Reviews of independent bookstores because buying and reading books is an adventure
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My favorite part of a trip is visiting a bookstore, so now I search for them before I go and plan my days around them. Finding independent bookstores is relatively easy; I search the web for “independent bookstore and the city and state.” City websites include lists of bookstores. Read the rest of this entry »
I grew up loving libraries and bookstores. I read way too much as a kid, hiding from broken friendships and unpopularity by hunching over a book at our kitchen table, turning the page corners red with pomegranate-stained fingers. A trip to the library or a bookstore was bliss, wandering the stacks a lazy game with no goal except to leave with a fresh armful of books. Read the rest of this entry »
Looking over my bookshelves is like scanning a scrapbook of my trips. When I travel I visit a local independent bookstore and buy a recommended book. While I’ve shopped for years in bookstores, my first experience in asking for guidance was at the Corner Bookstore on Madison Avenue in New York. I had walked numerous blocks with my children, they were complaining, I was cranky and my feet hurt. I stumbled across the store and fell in, hoping for respite. Read the rest of this entry »
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