Sara Gelston-Somers and Max Somers are writing a new chapter as co-owners of Golden Hour Books, located at 5208 North College Avenue that opened October 14th.

"We had been talking about it for several years. We both have backgrounds in writing and met at the University Illinois and have worked in different fields. I was in academia and Max worked in commercial construction. It was something that we have been shooting for a while and this space came open. We found this spot and stuff started happening pretty quickly after that," Sara explained.

Golden Hour Books categories include Art & Design, Poetry, Non-fiction, On Living, Fiction, Food, Other world (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Genre Fiction on shelf in store). An adjacent area is a children's room that features infants' books to young adults. It also has games, puzzles, greeting cards, hand bags and related items like journals and stationery. Coffee will also be percolating in the main room soon.

In addition to being entrepreneurs, Sara is an Adjunct professor at Butler University and Max owns Burnside, a general commercial construction business. A browsing section of their website is at: www.goldenhourbooks.net/browse.

Golden Hour Books also have special events planned. Max said, "We have some special events on the books, like spooky story telling hours". A local artist, Priya Wittman, presented a textile workshop in December. Author readings and more dynamic events to bring the community in. Future events (www.goldenhourbooks.net/events) and a young readers link (www.goldenhourbooks.net/young-readers) will be posted as they occur.

The initial community response has been a page turner. Sara noted, "In this outing together, we found the spot and had a vision of how the store would look like and the books that it would carry and the ability to execute that vision. We wanted this to be a family friendly bookstore. Finding the titles have been fulfilling and fun. Every person in the neighborhood has been happy to stop by. There has been a lot of enthusiasm from the Midtown Community is where we wanted to be."

Max said, "We got as close to our vision as we could. It looks like a good synergy between us and Luna Music, like a natural marriage with music and books".

Golden Hour Books is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Physical and e-mailed gift cards can be accessed at: www.goldenhourbooks.net/gift-cards while inquiries about specific titles can be answered at: hello@goldenhourbooks.net. More information is available at their website, www.goldenhourbooks.net.

As writers and entrepreneurs, Max and Sara Gelston-Somers are turning the corner at Golden Hour Books with an eclectic array of reading material for the entire family.