Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Come with me on my reading vlog around the Seattle, Puget Sound and Cascades areas! I picked four books set in this Pacific Northwest area and read them in the places they're actually set in. Books on Location is my favorite way to read while traveling!

✨ *Books I Mentioned* ✨
📘 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (read in the "American Alps" in Marblemount, Washington) thriftbooks.com/w/whered-you-go-bernadette_maria-semple/246352/?resultid=9ec3ea9b-9d08-48f1-8209-48878e50a01f#edition=7123697&idiq=2424926
📘 The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes (read in a Seattle area botanical garden: Lakewold Gardens) thriftbooks.com/w/the-girl-who-wrote-in-silk_kelli-estes/10932822/?resultid=84a43e8e-a49e-4d72-b5b0-b6b9c2a3773c#edition=8376021&idiq=9224927
📘 Onions in the Stew by Betty MacDonald (read on Vashon Island) bookshop.org/a/124748/9780295999807
📘 Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (read in the Puget Sound Mainland) bookshop.org/a/124748/9780679764021

Where I read them:
📍 North Cascades National Park
📍 Diablo Lake
📍 Marblemount, WA
📍 Lakewold Gardens
📍 Washington State Ferry (Tacoma–Vashon route)
📍 Vashon Island

What else is in this vlog:
🥐 bakery treats at a botanical garden
📚 browsing Vashon Island Books
🚢 riding on a ferry
☕ reading in a local bookstore
🌧️ cloudy morning campground reading


Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:20 – Seattle Culture in Books
3:00 – Free Library Building
4:00 – "American Alps"
7:00 – The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
7:20 – Botanical Gardens
11:15 – Onions in the Stew
12:45 – Vashon Island
17:35 – Snow Falling on Cedars
20:30 – Final Thoughts


✨ *Let me know in the comments* ✨
What books have you enjoyed that are set in the Seattle area?!


🚐 Currently on an American West Trip. Watch more of these 📚 videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWT8mkhwXKCU

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