Reading in the Garden

I’m Part of the Well-Read Moose Team! On the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Well-Read Moose, I am ecstatic to report that I am now working at this wonderful bookstore in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  For a person who loves reading and has books stacked and lining shelves all over my home, working in a bookstore is a dream come true.  When I was recently hired at the beautiful Well-Read Moose bookshop, I was in heaven because it’s much more than a bookstore, it’s a favorite gathering spot. It's hard to believe but it's already been open five years!  On May 31 and June 1 there will be an anniversary celebration at the store including the Moose Madness Prize Wheel! Besides the extra activities, you will always find books for all ages, gifts, food and drinks that will keep you coming back for more. Books, Books, Books! The Well-Read Moose has a huge selection of over 9,000 book titles in the store! We carry the latest reads and if we don’t have it, we can order it for y

Awkward Eleanor.    There has been an audible buzz about the book,  Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine   by Gail Honeyman. I seem to be hearing about it and seeing the cover all over the place.  The title continuously appears on one book club list after another; members of The Great American Read Facebook group sang its praises; and two of my friends (one in Australia) have read it and loved it!   So, it was about time I put it to the test, and it passed with flying colors! Eleanor Oliphant lives a reclusive, robotic existence. She sticks to her regiment of going to work, eating her nightly pesto pasta for supper, pizza on Friday evenings, and downing chianti and two bottles of vodka on the weekends.  Socially stunted, Eleanor, does not interact well with others.  She’s blunt, analytical, at times sarcastic, and just plain weird.  She can’t see how out of touch she is and thinks it’s the people around her who are the ones lacking social skills when they react to her oddities