Welcome to your monthly update from Watermark Book Company!

Below, you'll find what's new in the store, upcoming events,

book reviews, and more!

Hello to all of my happy readers!!!

I write this month's note to you as Dracula...that is my costume today on Halloween. I cannot believe that we are embarking on November. I am creeping all of the customers out; they know it is me, but it doesn't look like me. I am so happy to be here at the shop, to see the kiddos tonight, and to hang out with my dear friend Amberly. She makes everything more fun, and I am grateful for her.

Even more shocking is my sobriety: today marks day 100 for me, and I could not be happier. I am climbing mountains, I am walking/hiking about 13 miles a week, and I am eating healthy foods. Feeling so good.

Dracula, one of my favorite books, seemed like a perfect choice.

I can NOT believe that we are celebrating the store's 35th Anniversary this month. I feel so privileged to be part of this legacy that Patti and Norman began long ago. I am so grateful to work side-by-side with these humans I call family. We really take reading and serving our community very seriously, and I am so proud of them. I feel like I am gushing, but it needs to be said: I would really be nothing if not for them.

I read Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, by Holly Whitaker. Having stopped drinking for almost a third of a year, one really does see how deep it goes. Every commercial, every advertisement. All events lure us in with drink tickets. Movies are always surrounded by alcohol, or their characters are always entwined with it. It is so everywhere, and I am so glad I am not the only one on this journey. I have met so many nice people on this ride.

I also read Midnight in Soap Lake, by Matthew Sullivan. He is a local author, and it was an advanced read. His book will be out in April, and we hope to host him for the launch. The book was so good. A good mystery, it follows a woman who is trying to figure out what happened to a murdered woman. This book is based on a real place in Washington, and the author lived there.

I listened to Immortal Dark, by Tigest Girma; this was a very different perspective of a vampire/human connection. I really appreciated it. It read a little young and sometimes irritated me a little bit, but overall it was a very good story. I also listened to So Thirsty, by Rachel Harrison. It was very campy, and it was very fun. I will say this one was a lot sexy, like rated R. Follows two friends who go away for a weekend, and it turns out that they get themselves into some trouble. Not too serious and just fun. I attempted to listen to The Merriest Misters, by Timothy Janovsky. I got 20% in and I had to stop. This book felt like it was stealing every holiday theme from every holiday movie out there. I just could not get on board.

This month, I hope to read Orbital, by Samantha Harvey. This book follows 6 astronauts on a space mission for one full day looking back at Earth. Very exciting. I am so intrigued. I hope to listen to How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague. I also think I want to listen to Framed, by John Grisham. Based on a true story.

Happy Reading and Stay Safe!

Brandy~

Author Events, Book Signings, and Shop Updates

Brandy and Jaycee went to the

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association conference in Portland!

Selling books at the Skagit River Poetry Festival was a blast.

Thank you to Denver Morford for joining us for a meet-and-greet!

We still have signed copies of Two Goofy Dogs!

Happy Halloween!

Watermark Book Company's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Monday, November 11th–Sunday, November 17th

All Week Long

Enter to Win the Raffle Basket of Your Choice When You Spend $100+.

Check out the raffle baskets below—each worth $300 or more!

Family Fun Basket

Murderously Good Reading Basket

The Basket of Beautiful Things

The Food Lover's Basket

Art of Nature Basket

Wednesday, November 13th

Cash/Check Sale!

Saturday, November 16th

After-Hours Celebration

We are planning our annual After-Hours Celebration of the shop's anniversary!

We are hosting several exciting local authors.

Mary from MaryGold Tales will be back doing complimentary live illustrations.

Dunraven Photo will be here for the annual photo station!

We will offer locally made cookies.

We will be running our raffle basket special as well—if you spend $100+, you get to enter to win the basket of your choice!

It helps us if you RSVP! We are offering two time slots:

Authors will present at 6:00pm and 7:00pm.

You can RSVP by responding to this email or calling the shop at 360-293-4277.

Thank you in advance!

This Just In

New art supplies from Ooly.

New inspirational journals are a steal at $7.95!

This Just In for Kids

More art supplies from Ooly!

These STEM kits make great gifts!

📘 New in Paperback 📘

📘 New in Hardcover 📘

Are you looking for our Upcoming Events section?

Check out our mid-month newsletter

for our calendar of upcoming events.

Watermark Book Club

Watermark Book Club will resume in December.

In the meantime, we'd like to share what our team members are reading!

Jaycee read The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green.

Here's what she thinks...

The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green, is simply a delightful read. This anthology highlights some of life’s more random topics, such as Diet Dr. Pepper, The Hall of Presidents and The Notes App. Green intertwines his knowledge of the topics along with personal anecdotes to give the reader insight into lesser-known subjects of this world.

I give this book 4.5 stars (in the vein of John Green).