This is Portland: The City You’ve Heard You Should Like by Alexander Barrett and Andrew Dickson

by Sarah Hutchins | Aug 17, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Portland Publishers, Travel

Books, bridges, beards, and beer are a sampling of the cultural aspects Alexander Barrett and Andrew Dickson touch on in This is Portland: The City You’ve Heard You Should Like. Before Alexander Barrett moved to Portland, everyone told him it was the best city ever...

Paleo for Unicorns: Eat the Patriarchy by Amy Subach

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...

Chocolatology by Angel York and Darin Wick, illustrated by Cat Callaway

by Seniye Groff | May 18, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Portland Publishers

The small brown and pink whimsical cover immediately makes the potential reader curious about what Chocolatology potentially offers. Who doesn’t love chocolate and this quirky book reminds us of all the reasons why chocolate intrigues us. The book opens with the...

This Is Your Brain on Anxiety: What Happens and What Helps by Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, CAN

by Sarah Hutchins | May 11, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Portland Publishers, Psychology, Self-Help

Chest pain; racing heart; shortness of breath; dizziness. Most people today have experienced these and other telltale symptoms of anxiety. Faith G. Harper is a licensed professional counselor among other consultation specialties and has written several “five-minute...

Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 2: A Recipe for Disaster by Natalie Riess

by Brandon Sanford | Feb 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels, Portland Publishers, Young Adult

Have you ever wanted to have aliens sweep you away to compete on an intergalactic cooking show, while developing a sweet romance and dodging your rival’s plots to end your existence? In Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 2: A Recipe for Disaster, Peony has secured an...

The Ocean in My Ears by Meagan Macvie

by Barbara Cothern | Feb 2, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, NW Author, Portland Publishers, Young Adult

Seventeen-year-old Meri Miller is way past ready to leave her tiny town of Soldotna, Alaska. She’s not sure what she wants to do but she knows she wants to do it elsewhere. All Meri wants to do is spend her senior year applying to colleges, hanging out with her best...