All through my college years, I worked at The Absolute Best Bookstore Ever. (See the capital letters? That means I'm serious!) It was called Treehouse Books and it was wooooonderful. We had amazing children's books, plenty of big comfy chairs for sitting and test-driving new books, a tank of Nemo fish, a bird, 2 bunnies, and a chinchilla named Chet. I would have happily stayed there forever, except it was in Michigan and I moved to Maryland. Earlier this year I was horrified to learn that Treehouse had gone out of business. It's just so darn difficult to compete with the B&N's of the world!
Over the winter holiday, I had the opportunity to visit another of my favorite indie book retailers: The Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, VT! This cozy little shop is packed full of everything you would ever want to read, and all of the shelves are tagged with personal reviews from the people who work/read there. Plus, you can sit and read for ages and no one gives you bad looks for reading-before-buying. Below are my mom, sister, and grandma - all super excited to be at The Norwich Bookstore! Let's hope they stay in business for a long, long time.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your college bookstore going out of business, that seems to be happening more and more frequently. I absolutely love "You Got Mail" I still want to open my own SHOP AROUND THE CORNER.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't have any local indie bookstores near me, so I usually end up at Borders. Though I do have 2 used bookstores that help me stock up on older titles.
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Oh that's so sad about your store! I would have killed to go to a store with a chinchilla. Soooo soft.
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite independent store from where I grew up:
http://www.unclehugo.com
So cool if you're into sci-fi, fantasy or mysteries.
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ReplyDeleteMegan- You would have LOVED Treehouse. It was amazing. I just looked at the Uncle Huge website. It looks like such a crazy, cool store!