Congratulations to Cellar Door Books, Riverside, Calif., which celebrates its fifth birthday this coming Saturday, October 21, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., with a storytime; giveaways for which book club members, the top 50 customers of all five years, and book purchasers on Saturday are eligible; and the Jordan College Social, a celebration of the new Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman that will include refreshments and games (first book in the series from Knopf is La Belle Sauvage).
Cellar Door Books is in the Canyon Crest Towne Centre, about a mile from the University of California, Riverside, and not far from Riverside City College and Cal Baptist. Owner Linda Nurick writes on the store's website, "I can't believe it's been almost five years. Don't worry; indie bookstores are coming back. People do read, people of all ages, and bookstores are important elements in an active, literate community."