Company history Established in August 2005, Crooked River Reading Club is the second independent bookstore opened in Greater Cleveland by owner Gail Rapps. Her first store, The Northrop Bookstore in the historic Grand Pacific Junction in suburban Olmsted Falls, opened in 2004. Contact Gail at 440-235-READ(7323), or visit www.northropbookstore.com.	Special Services We offer customers title searches and special orders for books, including current titles, foreign language and out-of-print. If we can't find a book for you, we'll direct you to an expert in that category. Local authors frequently have book signings here at the store. In addition, we carry many autographed copies of books in stock.