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The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner | Samson Raphaelson
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Texreader
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We just finished this adorable Christmas movie. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a light-hearted, funny, and sweet movie. 5 points plus 1 for the post

#Snowangels #WinterGames

@emilymdxn

BarkingMadRead Love this!! They based You‘ve Got Mail off of this movie! 4mo
Texreader @BarkingMadRead I recognized it just a few minutes into it. Jimmy Stewart is just so cute. 4mo
jlhammar One of my favorites! 4mo
dabbe A definite fave! 💙❄️💙 4mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Watching Shop Around the Corner today and it takes place at Christmas! #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs #holidaymovie @Clwojick

slategreyskies I like this movie, but I admit that I prefer You‘ve Got Mail. :) 2y
StaceGhost @slategreyskies same! I think it‘s the bookshop aspect haha 2y
Palimpsest This is one of my favorite movies! ♥️ 2y
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Butterfinger Yes!! Jimmy Stewart's other Chr 2y
Butterfinger I got distracted. His other Christmas movie. 2y
BarkingMadRead @slategreyskies I watched that too! 2y
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rather_be_reading
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Got my lazy butt up to do a workout

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mrsmarch
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#NowWatching 🎥 Got this movie for Christmas. I love this movie, I love Hanx, and I love bookshops.

Leftcoastzen Love this movie! Overdue to watch it again. 3y
Catherine_Willoughby Sweet movie. 3y
Traci1 What will NY152 say today? Oh how I love that movie. 3y
PaperbackPirate Maybe my favorite movie! 💙📬 3y
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Kimberlone
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Great podcast listen this morning! This episode explores the inspiration for You‘ve Got Mail‘s plot - the conflict between Barnes & Noble and independent book stores in New York City‘s upper west side in the early 90s. Recommended for fans of Nora Ephron and bookstores!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7e3Z7ruEO34b97oVL24AOM?si=5o8t6B-zRby_G1ld1-cfD...

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JenlovesJT47
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Just watched one of my favorite classic movies which also happens to be a Christmas movie. The Shop Around The Corner stars Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan and is the predecessor of Sleepless In Seattle and You‘ve Got Mail. I‘d highly recommend it to everyone, especially those just dipping their toes into the world of classic movies.

#WinterGames
#TMSkellington

bibliobliss I'll have to check this one out!! Watched "You've Got Mail" for probably the 25th time a week or so ago ❤️ 4y
JenlovesJT47 @Readage it‘s so good!!! 4y
mrp27 Great movie! 4y
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CaitZ This is one of my favorites too. The Judy Garland movie In The Good Old Summertime is another version of this. 4y
batsy I love this movie! 4y
coffees 11pts! (edited) 4y
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BennettBookworm
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Whenever I‘m near Columbia, I have to stop by Book Culture! Today I didn‘t walk away empty handed
😳😂

rather_be_reading self control 🤣🤣👍 5y
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raelaschoenherr
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Haven‘t done one of these for a while! #friyayintro
1. You‘ve Got Mail
2. Hawaii with my family in 4th grade. Although I have so many good memories of trips with my family!
3. Memoir. Probably even more specifically, the ones that combine food and travel.
4. All the shades of blue!
5. Favorite musical soundtrack?

