“I’m very interested in languages, although I’ve only studied four of them (other than my native tongue) and only a little of each of those. Despite this, it seems that I have somewhat of a facility for languages, and it seemed clear in my language classes that learning languages was easier for some people than …
Amanda MacNaughton has worked at Paulina Springs Books for six years, and she’s been in the book world for seventeen. Her first bookselling job was at her college bookstore in Illinois, when she was eighteen. Since then she’s worked at the Deschutes Public Library and at Barnes & Noble in Bend, OR. Tired of corporate bookselling, she …
“Among other things, Nathaniel Philbrick wrote In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, which was a National Book Award winner and covered an event that was an inspiration and backdrop of Herman Melville’s classic Moby-Dick. I’ve never read Moby-Dick, and it is unlikely I would read as much into the …
“This novel is set in Sage Meadows, a small town suspiciously like Sisters (okay, it is Sisters, albeit a fictionalized version). Julia is leaving Portland to start a bookstore in the vacation town she’s always dreamed of living in. Accompanied by her two dogs, Frick and Frack, Julia, at 39, is single, childless and feeling …
“I am a HUGE fan of William Joyce’s (Dinosaur Bob, The Leaf Men, Santa Calls, among others) so I was most happy to see he had a new book out! Joyce tells the story of how our moon was once really an sailing ship inhabited by humans, giant Glowworms, Moonmice, Lunar Moths, and a cast …
“Henkes has been a favorite author of mine since I discovered his picture book Chrysanthemum. His books are always rich with language. Junonia is a lovely book of reflection about a girl as she turns 10 years of age. Alice is an only child and used to life going her way. She isn't spoiled but …
After managing a food coop for 25 years, Brad Smith moved to the small central Oregon tourist town of Sisters and bought its indie bookstore, Paulina Springs Books. “I wanted to enter into a new business industry, but I knew it would have to be something I could feel a palpable connection to the broader community,” …
“On a whim I took this book home to read and found I couldn’t put it down. Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp were introduced by a mutual friend. They had so much in common: writing, drinking (in the past), athletic competitiveness, dogs, and their love of books. For several years this amazing friendship ran deep …
“Addy is the daughter of a single mother living in a pre-World War I English village. To supplement the family income, she must leave school and work as a housekeeper. To make matters worse, Addy’s peers all shun her for being an illegitimate child. When Addy travels back in time to the 13th century, it …
“This book is awesome because it has farming, tap dancing, fence-post pounding, aspen groves, dog reincarnation, treehouse living, and dancing the tango (not at the same time) all in one story. It’s told in alternating viewpoints, with the characters’ stories interweaving and diverging. Jade, a red-haired massage therapist, has reached enlightenment and has just come …
