By Antonio R. Harvey | OBSERVER STAFF WRITER

Everything Carol’s Books new owner Sharon Wright said she would do to attract readers to the store’s new location is now in full effect.

Carol’s Books owner Sharon Wright (far right) mingled with the guests Del Paso Heights community activist Fran Barker (center) and her daughter Cherie Barker (left).

Wright and the staff at the bookstore on Del Paso Boulevard in north Sacramento hosted a friendly mixer on a whether-perfect Friday evening recently. Nearly 60 people attended the mixer.

The special event featured drinks, food, entertainment and opportunities to allow guests to browse and buy literature in the cozy hub that once served as a savings and loan institution.

Food was served in the back of the building under a canopy in the parking lot. Among the guests were local author Curtis Alcutt, who wrote the sizzling urban fiction “Dyme Hit List,” Del Paso Heights community activist Fran Barker, lobbyist Mel Assagai, and oil painter R.L. Russell.

The Los Angeles-based "Forty Plus Modeling Troupe" provided a sneak-peek of its show that was going to be performed at the Toucha Class nightclub the following night. The troupe is a professional modeling group of men and women who are at least 40 years of age. Its president and founder is Marilyn Bradford-Evans.

In addition, Adalberto McFarlane recited two poems from his upcoming book, “Peep Game.” Bradford-Evans also provided a couple of her favorite poetry pieces.

Wright said many more mixers at Carol’s Books are in the works. The Forty Plus Modeling Troupe have another show scheduled in August that will feature the Elgins.

For more information call Carol’s Books at (916) 646-6525. The bookstore is located at 1913 Del Paso Blvd.