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Feb

23

2011

3

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Questions for Cynthia Christensen, Bookselling Superhero from The Book Stop, Hood River, OR

Today, we stop in at the Book Stop in Hood River, Oregon, for a chat with its dynamo owner Cynthia Christensen, a fast-reading, fast-talking former nurse and mother of three young women who also love books and work in the store. We once asked Christensen to describe Book Stop in three words, and she said: “Girls, girls, …

Aug

24

2010

Book Stop Hosts a Not-Sleepover

Tonight, The Book Stop in Hood River, Oregon will celebrate the release of Mockingjay, the much-frenzied-over third book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, with a sleepover (or “not-sleep-over,” as they’re calling it) for 36 girls. Store owner Cynthia Christensen anticipates that most of the girls will spend the evening reading the book. …

Jul

23

2010

Bookstop List Inspires HuffPost Article

In the June issue of  Footnotes, our newsletter for Northwest independent bookstores, we reprinted a list of comments heard by Cynthia Christensen’s husband, Charlie, when he was managing their store, The Book Stop in Hood River, OR, while Cynthia was out sick. Charlie, whose day job is in an emergency room at the local hospital, was …

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