I’ve heard of three other people doing bookstore crawls. They meticulously plan their route and drive happily from one bookstore to another, buying books and talking to owners along the way. I did one earlier this year and loved it.

I am one to make audacious claims, but I’m serious when I say I have been to the best bookstore in Maine. Somehow, against all odds, it has only 74 reviews on Google! This is a tragedy, a downright crime.

I adore used bookstores. Their aura is always calm and slow, places I happily spend a free Saturday combing through the books and their pages. My recent bookstore crawl was in Raleigh, expanding…

The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn, is a New York Times and USA Bestseller about two women going on adventures of their lives, one to protect her country, and one to to protect herself. In 1915, Eve Gardiner was recruited to be a spy for the British Intelligence Agency, but espionage comes with risks, and not all of them have happy endings.