Hello and happy holidays, all you devilish rakes and pastry-loving detectives! In this week's episode, we embrace the mush as we sing the praises of the people, books, shows, snacks, and music that are getting us through 2020. Plus, our glowing guide to Portland bookstores, restaurants, and other venues for shopping small and shopping local. We talk a little bit about books, too. And we'll be talking holiday romance in our next episode, so stay tuned!
For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, to learn more about attending a virtual book club meeting, or just to chat with us about romance, find us here or email us directly at ssedell@lakeoswego.city (Shannon) or sdickinson@lakeoswego.city (Shandy). Our next meeting is Sunday, December 13 at 11:00 a.m. PST. We'll be discussing Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev, and we would love to have you join us.
You can also find us on Instagram at @theknitterlybookworm and @shandybeereads! (Disclaimer: these are our personal bookstagram accounts and the opinions espoused on those accounts do not necessarily reflect the views of LOPL.)
This week's links (Part 1)
Bookstores:
Backstory Books and Yarn
Green Bean Books
A Children's Place Bookstore
Wallace Books
Broadway Books
Annie Bloom's Books
Bookshop.org
The Booktique (run by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library!)
Food & Drink:
Maruti
Mirisata
Andina
Pix Patisserie
Lauretta Jean's
Petunia's Pies & Pastries
Gluten Free Gem
Wei Wei: A Taste of Taiwan
Laughing Planet
Snappy's
Thunderbird Bar
Oui Presse
New Cascadia Traditional
Blue Kangaroo Coffee Roasting
Lighthouse Roasters
Tao of Tea
Tea Chai Te
Mamancy Tea Co.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
Love All Year: A Holidays Anthology
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard
24 Hours in Ancient Rome by Philip Matyszak
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
Always Only You by Chloe Liese
The Preacher’s Promise by Piper Huguley
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails With a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margarita: More Cocktails With a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
Gone With the Gin: Cocktails With a Hollywood Twist by Tim Federle
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
