It's Banned Book Week! What are you reading? Bookstores across the country are having wonderful sales to celebrate the freedom to read.
Speaking of bookstores, not that there's anything wrong with the national chain stores, but have you visited your local indie bookstore or secondhand book shop lately? Nothing can beat the experience. Remember the Meg Ryan version of You've Got Mail? Hers wasn't a secondhand store but indie, and the chain stores just seem more...sterile.
There is so much for the senses at a secondhand shop. Meandering the tall stacks, inhaling the musty scent of the written word, scoring deals on out-of-print books. Bring a list of favorite authors or subjects and plan to spend some time there.
I found the best secondhand shop in our medium sized city. The shelves were 12 feet tall, and thousands of books, ladders to climb to the top, twisting aisles you can get lost in, a basement chock full of everything and subject imaginable. I was in second heaven. Unfortunately, I also brought two impatient children along so that visit was cut short, but I will be back again. I bought four books for the price of one.
Support your local bookstore this week and get a deal for Banned Book Week!
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