Favorite Bookstore Find
Brick and mortar bookstores have been trending down steadily since the rise of online bookstores such as Amazon.com, but they aren't extinct yet!
I'm always on the outlook for a great new bookstore, especially while on vacation. Every brick and mortar bookstore other than the big chains like Barnes & Noble, have a unique personality that is always fun to discover.
This week Ted & I spent our vacation on Sanibel Island, Florida and found a great little bookstore organized like none other I've ever experienced. If I wasn't already convinced I was in heaven with this view:
...I was certainly convinced when we entered Gene's Bookstore...
...it's organized by buildings! Building #1 is mysteries--galore!! Like book cases and cases that go on forever and ever! My mystery writing friend, Halee Matthews, would have thought she'd died and gone to heaven for sure!!
What book store has an entire building dedicated to mysteries? One that features every country! Australian and British were just a few. It was a literal maze, come follow me:
And beyond the first building was a second building dedicated to fiction, and a third building entirely for history books! Eeeeeeee!!
For a history lover, you brain about explodes when you walk in and there are so many books, there are stacks on the floor. As I browsed the stacks, a lovely lady stopped me to ask, "if you were shopping here would you buy this book?" She holds up a small copy of a book about the 1833 Cholera outbreak in Lexington, Kentucky. I notice the author is a nurse. "Of course I would, did you write this?"
Sure enough she had. She was looking to sell copies to the bookstore but just wanted to be sure it was the right sort of clientele. I bought a copy on the spot and we had a wonderful chat about history, Cholera, public health nursing, and writing. #DivineEncountersInABookstore
Meet Terry Foody, RN, MSN, author of The Pie Seller, The Drunk, and The Lady.
Readers:Do you visit local bookstores while on vacation?Please share your best bookstore finds! -------------Blog post by Anne Love-
Writer of Historical Romance inspired by her family roots.
Nurse Practitioner by day.
Wife, mother, writer by night.
Coffee drinker--any time.
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I'm always on the outlook for a great new bookstore, especially while on vacation. Every brick and mortar bookstore other than the big chains like Barnes & Noble, have a unique personality that is always fun to discover.
This week Ted & I spent our vacation on Sanibel Island, Florida and found a great little bookstore organized like none other I've ever experienced. If I wasn't already convinced I was in heaven with this view:
...I was certainly convinced when we entered Gene's Bookstore...
...it's organized by buildings! Building #1 is mysteries--galore!! Like book cases and cases that go on forever and ever! My mystery writing friend, Halee Matthews, would have thought she'd died and gone to heaven for sure!!
What book store has an entire building dedicated to mysteries? One that features every country! Australian and British were just a few. It was a literal maze, come follow me:
And beyond the first building was a second building dedicated to fiction, and a third building entirely for history books! Eeeeeeee!!
For a history lover, you brain about explodes when you walk in and there are so many books, there are stacks on the floor. As I browsed the stacks, a lovely lady stopped me to ask, "if you were shopping here would you buy this book?" She holds up a small copy of a book about the 1833 Cholera outbreak in Lexington, Kentucky. I notice the author is a nurse. "Of course I would, did you write this?"
Sure enough she had. She was looking to sell copies to the bookstore but just wanted to be sure it was the right sort of clientele. I bought a copy on the spot and we had a wonderful chat about history, Cholera, public health nursing, and writing. #DivineEncountersInABookstore
Meet Terry Foody, RN, MSN, author of The Pie Seller, The Drunk, and The Lady.Readers:Do you visit local bookstores while on vacation?Please share your best bookstore finds! -------------Blog post by Anne Love-
Writer of Historical Romance inspired by her family roots.
Nurse Practitioner by day.
Wife, mother, writer by night.
Coffee drinker--any time.
Find me on:Facebook Find me on: Pinterest
Find me on: TwitterFind me on: Goodreads
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