Discovering England — without a cell phone
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
“I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, …
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Dick Sonnichsen’s latest crime novel brings the FBI to Sandpoint
By Reader Staff
The newest book by regional writer Dick Sonnichsen is coming out from publisher Blue Creek Press, with Tumbleweed: Angela’s Sometimes Messy and Complex Odyssey To Find Her …
Banned Books in Review: Brave New World
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been a topic of censorship ever since it was first published in 1932. The dystopian speculative novel explores societal …
The Great American Novel – brought to you by OxyContin™
By Danielle Packard
Reader Contributor
Amid the sea of books and films that have recently been released on the American opioid crisis, Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe, …
‘In Pieces’ is a celebrity memoir at its most honest
By Mindy Cameron
Reader Contributor
Asking a reader to name her favorite book of the year is like asking her to choose her favorite grandchild. Impossible. I won’t quite follow …
A novel that gives face to the landscape
By Cody Lyman
Reader Contributor
From Nov. 5-8, Everybody Reads will be hosting ten separate open discussions on “Idaho,” the debut novel of Emily Ruskovich, which became a bestseller after …
Book Review: ‘Educated’ by Tara Westover
By Mindy Cameron
Reader Contributor
“Educated” by Tara Westover is enjoying its ninth week on the New York Times bestseller list, right up there with James Comey and other authors …
Writing in pursuit of justice
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Chip Crandle is restless. He’s 60, and he’s been living life on the safe track in the isolated woods of North Idaho. That is, …
Random Digital Madness: Regional technology news and commentary
By Bill Harp
Reader Tech Columnist
As a fan of near-future, dystopian, cyber-tech science fiction, I occasionally find a frightening book that warns how the future could unfold. “The Water …
‘The Far Journey’ in review
By Mary Haley
Reader Contributor
“A Far Journey,” by local author Tom Reppert, is a young adult novel that throws a modern teenager back in time to the Oregon trail. …
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