The latest entry in our Spanish language offerings is a YA novel, Marina, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I talked about his Cemetery of Forgotten Books series previously, which is wonderful. Marina predates that but has similar themes, it's set in an hypnotic post war Barcelona. Oscar is a prep schoo

Continuing our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, today we're talking about Pedro Páramo, widely regarded as not only one of the best novels in Hispanic literature, but one of the best novels full stop. It's a classic story of a guy looking for his dad, which takes him to a

We're continuing to feature our Spanish language selection in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month! Today it's "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, in both English and Spanish, with everything you'd expect from Gothic Horror! Beautiful woman ✅ Large mysterious house

Today is the La Casa Neville series! An historical romance by Argentinian author Florencia Bonelli! It starts in 1833 London, Manon Neville leads a large banking empire, what follows is a sweeping epic of politics, intrigue, business machinations, and romance! 3 books, all in Spanish, at Tiny

We lost a couple of days due to... life... and our author event, but we're back on track for #nationalhispanicheritagemonth with a selection of Aiden Thomas books in Spanish! The Sunbearer Trials duology is a fantasy series about Elder Gods, Stealing the Sun, and all that that entails!

I know, I know, I already did this one, but it's worth reminding everyone that TOMORROW MORNING, Sunday, 9/20, from 9 to 11 AM, is our VERY FIRST AUTHOR EVENT! (insert Kermit flailing!) Doctor Cruz is a local author who works for the City of Gresham. He wrote Lecciones Que Nadie Te Cuenta

Rockwood Market Hall No book of the day today, I don't think I can get through it. Whisper may be the masthead of Tiny Shelf Books and Media, but Rocket was the first cat Jen and I got after we were married. We got home last night after a nice day running the bookshop and found Rocket i

This is the third day of National Hispanic Heritage month and we are going through all our Spanish language editions! Today's pick is a bi-lingual board book edition of the classic "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" teaching animals and colors in both English and Spanish!

It's the second day of national Hispanic Heritage Month, and we're continuing to present our Spanish language selection! Today it's Cocina Carmela by Gaby Ruiz, and what makes THIS pink Spanish cookbook different from the other one (besides no wrestlers on the cover) is that Ms. Ruiz

Today marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month! I know, I know, why the 15th? Why not the first? September 15th is Independence Day from Spain for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua! So kicking off this month, we have Isabel Allende's Eagle and Jaguar s

Yesterday we were talking about Wild Robot on the Island, the kids picture book adaptation of the Wild Robot. Today, we're rolling up to the Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers. A Prayer For the Crown Shy and A Psalm For the Wild-Built. If you can't decide between the hardcovers fo

Rockwood Market Hall The Wild Robot on the Island is a kids picture book adaptation of Peter Brown's novel "The Wild Robot". The Wild Robot is a fantastic book, but the illustrations come across as pencil or charcoal, the Wild Robot on the Island presents the same story, only in fu

Reg Theriault's "How to Tell When You're Tired". This was supposed to be part of our Labor Day display on Monday, but didn't show up for work on time. 😉 For DECADES Theriault worked some of the toughest blue collar jobs you can have. He was a dock worker, he was a fruit pi

No book of the day today because, frankly, it seems a little crass trying to promote product on 9/11 like some other white sale holiday (looking at YOU President's Day). On 9/11 I was part of a group of 19 certified Linux instructors and one of our group was teaching in the World Trade Cente

Tiny Shelf Books and Media and the Rockwood Market Hall are proud to announce our very first Author Event! Coming on Sunday, September 20th from 9 to 11 AM! Doctor Cruz is a local author who works for the City of Gresham. He wrote Lecciones Que Nadie Te Cuenta Al Migrar (Lessons No One Tells You

Today's pick are two all time classics on money management and personal finance: Think and Grow Rich, and the Richest Man in Babylon. In an era of flash in the pan personal finance books, these two have stood the test of time! Originally published in 1937 and 1926 respectively. I actuall

Cemetery Boys: Espiritu by Aiden Thomas, sequel to the best selling Cemetery Boys. And Lost in the Never Woods, now in paperback in English! We've had the Spanish version in paperback for a bit now, but the English version is new as of today! Speaking of, while we have pretty much all the

Tiny Shelf BookTiny Shelf Books and Media Book of the Day! Monday, September 7th, 2026! Today is Labor Day in the United States, but because I haven't come to my senses yet, I'm still working 12 hours every day! So let's talk labor relations! The Day the Crayons Quit is a kids fir

Tiny Shelf BookTiny Shelf Books and Media Book of the Day! Sunday, September 6th, 2026! The Last Bookstore on Earth is a young adult post apocalyptic romance where survivors hole up in a bookstore and do the only sensible thing for survivors to do... trade books for supplies! Then, it turns o

American Peasant from Lost Art Press! This book will show you how to build 10 furniture projects using simple hand tools, but more than that, it teaches you the history and meaning behind a variety of peasant engravings! You've no doubt seen intricately carved furniture, now find out what it