Cart
|
|
my account
|
wish list
|
help
|
800-878-7323
Hello, |
Login
MENU
Browse
See All Subjects
New Arrivals
Bestsellers
Featured Preorders
Award Winners
Audio Books
Used
Staff Picks
Staff Picks
Picks of the Month
25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
25 Books to Read Before You Die
25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
25 Women to Read Before You Die
50 Books for 50 Years
Gifts
Gift Cards & eGift Cards
Powell's Souvenirs
Journals and Notebooks
Games
Sell Books
Events
Find A Store
Don't Miss
Spotlight Sale
Comfort Me With Novels Sale
Welcome to the Chapterverse Sale
Powell's Author Events
Oregon Battle of the Books
Audio Books
Get the Powell's newsletter
Visit Our Stores
Powell's Staff:
Five Book Friday: In Memoriam
(0 comment)
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...
Read More
»
Brontez Purnell:
Powell’s Q&A: Brontez Purnell, author of ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt’
(0 comment)
Rachael P.:
Starter Pack: Where to Begin with Ursula K. Le Guin
(0 comment)
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
Customer Comments
Olga Hanson has commented on (2) products
The Glass Rainbow (Large Print) (Wheeler Hardcover)
by
James Lee Burke
Olga Hanson
, August 07, 2012
Once again Mr. James Lee Burke writes so effectively that I can taste, smell, feel, touch, and hear so many aspects of Louisiana as to take me there, page after page. As an ol' lady, I know that I read these Dave Robicheaux novels because I am drawn to the tormented humanity present not only in Dave, but also in Clete. If I were in for it in life, I'd want these two men on my side. Not that they're perfect, far from it in fact. It's just that they're ready to hang it up, if they have to, for what they believe is honest and right and needed to make their world, and mine, a better place. Thank you, Mr. James Lee Burke, for your willingness to share your love of language and your ability to write such stories!
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment
The Cove
by
Rash, Ron
Olga Hanson
, August 04, 2012
I knew Ron Rash would take me away from real life with "The Cove: A Novel" because he'd already done so with "Saints at the River: A Novel" and "The World Made Straight: A Novel." He didn't let me down one bit. In no time at all through his brilliant use of words and sentences, I knew Laurel Shelton and her family home in North Carolina. I knew Hank and Slidell and Walter, even Chauncey and Jubel, as well as if I were the proverbial fly on the wall. Sounds pastoral doesn't it--that list of names along with the words family home? Nope. Not at all. A heavy wondering about what is going to happen next permeated the novel. To tell you the truth, as badly as I wanted to know what was next, I dreaded it, too. I couldn't find but a sliver of hope, yet I continued to read because I had to know. I had to know where the novel would take me, willingly going all the way to its end. Novel. Let's see, according to Merriam-Webster, novel as an adjective can mean "original or striking especially in conception or style." I think that definition must be why the word is included in the titles of Mr. Rash's books. Anyway, by the time he was done with me, I slowly closed the book and sat there, with my hand resting on the cover. I slowly moved my hand back and forth across the cover, feeling the slightly raised words, hoping that in doing so I was in some way comforting Laurel.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment