Finley's Fiction has opened at 9 Washington Street in Shelter Island Heights, N.Y., "offering a carefully-curated selection of new releases, literary classics and beach reads," the Shelter Island Reporter noted.
Owner Finley Shaw, who grew up coming to Shelter Island and has "never missed a summer," splits her time between there and Fairfield, Conn. She launched the seasonal bookshop, which is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, because she loves to read.
"I've always made time to read," she said. "There used to be a bookstore where the video store used to be that I'd go to, and when that closed I started thinking about doing a bookstore here."
Describing Finley's Fiction as a "neighborhood bookstore," she said business has been good thus far: "I have a bunch of neighborhood repeat customers. The challenge is the location, making sure people know and spreading the word.... This is a totally new thing for me. It's surprised me, people's reception. They've been really excited, more so than I thought they would be."