Travel
Pacific Crest Trail: From the California Border to Canada by Jordan Summers. Wilderness Press, $29.95. For anyone who has ever remotely thought about hiking the … Continue reading
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Losing It at the Movies
Broadway Metro fights for survival, while David Minor Theater has become a bike shop
Surviving on a mixture of loans, grants and alternative moviegoing options, Eugene’s independent Broadway Metro is one of many cinemas struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading
Literary Fiction
Jack by Marilynne Robinson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27. This is the fourth in a series that began with Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set … Continue reading
Snuggle In and Read
Pull up the easy chair. Light the fire. Pour yourself a relaxing beverage of choice and settle in for a good night’s read. No easy … Continue reading
Graphic Novels
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, Steve Horton and Laura Allred. Insight Comics, $39.99. David Bowie’s life was a colorful one, and … Continue reading
Teen Fiction
By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons by Amanda Sellet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $ 17.99. I was a geek as a child and … Continue reading
Illustrated Inspiration
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. HarperOne, $22.99. Although this was published in 2019, we want to include it … Continue reading
Science Fiction
Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis. St. Martin’s Press, $27.95. Hugo Award finalist Lindsay Ellis is one of the sharpest media critics working today. Her YouTube … Continue reading
Not Trump
A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Crown Publishing, $45. A Promised Land reads like Barack Obama is speaking to you — in that unique way the … Continue reading
Mystery and Suspense
Best Laid Plans by Gwen Florio. Severn House, $28.99. Nora Best is about to embark on a great adventure with her husband, traveling the country … Continue reading