Booklovers from all over joined Beach Books in Seaside, OR to celebrate their 20th Anniversary November 1, 2025. “It was so much better than we even hoped. Music was great, the food and drinks were terrific, and the lines at the checkout were long. We had a grand time.” —Karen Emmerling, owner of Beach Books, …
Here is Willy Vlautin’s The Horse, which is the story of Al Ward, a man in his final years, who finds a horse on his doorstep one morning. He’s not sure if the horse is a hallucination, but its presence triggers a lot of contemplation of life—the one he had and the one he didn’t …
Karen of Beach Books, Seaside, OR recommends The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr. From the publisher: Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists …
I’m not a romantic comedy fan. But I am definitely a Romantic Comedy fan! This is great. –Karen, Beach Books, Seaside, OR From the publisher: Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for …
Erica is a master of linked stories, and this is one of her finest. It is also a celebration of books and the power they have in affecting readers’– and authors’– lives. By telling the stories of the author and nine very different readers. she illustrates how no two persons ever read the same book. …
What if you could travel back to your 16th birthday, make changes that might make your life better, and save your dad’s life in the process? Time travel, father-daughter relationships, and Emma’s great writing. If you liked The Midnight Library or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, this is the book you need. Now! –Karen, …
March 23, 2015 To our dear friends who love books- After serving 4 years on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association board, we’ve packed up our final board packets, wished our successors all the best, and headed west towards the Oregon coast. The plan is a 5 day tour that will take us to bookstores throughout …
Karen Emmerling, the owner of Beach Books in Seaside, Oregon, recently accepted the 2014 Clatsop Economic Development Resources Award for Business Service to the Community. “Among other efforts, Beach Books erects a wishing tree during the holidays to support Seaside School District, opens the store to local artists and visiting authors, and holds book drives for various …
We love watching the videos that Beach Books (Seaside, OR) has posted with friends of the store reading from banned books. Among them, a Seaside High School teacher reads from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; a Seaside librarian reads from One Hundred Years of Solitude; Beach Books’ owner Karen Emmerling reads from …
