Crissy Van Meter shared this list of the beaches that inspired Winter Island, the fictional setting of Creatures, and the novel itself. (That’s Crissy Van Meter as a baby with her dad in the photo above.)     Creatures by Crissy Van Meter   Newport Beach My father moved to the Balboa PeninsulaContinue reading

Twice, Kepler’s Books came face-to-face with its own demise, and twice, it came out stronger on the other side, raising funds and finding new owners. Kepler’s most recent resurrection has completely reformed it, turning it into a hot bed of innovation.

“Our Beats section upstairs is definitely the biggest draw. Customers don’t necessarily head up there first, but they always seem to make it there eventually.”

There are two things that you won’t be short on when you visit Green Apple: books and smiles. Green Apple has almost as much energy as it does books.

Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey… SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area is bookstore heaven. Support of the independents has remained strong in this Pacific Coast Paradise and IContinue reading

Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey… LOS ANGELES — While I was making my way to Skylight Books it never occurred to me that they would have an actual skylightContinue reading