Fine Bainbridge Island’s New community & Used bookstore Books since 1970 e-books our picks new releases AUTUMN 2010 events book groups staff as kids! e-books & eagle harbor books choices at your fingertips We at Eagle Harbor Books are learning that the tool in book reading. But she, too, confesses to preferring “e” in e-book and e-reader does not stand for print books, particularly at home. EEEEK! But for us, and many of our customers, it Still, even those that have plunged into the e-reader has not stood for “easy,” either. world contend that there’s nothing that compares That is beginning to change, “We want you to to a book. Since getting her iPad, McCraw, who and we continue to refine our role in know that we are says buying locally is very important to her, has offering all possible reading options selling e-books on bought two e-books, one of which she needed to for our customers. We know that get by the end of the workday. many of you, and many future cus- our website.” “However, in that same time period, I spent tomers, will want to have both e- approximately $50 —$75 on ‘real’ books,” says READ LOCAL FIRST BAINBRIDGE ISLAND books and old-fashioned print books available. We McCraw. “I’ve found that I prefer hard copies of books want you to know that we are selling e-books on our for several reasons. I like the heft. I also like seeing books WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO US? website, as well as the print originals in our store. on my bookshelf. Sometimes just the sight of a book will We at Eagle Harbor Book Co. take our role in this Local readers have been quick to adopt the remind me of a character or story line, and I like having community seriously. We are earnest in our commit- growing technology, but they’ve had somewhat that moment of reliving a story. I don’t think you can get ment to serve all your reading needs, connecting you mixed experiences with e-readers. that from an e-reader.” (continued on page 7) with books as swiftly as possible with the utmost atten- Island resident Nicki McCraw, who works in tion to customer service and detail. We use local com- Seattle, recently bought an iPad to access panies and vendors whenever possible. We support our e-books for the ferry commute. “I really IT’S A BOOK by Lane Smith (Roaring Book Press) local economy and conserve fuel by ordering office enjoy reading on the boat home, but I don’t CAN IT TEXT? supplies from Paper Products Etc, our books primarily always like having to carry a book, so I BLOG? from our distributor in Kent (which enables us to get thought an iPad would be easier to carry. SCROLL? most books overnight), food for our events from Town And, it is easy to carry and very light- WI-FI? & Country Market, and flowers for our visiting authors weight.” Still, she has found that she pre- TWEET? from Flowering Around. We donate countless hours, money, and books to Helpline, our schools, library, and fers to read print books. No. it’s a book. Julie Marler, a friend of EHBCo, also local nonprofits. We bring world-famous authors to our This picture book is signature Lane Smith (Stinky Cheese Man, loves the ease and mobility of e-books for island for events that are generally free and open to the The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs). Subversively funny and a traveling. In addition, she appreciates the public, inspiring community conversations. We support children’s book for our time. Read it for yourself for fun… read way her students, ranging in age from 11 to local authors by endeavoring to carry all of their titles it to your children for their future. ~ Paul 18, have made their Kindles an important that are available, and giving first-time authors a venue to present their debut books. We listen to you, our cus- To celebrate The Month of the Book every October, Kitsap Regional Library engages the community in a discussion of a tomers, and our selection of titles reflects your diverse single book. This year's Book is Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford, a writer who graduated from South interests and tastes. Kitsap High School in 1986. The novel, which has been extremely popular with book groups on Bainbridge, is set in Seattle’s International District, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? with one story line taking place in 1941-42 and another in the mid-1980s. Ford’s book is a story about a Chinese American We know that in this world of bargains, inter- boy and a Japanese American girl who are both 12 and attend the same private Seattle elementary school at the time of the connectivity, and instant gratification, you can buy your attack on Pearl Harbor. The book is about their respective families, the Asian immigrant experience in Seattle and the Seattle books anywhere. We appreciate your continued support jazz scene at the time. The reader follows the complex love story traced by Henry and Keiko through the decades. and ask that when deciding where to buy your books, try us first. Every book you buy here tangibly supports To see the list of special events for this year's ONE BOOK, ONE COM- your community—not only by supporting our efforts MUNITY around Bainbridge and Kitsap County, visit www.krl.org. listed above and our part in the community cultural fab- ric, but also pays directly into the local tax base. Please See page 6 for Eagle Harbor Books’ events that let us know if we can serve you better, and we will en- complement this community-wide discussion. deavor to grow and improve along with Bainbridge and Look for the ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY logo! the world. Use your dollars to preserve or create the world you want. We are your community bookstore. autumn, 2010 1page celebrating 40 years of bookselling on bainbridge island PERMIT # 91 91 # PERMIT LYNNWOOD, WA WA LYNNWOOD, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110 98110 Washington Island, Bainbridge PAID PAID 157 Winslow Way East East Way Winslow 157 U.S. POSTAGE POSTAGE U.S. Eagle Harbor Book Co. Co. Book Harbor Eagle PRSRT STD STD PRSRT what we’re reading, what we’re recommending kristy (our newest bookseller) true life, true friends: recommends! explored through fiction & memoir Kristy Webster comes to us with a strong STILL ALICE: A NOVEL by Lisa Genova (Simon & Schuster) background in writing, having recently earned Alice Howland is fifty. She’s a psychology professor at Harvard. She’s a wife, a mother of her MFA in Fiction at the Rainier Writer’s grown children, and someone who, in this powerful and riveting novel, is reluctantly aware Workshop at PLU. She also puts in time as that she is slipping into early-onset Alzheimer’s. As with all such cases, this is a heartbreaking Visual Arts Editor and contest judge at Word and frightening story, but one that Genova addresses realistically and thoroughly. She covers all facets of the situation: the acceptance by some, the denial by others. She deals with those With You Press. Kristy has two children, ages who react matter-of-factly to the news and those who need to come to a gradual understanding 12 & 15, and has resided in Olympia and Port Townsend prior of the inevitability of it all. She describes Alice’s husband, her children, her colleagues, and especially Alice her- to her arrival here on Bainbridge. Welcome, Kristy! self as the incidents pile one on the other and her condition deteriorates. And though the situation is terrifying, Ge- nova tells it with grace and compassion. ~ Ann THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE by Aimee Bender (Doubleday) HOMER & LANGLEY: A NOVEL by E. L. Doctorow (Random House) Bender’s new novel reveals the quiet blessings and burdens of In a book made to sit down and read without interruption, the great literary master E.L. Doctorow magic in ordinary life. It is a story about what we do with what creates a novel around the real-life Collyer brothers, Homer and Langley, siblings loyal to each other we know, and what we can bear when there is nothing at all we who were infamously eccentric hermits born in the 1880s. The historical details of New York in a can do about it. At age nine Rose takes a bite of lemon cake grand age lend authenticity to the inventive story of these fascinating characters. ~ Janis baked by her mother and discovers she is able to “taste” her mother’s moods and emotions. She also tastes the gloom in her LET’S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP brother’s toast and a baker’s rage in a freshly baked chocolate by Gail Caldwell (Random House) chip cookie. At first overwhelmed by the storm of emotions This memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caldwell is simply beautiful. It is the soul- and revelations she’s subjected to with every meal, through baring journey of an intimate friendship between two wise and witty women, Caldwell and trial and error Rose learns to harness her abili- Caroline Knapp (Drinking: A Love Story), which began with their dogs and grew as each day ties, meanwhile cultivating a profound insight presented itself. Caroline introduced Gail to rowing; Gail introduced Caroline to swimming; into the human condition. A beautifully writ- they both wrote; they both battled alcoholism; and they both grieved the inoperable cancer ten and engaging novel, it aches with the that Caroline was diagnosed with.