 Hometown Holidays "Light Up the Junction" celebration on Dec. 1. We'll be out in our "satellite" booth in the Junction with plenty of our Holiday catalogs and samples of the must have books of the season.

Thanks for your years of support, for again voting our store as "The Best Bookstore in West Seattle" and for making our 20th year in the community a special one.

Happy Birthday to Us!

whoo heeee yipppeeee!

It's our birthday again..... 20 years in West Seattle!

Every year we celebrate by having a SALE! For our 20th - that means everything is 20% off for three days - November 8-10.

Come have fun with us as we kick off another great year!

Enrique's Journey

Thursday, October 11
(second Thursday)
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario

In this astonishing true story, award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States.When Enrique is five years old, his mother, Lourdes, too poor to feed her children, leaves Honduras to work in the United States.

Lourdes promises Enrique she will return quickly. But she struggles in America. After eleven years apart, he decides he will go find her. Enrique sets off alone from Tegucigalpa, with little more than a slip of paper bearing his mother’s North Carolina telephone number. Without money, he will make the dangerous and illegal trek up the length of Mexico the only way he can–clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains.

Having just come back from Central America, I'm looking forward to this discussion... see ou all Thursday.