Inklings Bookshop, the Yakima community, and friends of Inklings bookseller Mimi Applebaum are pulling together to raise funds to support Mimi as she pursues a heart transplant. Mimi has worked at Inklings since 2004. In 2000, she was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer, which also caused heart complications. She has undergone surgeries, but a …
“On March 12th, my favorite author, Terry Pratchett, departed this world, hopefully accompanied by the Death whom he wrote about with humor and eloquence. It seems like the right time to face out Small Gods, my favorite book in his Discworld series. With the combination of piercing satire and and joyful, unbridled silliness that was …
I enjoyed this sweet book about two elephants who wish for a child. The child doesn’t come so they move forward all the while still longing. In the end a child does come. It’s a good reminder families form in many different ways. The illustrations are full of movement and and reminiscent of Ludwig Bemelman’s …
She spent her early years in Yamhill, Oregon, went to grammar and high school (and set loads of her stories) in Portland, got her library science degree at UW and was a librarian in Yakima. So, yeah, we claim her as our own and never tire of ruminating on the reasons we love her. In …
Those beautiful broadsides and printed cards you find in your favorite bookshops? They’re probably done on a letterpress. Here’s a video from Dan Peters at the Blue Begonia Press showing a letterpress at work in all its old-fashioned glory. (And if you want more about letterpress, revisit this oldie but goodie essay from Mark Holtzen.) Special thanks …
Our booksellers at Inklings often review books for our local newspaper, The Yakima Herald Republic. We love the ability to “talk” to our community in this way, to invite people into the book world we inhabit daily. It is so rewarding to have a customer come in to request the book reviewed that week, brought …
For a long time, I’ve collected the bits and pieces of bookstore memories. In a white box with folded flaps, I’ve stuffed the stuff of approximately 4,800 days of Inklings life so far. Yesterday, I pulled it out and sat down in a sunbeam at my dining table for an afternoon of wonder, embarrassment, laughter and …
Featured in this post: I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts On Being A Woman by Nora Ephron (ISNB: 9780307276827 Vintage Books $14.00, pub date April, 2008) Heartburn by Nora Ephron (ISBN: 9780679767954 Vintage Books $14.00, pub date May, 1996) Reviewed by Susan Richmond and Adam Jones, of Inklings Bookshop in Yakima I …
“With a title like that, how could I not pick up this book. I loved learning about Peggy’s journey and struggle as a midwife. And the way she sprinkles in her birth stories makes the book that much better. Being pregnant with my second and having a midwife this time around, reading this made me …
“Beautiful, haunting, lovely are just a few of the adjectives that come to mind when pondering this novel. This story is short, contemplative and a pleasure to read. I found myself going back and rereading paragraphs for the sheer beauty of the words. I also found myself thinking about Tony and Veronica long after I …