wanderinglynn So many great soundtracks, but my most recent fave has been Beauty & the Beast. 6y
Texreader Soundtrack for Empire Strikes Back, Les Mis, and Phantom of the Opera. How‘s that for mixing it up!? 6y
jfalkens Lion King, Moana and Beauty and the beast. You? 6y
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Nu-Bibliophile You've Got Mail ❤ Love Tom Hanks! 6y
Suzze I think MUSICAL. West Side Story. 6y
ShananigansReads You‘ve Got Mail is a favorite of mine too. I‘m currently addicted to Hamilton and The Waitress 6y
Wife Phantom of the Opera 6y
britt_brooke I love You‘ve Got Mail. Good choice! 6y
raelaschoenherr @Texreader I should listen to Empire! Never thought of that :) 6y
raelaschoenherr @jfalkens Good ones! I‘m seeing Hamilton next week and can hardly focus on anything else I‘m so excited 😁 6y
raelaschoenherr @nu-bibliophile Me too! I pretty much like any movie he‘s in :) 6y
raelaschoenherr @Suzze Such a good one! I just saw a stage version and was reminded. 6y
raelaschoenherr @Bookjunkie57 Both great ones! I saw Waitress last year and am seeing Hamilton on Tuesday!! 🎉 6y
raelaschoenherr @Wife So good! I saw that in NYC a couple months ago and the guy playing phantom had the best voice! 6y
raelaschoenherr @britt_brooke Thanks! I could watch that movie over and over and never get tired ☺️ 6y
raelaschoenherr @wanderinglynn That‘s been a lifetime fave of mine ☺️ 6y
ShananigansReads @raelaschoenherr I‘m going on Wednesday . I‘m so exited. (edited) 6y
raelaschoenherr @Bookjunkie57 Me tooooo!! Can hardly contain myself. (edited) 6y
Whimsical.Curiosity Newsies! Sante Fe 🎶🎶 6y
raelaschoenherr @Whimsical.Curiosity YES!!! Carrying the Banner... 6y
Whimsical.Curiosity @raelaschoenherr not I'm gonna have to watch it cause I need to hear those songs! 6y
raelaschoenherr Me too ☺️ 6y
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Billypar
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Congrats @vivastory on the considerable milestone! 😮
What a great idea for a giveaway post: The Strand is my favorite, but since I've posted about it a lot, here are four other favorites. The upper left is my 2nd favorite NYC store, Housing Works, and the following 3 I've visited once each on trips:
1. Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, NY
2. Oblong Books and Music, Rhinebeck, NY
3. Changing Hands, Phoenix, AZ
#vivabookstore

vivastory These all sound great. Housing Works is definitely on my list next time I'm in NYC. 6y
Liz_M I was hoping to post HWUB! 6y
Billypar @vivastory @Liz_M It's really nice all around- the spiral staircase is gorgeous, great selection, cafe, and it's a charity. It also seems 6y
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Billypar @vivastory @Liz_M like they have a lot of cool events, but I haven't gone to any yet. 6y
Liz_M The only events I've been to are the monthly 30% off sales. 😁 😁 😁 6y
dylanisreading I love Changing Hands! 6y
Billypar @Liz_M Ooh...I need to start paying attention to those! 6y
Billypar @Bianca I wish I lived closer, such a nice shop- I'd probably end up going broke 😳 6y
Leftcoastzen I‘m so glad you liked Changing Hands ! Great people work /run it. 6y
Liz_M First weekend of the month, so yesterday and today 😉 6y
Billypar @Liz_M Ah, good to know- thanks! 6y
Billypar @Leftcoastzen That really shows through: everything right down to the bookmarks suggests that it's a labor of love. Hopefully I'll get to go back sometime! 6y
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Rachbb3
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One of my favorite Christmas movies. ❤❤❤❤
The Shop Around the Corner

RadicalReader @Rachbb3 my favorite is definitely Hone Alone Lost in NY and the debatable one Gremlins because Billy does receive Gizmo as a Christmas present so therefore Christmas movie 6y
Tanisha_A I can see a nice glass of wine! 😉 6y
Rachbb3 @RadicalReader Home Alone 2 is great, I think better than the first which doesn't happen very often. @Tanisha_A You know it!! 🍷 6y
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batsy I love this movie! 6y
EvieBee I love this one too!! 6y
MinDea 🍷 6y
CatLass007 Anything with Jimmy Stewart 6y
OrangeMooseReads Love this one. Jimmy Stewart *swoon* 6y
llwheeler One of my all-time faves!!! ❤❤ 6y
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BarbaraJean
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Today's bookstore trip: I collected a hefty stack of books (for $25), while my husband played the piano. 😊📚🎹 🎶

Now I'm winding up the day off with... well... what else? Some reading!

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BarbaraJean
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I am SO sad about this. I fell in love with this bookstore in college, and was so thankful it stuck around when I moved back into the area in 2010. My husband and I went here on our first date. We visited the day we got engaged. Up there is one of our engagement pictures, which they let us take in the bookstore. My husband plays the piano there several times a week. We live within walking distance... and now it'll be a 30-minute drive away. 😭

DreesReads Our dollar bookstore move 30 miles away years ago (to upscale suburban OC). No idea if it's still there. I have not recovered still lol. 7y
Sace I'm so sorry. 😔 7y
BarbaraJean What pisses me off is why they're leaving: because of a crooked landlord who refused to pay for necessary repairs that were his responsibility--for SIX YEARS. They finally brought in the city planning commission to force the guy to at least replace the roof (work confirmed as necessary by 8 independent roofing companies), and he responded by doubling their rent. 😡I will visit them in their new home, but it is such a loss for my neighborhood!! 7y
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BarbaraJean @AudreyMorris I totally understand--I will be mourning this for some time! @RestlessFickleBookSlut Thank you! (edited) 7y
DreesReads @BarbaraJean our store was also forced out by rising rent. The new owner of the mall decided to make it a "destination" mall based on the movie theatre. The bookstore is now Dave and Busters (aka Chuck E Cheese for adults). The whole mall smells like pot and at least quarterly there is "police activity". Book buyers don't cause these problems!!! 7y
BarbaraJean @AudreyMorris Ugh. So depressing!! Whatever business takes over the space will make me sad. I keep thinking about that line from You've Got Mail: "It's a lovely store--and in a week it will be something really depressing, like a Baby Gap." (Or a Dave & Buster's.) (edited) 7y
HKGirl Ugh, that's really sad (esp because of the greedy landlord!!) 😭😭😭 7y
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MamaGina
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Going with You've Got Mail for my bookish 🎥📚😍

#LitsyPartyofOne

Varshitha My all time favourite movie!! 7y
EvieBee She makes me want to re-read Pride and Prejudice every time I watch this! ❤️ 7y
MamaGina @EvieBee His facial expressions when he's trying to read it make me lol 😂 7y
EvieBee @MamaGina Haha! Yes! He even involves Brinkley, which is a brilliant dog name! 7y
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josie281
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It's this kind of Friday night. Watching with my almost 12 yr old daughter. 😘☕️📚📚📚. This is how I am having a #partyofone tonight. Need to decompress.
p.s. The ice cube tray on the floor and bins next to it are for lego creations. I don't have ice on my floor

GypsyKat We just watched this a few days ago! It's a favorite. 😊💗 7y
tjwill 👍🏽 Do I also spy Gilmore Girls dvds? 7y
josie281 @tjwill indeed!! 7y
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LauraBrook ❤️❤️❤️ Love this movie so much! "A bouquet of sharpened pencils..." I may have to watch this this weekend now! 7y
josie281 @LauraBrook it's @GypsyKat 'S fault! I had to watch once I saw her post last week! 7y
GypsyKat @josie281 Haha! I'll happily take the blame! Just like people are blaming me for having to make banana bread after my posts recently! 😁 7y
PurpleyPumpkin This is one of my favourite movies! I've been thinking of rewatching this. I always remember it at this time of year. 🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂 7y
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GypsyKat
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Watching You've Got Mail, which is one of my all time favorites. 💗📖📚

Rachbb3 7y
josie281 I think this weekend will have this in store 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess I love that movie. Although I always end up crying several times throughout the movie at various scenes. 7y
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GypsyKat @josie281 I fully support this! 👍 7y
GypsyKat @Graciouswarriorprincess Same here, no matter how many times I've seen it! 7y
Dragon Love this movie! Something about Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in this movie , all the feels 💕 7y
GypsyKat @Dragon Yes! All the feels is right! 😊💗 7y
librarypoweruser This is probably my most watched movie :) ugh I love it 7y
That-Bookish-Hiker My husband loves that movie and I tease him relentlessly about it lol. But I love it ok so it works out. I just read a YA book that was similar to this movie. 7y
Librarybelle One of my all time favorite movie quotes is in this movie..."There is the dream of someone else" 7y
GypsyKat @That-Bookish-Hiker My hubs loves it too! And I think he loves Dirty Dancing more than I do! I don't tease him about it though, I love that he loves them. 😊 7y
GypsyKat @conceptualkaren It's up there for me, too! I didn't own a copy of it for the longest time, but every time it was on TV I would watch it, so once it occurred to me to just go buy the DVD. 😉 7y
GypsyKat @Librarybelle That is THE BEST line! 💗 7y
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emilyesears
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Watched this tonight! Not a book, but my favorite bookish-related movie (and one of my overall favorite movies)! Letterboxd says I hadn't watched this since November 2013, which is just crazy! Also, the book Kathleen is reading during the story time scene is Boy by Roald Dahl which I read for the first time earlier this month!

