by Philip Rafferty | Nov 9, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Portland Authors
Portland based writer Willy Vlautin’s latest book, Don’t Skip Out on Me, moves away from the Pacific Northwest and plants us in Nevada. Horace Hopper is a young man who has spent his entire life on a Nevada Sheep Ranch. Adopted by a kind couple, Mr. and Mrs....
by Philip Rafferty | Oct 26, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Comics & Graphic Novels, NW Setting, Portland Authors
Mr. Wolf’s Class, the new graphic novel by Aron Nels Steinke, is a colorful and well-drawn book aimed at elementary aged students. As the book opens, Mr. Wolf enters a new classroom at Hazelwood Elementary school set to start his tenure as a 4th-grade teacher. The...
by Whitney Smyth | Aug 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, NW Setting, Portland Authors, Sponsored
A chance encounter in the Lone Fir Cemetery between reporter Murphy Gardiner and Anji Lee sparks a deep friendship and launches an investigation into the history of Portland. Anji has been tasked with a long-standing family tradition: placing three white roses on the...
by Barbara Cothern | Aug 3, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Portland Authors, Portland Publishers
The Paleo diet has become popular over the past few years but it can be overwhelming to sift through information found online and books. This book, Paleo for Unicorns: Eat the Patriarchy, helps the Paleo novice sort through the ins and outs of the lifestyle and helps...
by Sarah Hutchins | Apr 25, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Poetry, Portland Authors
Sunset in Wonderland “I am always doing this. Walking around the old neighborhood, always sixteen, moody and stealing cigarettes” (36). I read Wonderland by native-Portlander Matthew Dickman. I read not about a Portlandia-version. I read about a place...
by Julia Gaskill | Sep 7, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Portland Authors
Everyone remembers their first dog. No, not the first dog they ever owned, their first dog. The one they first had an instant connection with; the dog who made them feel complete and opened their heart in ways unexpected. There is, perhaps, no greater joy in the...
