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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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Notes to Boys: And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public
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Ribon, Pamela
AbiRuth
, April 05, 2015
First things first: this book is hilarious. You will laugh. That will happen, so pick it up and read it for that reason. Second things second: it’s also beautiful and the type of book that’s so (entertainingly) honest about the experience of being a teenage girl (and a grown woman who can’t escape the memory of having once been a teenage girl) that it almost��"almost��"absolves the reader of all the mistakes, humiliations, and insecurities of youth. Those parts of your younger self that you’ve been trying to forget? Ribon has those, too. And she shows them to you. And you laugh. And suddenly, you’re strangely proud of that time you saved a recording of yourself reading a letter before you sent it to that boy in sixth grade. Or maybe “proud” isn’t the word. “Less ashamed,” maybe. Or at least “free to laugh about it now.” My point is, read this book. But read it for the hilarity; let yourself be surprised at how good it is for your heart.
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But No Elephants
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Jerry Smath
AbiRuth
, September 23, 2009
This was my favorite book as a child--an underrated tale of how the things we fear most can sometimes be the very things that bring sunshine into our lives. And it's crazy enough to be charming. After all, what child doesn't dream of a door-to-door pet salesman?
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Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
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Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
AbiRuth
, July 24, 2009
This book is a charming tribute to all the beauties of life, great and small, that make life bearable in the darkest hours. As a book lover, it reminded me why I love books, and as a human being, it reminded me why life is a joy. And it did these things while still honestly discussing one of the darkest periods in human history. It made my soul expand. And since finishing the book, I have found myself pining for Juliet as though she were a good friend who had recently moved away.
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Wickett's Remedy
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Myla Goldberg
AbiRuth
, June 19, 2009
I fell hard for Myla Goldberg's storytelling about ten pages into this book. My experience was that--rather than being distracting--the voices of the past, the seemingly disconnected storylines, even the QD bits--made the story richer. Rather than merely crafting a tale around a bit of history, Goldberg's gathering of perspectives suggests the universal and diverse impact of both the great historical events and small every day experiences. I was especially crazy about the voices from beyond the grave. I love to imagine multiple perspectives of the same story. I read a review of this book once that claimed that the input of the deceased made them sound like they were all self-absorbed jerks. I disagree. I feel that it was true to the way that our own perspectives and subconscious needs shape our memories. It's a beautiful testament to unspoken hopes. Read it. Immediately.
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