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Sharpeipup
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Saw this sign. While I enjoy their entrepreneurial attitude, I am concerned about their attention to detail (spelling). #litsyhumor

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TheBookHippie
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Independent Bookstore Day swag #IndependentBookstoreDay

mcctrish That's awesome!!! 7y
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Godmotherx5
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I watch this movie every year. Tonight was the first time I noticed the book conversation. Cute little banter between the main characters around the 45-50 minute mark. (Photo from Google)

Amandajoy I'm watching this now! But I was also reading & not paying attention. I'm going to have to rewatch it! 7y
Godmotherx5 @Amandajoy No harm in watching it again. 7y
MaleficentBookDragon This is my all time favorite holiday movie since I was a kid. My second favorite is Halloween (still a holiday 🎥; just a different holiday 👻) 7y
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EvieBee Good memory! I should rewatch this one. (edited) 7y
LauraBrook Oh, I love this movie! I'm going to have to watch it this weekend. 7y
Jess_Read_This I watch this one every year too! I just love it! 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Watching one of my favorite movies ?, "You've got mail". I adore Meg Ryan especially the scene when she talks about the shoe books!

LiteraryinLawrence Yes! Noel Streatfield, or something like that. :) 7y
LauraBeth You're going to make me go watch this for the bajillionth time 😀 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @LiteraryinLititz Yes! I have the books!📚. @LauraBeth 😃👍 7y
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PatriciaU The scene where she closes the shop and we see her dancing with her mother in the background makes me ugly-sob. Every time. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @PatriciaU YES!! Me too. And the scene in Fox books when she is talking about the shoe books!👠📚 7y
Dragon Love ❤️ this movie!!!! 7y
MrBook 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
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Alisnazzy
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When the plan was to read and eat until your mother-in-law revealed she's never seen "You've Got Mail". So now it's movie and sushi night.

Zelma That sounds like a fantastic night. One of my absolute favorite movies! "I am a lone reed..." 8y
Lynnsoprano OMG one of my favorite movies. Wish I could watch it with you. 8y
rabbitprincess We're just about to watch The Shop Around the Corner! 😮 #twilightzonemusic 8y
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GlitteryOtters The Jimmy Stewart/Margaret Sullavan version is still my all time favorite version of this story, though! (Please say she's at least seen that one, or I'll have to send over my copy in my teleporter & you guys can have a double feature 😂) 8y
BookBabe Omgggg, sushi! 🍣 I am sooooooooooo jealous! 😋 8y
lisakoby I need to come to your house. 🍣🍙🍲 8y
Bookquilter I cry every time she leaves the empty bookstore... 8y
Zelma @Bookquilter with the bell from the door. 😢 8y
Mamashep Well thank heavens you saved your MIL!! 8y
ultrabookgeek She'll thank you very soon for the thoughtful experience. One of my all time faves! 8y
ultrabookgeek @Zelma I honestly say that every once in a while and just laugh. Also, thank your - lol 8y
Zelma @ultrabookgeek 👍😂 I post the entire quote on Facebook about once a year. 8y
Readingrobin You've Got Mail is SO much better than The Shop Around the Corner movie! 8y
rubyslippersreads And it mentions 8y
LauraBrook Love them both, they're such great movies. I sometimes say "because it smells mossy", what Steve Zahn's character says about a candle in his apartment . No on ever gets it. Plus, the quote about the bowyer about freshly sharpened pencils! Oh man, I may have to rewatch myself. 8y
LauraBeth Oh @LauraBrook - you actually are my sister 😀 8y
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Marchpane
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Secondhand books with a difference!

This ramshackle shed is open 24/7 and is often completely unstaffed, so payment works on the honour system. You can also pay online if you forget cash.

