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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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Mug Good Morning Asshole OOS April
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mara owens
, August 19, 2016
I saw this at the Burnside shop, and instantly fell in love. It was my birthday that weekend, so I had to choose, and this didn't make the cut... but now I wish I had just gone for it. Perfect mug for a misanthrope such as myself. Rock on Powells.
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War Brides
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Helen Bryan
mara owens
, August 21, 2012
in recent years we have seen an influx of novels written addressing various elements of ww2, from holocaust survivor stories, to time travel into the blitz, and of all these i have found 'war brides' to be atop the list of most wonderfully written, most engaging. an honest delving into the emotions of several women who faced vastly different challenges during that era, it stands to grant insight into a world so foreign to most of us.
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Ten Thousand Saints
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Eleanor Henderson
mara owens
, January 19, 2012
I truly loved this book. Of all those I read in 2011 I felt the most connected to this fantastic novel. Words cannot describe the deep resonance with my own past that Ms. Henderson provided with her characters and stories. So far so few have touched on my generation and our struggles in the 80's outside of Ellis (who writes solely based on his privileged life in NYC). Ten Thousand Saints speaks to those of us who were from varied backgrounds and orientations, as well as to the overarching angst that hovered over all of us back in those days. A brilliant book by a woman I hope continues to create and offer the world her views on life from a better, less 'entitled' perspective.
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Discovery of Witches All Souls Trilogy 01
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Deborah Harkness
mara owens
, September 01, 2011
harkness' writing creates a wholly real world wherein i found myself feeling like the proverbial fly on the wall. daemons, witches, and vampires living, openly, among humans? at oxford? the use of history (contextually as well as accurately) as well as little cultural bits and pieces that you have to be on it to catch (a foppish french blond vampire in nola? ha!) was intriguing and all so much part of the deep, resonant charm of this book. i borrowed this copy, but will be buying my own, to be sure.
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Just Kids
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Patti Smith
mara owens
, January 01, 2011
patti smiths narrative of her life with robert mapplethorpe is, without doubt, the most remarkable history of new york i have read since ashburys gangs of new york. her ability to illustrate, with words, the era through which so very many notable characters in rock and art history walked, is exceptional and unflinching. i found myself in tears during the moments of intimate description of places and personal experiences. i, too, grew up in new york city during that same era, albeit as a child, and recall so many of the same things, through such different eyes. the automat, pearl paint, the museums, the park, and even the village, all places which hold such dear, sweet memories, given new views through her eyes. having lost my own father to aids, i completely understand the sense of loss and sorrow, even down to arias sung as she embraced the passing of her very best friend. if i were able, i would hug ms. smith, and tell her how much love and care i feel for her, both as her young adult self and for the beautiful, strong woman i admire wholeheartedly. if you have ever, wanted to, or currently live in new york city, and are interested in the denizens who have brought truly seminal art to her streets and, ultimately, the world, this is a book you MUST read. i thank ms. smith, deeply, for this book which is, absolutely, my favorite of 2010.
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