By Donald W. Meyers for yakimaherald.com. Be sure to click through to the original article to see the great photo! For 18 years, Yakima Valley bibliophiles have been able to satisfy their cravings at Inklings Bookshop. Owner Susan Richmond didn’t want to be a business owner, but she liked books, and being with people who …
“A quirky little novel that is both thoughtful and gleeful, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is simultaneously a mystery and an ode to bookstores and ‘old’ knowledge (versus ‘Google’ knowledge), mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall independent bookstore in San Francisco. Can tangible books and new media exist happily side by side? With a plot ‘as …
“Reader: Prepare to be transported . . . Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel is nothing short of dazzling, an enchanting tale about a circus that appears unannounced and is only open to visitors after the sun goes down. Within the myriad black-and-white striped tents of Le Cirque des Reves, you’ll witness sights that confound and captivate—from a …
Colin Rea has three kids and he runs a district library, so he knows a thing or two about the circus life. The Director of the Fern Ridge Public Library, in Veneta, west of Eugene, also has a commendable knack for thematic literature grouping. One highly anticipated book, you’ll have to wait just a few …
When you’re sitting in a bookstore café with a fellow book lover, Bad Company belting it out from the speakers behind you, the sun streaming in through skylights, you know things are good. A recent trip to Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle to talk with Jamil Zaidi, a store manager and the current president …
Booksellers love to talk about the Next Big Thing—especially if they can be the first to get there. Because booksellers are, at heart, discoverers, always on the lookout for something new (or old) to unveil to their colleagues and customers. Book Expo America is where they go to plunder new territory. Our colleague on the …
I fell in love with the mysterious and magical world of The Night Circus. When I finished the book, I just sat on the couch and stared at the cover, holding it in both hands,
