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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Straight Man
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Russo, Richard
havi brooks
, February 06, 2007
So I guess this makes me the third person here to have read this book three times. Is that magical or silly? Hank Devereaux, the generous, witty, sometimes-snide, and always funny narrator of Straight Man would probably have an interesting opinion on that. The book itself is also magical and silly and thoroughly deserving of a duck to grace its cover. Thoughtful, well-written and perfectly enjoyable. You might think the subject of academic parody has been overdone, but here it is done absolutely right.
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Ender's Game: Ender Wiggin Saga 1
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Orson Scott Card
havi brooks
, February 04, 2007
This book astonished me by its profound impact. Generally speaking I actually rarely enjoy science fiction. Ender's Game isn't so much well-written as it is well-crafted. The story line is absolutely gripping. The world created is completely mesmerizing and the ethical questions and implications enormously complex. Images and ideas from this book will stay with you for years, accidentally informing the conversations you have with yourself and those around you. One of those books that changes everything just a little.
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Excellent Women
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Barbara Pym
havi brooks
, February 02, 2007
My favorite Pym novel. I have read it at least twenty times and could quote large sections of it to you although you'd be better off curling up with a pot of tea and reading it yourself. Excellent Women is a delicious depiction of a fairly quiet, not especially self-aware woman who has non-adventures and shares her meandering stream of consciousness thoughts in an absolutely unintentional but enormously enjoyable and clever way. Sweet little things happen to her, the other characters are a kick in the pants and the whole book is just perfectly done. The "modern Jane Austin" appellation both fits and doesn't, the novel is perfectly charming and thoroughly enjoyable.
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Box Socials
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W. P. Kinsella
havi brooks
, February 01, 2007
A sweet, sweet read with a good mix of funny and sad, a believable narrative voice and a lot of charm. A little patience is required to get into the flow of the narration but it pays off. Very dry and some delightful moments. And a memorable picture of isolated, lonely small-town life among mostly Norwegian settlers in Alberta in the 40s. Which actually doesn't sound funny and charming at all -- but it is!
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Staying Well With The Gentle Art Of Verb
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Suzette Haden Elgin
havi brooks
, January 31, 2007
One of the most useful books around on how to apply the power of words to create mind-body change. Elgin does a fine job of explaining both basic and complex concepts in a clear and intelligent manner. She is a thoughtful and clever writer and thinker whose work cannot be underrated. Perfect for people who don't connect to the new age "create your own reality" model, with powerful examples of how to create a vocabulary for self-work and good health.
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