Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Calif., hosted a Spring Book Group Mixer--its first since 2019. The store reported, "We have so much fun selecting and pitching titles we think our customers will love, and (whether in a book group or solo), they always leave happy, too." Pictured: (l.-r.) Melinda Powers, head buyer; Casey Coonerty Protti, owner; Lindsay Taylor, web manager and head of romance section; Jax Caldwell-Dunn, general manager and backlist buyer.
