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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...

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It Chooses You by Miranda July
	S_Ava, February 27, 2012 Honestly, I thought this was going to cheeky and gimmic-y. So glad I was proved wrong. I read it one day. Another great one from Miranda July.
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It Chooses You by Miranda July
	S_Ava, February 27, 2012 Honestly, I thought this was going to be gimmacy-y, cheeky. I couldn't put it down. Read it in one day. More great stuff from Miranda July. So glad I was proved wrong.
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How To Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
	S_Ava, February 27, 2012 This is one of my favorite collections of short stories. Orringer has a keen eye for detail and dares to to create characters that might termed, "unlikable," if one believed in that term in the first place. There's not one clunker here, but standout stories for me are, "When She is Old and I am Famous," "The Isabel Fish" and "The Smoothest Way is Full of Stones." Great stories with great titles.
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Invention of Hugo Cabret A Novel in Words & Pictures by Selznick, Brian
	S_Ava, February 07, 2012 I bought this book for my eight year old nephew for Christmas. We started to read it that week, but didn't finish. I bought myself a copy the minute I got home. We both loved it! He finished it before I did! Beautiful drawings, prose and just an overall great story.
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Invisible Bridge by Orringer, Julie
	S_Ava, January 05, 2012 Orringer's ambitious debut novel hits all the right marks: an epic love story during a horrific war, a well-thought out plot that is executed with lyrical and taut prose. I was reading this during a family visit back east. During our Sunday barbecue I kept sneaking inside to read a few pages, yet I didn't want it to end.
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