Bookmill

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name = The Bookmill

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founder = David Lovelace
location_city = Montague, Massachusetts
location_country = U.S.
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homepage = [http://www.montaguebookmill.com/ Official website]
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The Bookmill (sometimes "The Book Mill") is an independent bookstore in Montague, Massachusetts.

The store's motto is "Books you don't need in a place you can't find," [James Sullivan (2006), "Ring Around the Reservoir," "The Boston Globe", January 15, 2006, p. M13] and it claims to have "40,000 books and one waterfall." Housed in a 19th-century former gristmill, "The Boston Globe" called it "a magnet for bibliophiles from the nearby Amherst-Northampton Five College area". [Davis, William A. (1996), "Treasures of Turners Falls," "The Boston Globe", June 15, 1996, "Living" section, p. 21] In 2005, the "Globe" devoted an entire article to the bookstore, quoting the owner as saying, "We're not particularly convenient, we're not particularly efficient, but we're beautiful." [Albernaz, Ami (2005), "Books, Board Games, Bliss—Pioneer Valley Bookstore Prides Itself on Quirks and Homespun Character." "The Boston Globe," January 30, 2005, "Travel" section, p. M11. [http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/01/30/books_board_games_bliss] The article opens: "Of the many quirks in the Montague Bookmill, a bookstore and cafe just outside Amherst and Northampton, perhaps the most serendipitous are on its bathroom walls. Hundreds of clippings and pinups vie for attention: 'Author Mailer's Wife Fighting For Her Life,' blares the headline of the yellowed "New York Post" article from 1960, above the subhead stating that Norman Mailer denies stabbing her in the back and abdomen with a pen knife. 'President Frank Zappa in 1992! The Only Sane Choice,' proclaims the poster directly above the toilet. Then there is the "Star" exclusive photo of Daryl Hannah's fake finger, Abbie Hoffman urging political activism in young people, and a Hungarian transportation map."]

"The New York Times" called it "the valley's most pristine ambiance for just plain readers" and praised "the Book Mill's cafe, where the baked offerings are superior, as is the view of the rushing waters and the evergreens on the opposite bank, sharply edged against the snow." [cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED91E30F930A25750C0A96E958260&sec=travel&pagewanted=print|title=WEEKEND EXCURSION; Every Town Is One for the Books|author=Peter Hellman|publisher="The New York Times"|date=1998-03-13|accessdate=2006-09-28]

References

External links

* [http://www.montaguebookmill.com/ The Bookmill]