I visited on a Sunday afternoon as the lone staff member was finishing up his shift. It was weird seeing him just walk out without closing up!

#getindie #secondhandbooks

BookishFeminist Love this! Really curious to see their finances and how they stack up (😂) with other comparably sized secondhand bookstores. 8y
Notafraidofwords @BookishFeminist I'm so intrigued. 8y
read_diverse_books Wtf, that's amazing. These must be books people discarded or wanted to donate. I hope there are some gems in there! 8y
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Marchpane @BookishFeminist @Notafraidofwords I suspect the owner and staff treat it more as a community service than a business. Kind of like a neighbourhood co-op. Most (all?) of the inventory is free from donations, so... 8y
Marchpane @read_diverse_books yes, there is a place in the back for people to leave their unwanted books. I wish I had more time to browse the day I was there. 8y
Notafraidofwords @Marchpane where is this? 8y
Simona Wow, what a beautiful idea⁉️❤️💯 8y
Marchpane @Notafraidofwords It's in Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 😄 8y
Scurvygirl Wow! Neat! 8y
Cinfhen A.MAA.ZING🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
Laura317 What a lovely idea! 8y
gossamerchild That is really amazing. It's so good to see places like this is existence 💖 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess Wow! That is so cool! 8y
LeahBergen Oh, man! FUN. 8y
Bette Wow! That's cool! 😀👍 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage That's like a Little Free Library on steroids! I like it! 8y
DivineDiana How wonderful! 8y
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raelaschoenherr
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Just finished watching this delight for the millionth time. One of my top favorite movies ever and one I can quote ad nauseam. Originally a 1937 play called The Shop Around the Corner by Miklos Laszlo, it then became the Jimmy Stewart movie of the same name, then an adorable musical called She Loves Me, and then this gem entitled (as if you didn't know) You've Got Mail. I've seen three of its iterations and loved them all!

LauraBeth This is my all-time favorite movie 😀 8y
raelaschoenherr @LauraBeth Me too! I'm not a huge re-watcher but I could do this one on repeat ❤️ 8y
Becky712 Just made my son watch this with me and I could not stop laughing. What a great movie! 8y
raelaschoenherr @Becky712 So quotable too! 8y
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BarbaraJean
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Do used book stores count for #getindie? Because I have a soft spot for this one: Half Off Books in Whittier, CA. They carry mostly used & some new, and they have creaky wood floors and a piano my husband loves to play. It's also walking distance from my home. My husband & I went there on our first date... and also visited the night he proposed. These are a couple of our engagement pics- the owners let us do an in-store photo shoot! 📚💜

Marchpane This is just beyond adorable. 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 How lovely!! Thanks for sharing with us!! ❤️ 8y
BarbaraJean @Marchpane @kaysreadinglife Thank you and you're welcome! 8y
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Eyelit
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I can't help but cheat on this... Austin has so many great #getindie bookstores! My three fave meet all my book needs (and ensure my chronic destitution): BookPeople, Book Woman, and Austin Books & Comics. 💜📚😃 #atx

ReadingEnvy It's a good problem to have!! 8y
Lauren.Archer Yeah those are some of my favorite too. 8y
Lacythebookworm Love the Austin bookstores! 8y
Sydsavvy I've actually wanted to go to Book Woman, I need to do it. 8y
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KVanRead
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Bell's Books in Palo Alto, CA is around the corner from where my daughter was taking Shakespeare class last year and it soon became my favorite hangout. They celebrated their 75th anniversary last year and they have all the books —new, used, vintage, and it's just a beautiful bookish place to wander through the stacks. Switching to Shakespeare in SF this year — hoping that location will also be bookstore adjacent! #getindie @Litsy #sfbayarea

Zelma This one looks so inviting and a place I could spend a few hours. 😍 8y
ValerieAndBooks My SIL and her fam lives in Palo Alto -- I feel like I probably have been here before and that I got a MFK Fisher book here -- butwas a long time ago! 8y
KVanRead @Zelma it's the kind of place where I lose all track of time- oh wait, that just makes it a bookstore 😂 8y
KVanRead @ValerieAndBooks I wish I could get there more often. 8y
Zelma @KVanRead nice one! 👍 😄 8y
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