Spotlight on Bookstores: The Concord Bookshop; Concord, Massachusetts
The first bookstore I’ll highlight in this series is the Concord Bookshop, right on Main Street in Concord Center. You have to picture what a Main Street would look like in a Norman Rockwell painting,...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Powell’s City of Books* in Portland, Oregon
This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts. If she’s not one of your regular blog stops, she should be! Lots of great reviews, other bookish chat, fun ramblings about...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Rainy Day Books* in Fairway, Kansas
Today’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Shana at Literarily. A stay-at-home mom of three, Shana is addicted to books, running and chocolate. She moved...
View ArticleGuest Post and Spotlight on Bookstores by Kathleen McCleary, author of *House...
In an interview on the Voice website, Kathleen McCleary indicates that Coffee@home, Ellen Flanagan’s coffee-and-home-funishings shop in the novel House & Home, is based on a local independent...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: August 25 – 31, 2008
There’s still time to join us in planning “the week ahead”, and to enter to win a Page-A-Day Book Lover’s Calendar. I picked up the calendar from our local bookstore, so I’m ready to send it out to...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: R. Franklin Pyke Bookseller; Avalon, California
This series of posts was inspired by Lisa at Books on the Brain; she has submitted the first guest post (of sorts!). It’s a bit of a mystery, and we’re looking for input from anyone who can help us...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *The Book Barn* in Niantic, Connecticut
Today’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by author Sarah Pekkanen, whose debut novel Way Beyond Compare will be published by Atria next year. Visit Sarah’s website to read more about her and her...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Barnes and Noble at Jordan Creek Mall* in West Des...
Today’s *Spotlight on Bookstores* is written by Ann Bibby, a writer who blogs at her own space, anniegirl1138 and at 50 something Moms. In addition to spending too much time on the Internet, she is a...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Grass Roots Books* in Corvallis, Oregon
Today’s “Spotlight on Bookstores” is written by John Addiego, author of The Islands of Divine Music. John calls this essay “A Special Bookstore”; I think his opening comments echo the way many...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Three Lives & Company* in New York, NY
Diana Spechler, author of Who By Fire, shares a bit about Three Lives & Company in New York’s West Village; you’ll find Who By Fire on the shelves at Three Lives and wherever fine books are sold!...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Mondadori* in Milan, Italy
We have our second international “Spotlight on Bookstores” today! Swapna, from S. Krishna’s Books has written about a store she and her husband visited during their recent honeymoon in Rome, and a...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Barter Books* in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
I’m so excited to have our first international Spotlight on Bookstores post! This is written by Cathy at Kittling: Books. Cathy’s tagline says “where I sit down with a nice cuppa and read anything...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores (or lack thereof) in the Bahamas … or “what I did on...
We were on vacation last week, taking the kids on a 4-night Disney Cruise from Pt. Canaveral to Nassau and Disney’s “private island”, plus a day at sea. The trip was fantastic, and I’ll dish a little...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: a unique look at *The Tattered Cover* in Denver
Guest blogger Caitlin Hamilton Summie shares a very special perspective on The Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver. Caitlin lives in Colorado with her husband and two children. She works with...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: Aaron’s Books in Lititz, Pennsylvania
Today’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Julie from BookingMama (where BookingDaughter, BookingSon, and Booking PapPap sometimes get in on the blogging, too!). When Julie blogged about an author...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *The Depot Bookstore and Cafe* in Mill Valley,...
Today’s Spotlight on Bookstores post is written by Michelle Richmond, whose latest novel, No One You Know, will be available in paperback on May 19, 2009. She is also the author of the New York Times...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Kepler’s Books* in Menlo Park, California
Today’s Spotlight post is written by Meg Waite Clayton , author of the national bestseller, The Wednesday Sisters , which is just out in paperback. Bookreporter calls The Wednesday Sisters a...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts
You know how they say “you can’t go home again” ? Well, when it comes to the Harvard Book Store, “they” are wrong! Today I’m going to share a little about one of my favorite bookstores. Now, usually...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: Book People in Austin, Texas
Do you know Iliana from Bookgirl’s Nightstand ? Her blog has archives going back to June of 2004 – yes, she’s been keeping a book blog for almost five years! Aside from her prolific writing of book...
View ArticleSpotlight on Bookstores: *Urban Think!* in Orlando, Florida
I recently discovered Sandy and her blog, You’ve GOTTA Read This! She’s been blogging for about six months, is having a lot of fun with it, has joined several reading challenges and been given an...
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