This seems more like "Best Bookstores of the South" but still very interesting. I haven't travelled through the South but maybe I will someday just to see the bookstores. :)
That's a fantastic list! Thank you for sharing! I have all of these shops on my bookstore bucket list! (*fingers crossed I get to visit them someday*) 😊
Thank you so much! That's lovely to hear! What's your online shop name if you don't mind me asking (I'm always looking for new indie sellers to support)? 😊
your energy is so radiant! i love hearing you speak about your love of books and traveling! keep doing what you're doing!! you're an inspiration! just subscribed to you! also found your blog through pinterest, soo amazing :) :)
This video is soooo good!!! Ur voice is sooo soothing, the bookshops look amazing, and the editing is amazing! :)) Thankyou Gods of RU-vid for recommending me this 🙌🏻
so glad i found this vid, I live right outside of Dallas and frequent the nearby Half Priced Books. No idea they had a flagship store in Dallas. Def checking it out next time i go book shopping!
1.) The Strand, 12th and Broadway 2.) Grey Matter Books, Hadley, Mass. 3.)The Coop (Cambridge, Mass) But The Strand is The Holy Grail. When you go you will need two days to take it all in. Also, be sure to have some ibuprofen handy for your sore neck (you'll know what I mean when you enter the fiction section). This is an overwhelming (in an extremely good way) bookstore. The sheer scope of the room(s) is/are stunning. Bring like $500. Grey Matter rivals The Strand because of its fiction section, and it's near Amherst and Northampton - which are HUGE college towns, so many more bookstores to explore, like Raven Books. Cambridge's The Coop has a jaw dropping horseshoe shaped fiction section, A - Z. By the time I reached the middle of the alphabet I had grabbed about $400 worth of hardcover books.
Thank you so much for the recommendations! I really need to visit more bookstores in the Northeast (*added all of these to my bookstore bucket list*). The Coop sounds amazing. I love the fact that the fiction section is shaped like a horseshoe. And thank you so much for the tips about The Strand (I'll definitely block out multiple days when I visit NYC to take it all in). 😊
I hope I get a chance to visit Powell's one day too! Have you been to BookPeople in Austin (BookPeople and BookWoman are my two favorite bookstores there)? 😊
@@passporttoeden I have visited Book People once. It’s nice. I will go there again. I find Black Pearl Books recently. It reminds me of Portland. So far none of the above can be compared to Powell’s. I miss it a lot. My family spent a lot of time in this book castle when we lived in Portland. During pandemic, it struggled to survive. One day, the owner wrote a letter to the public, it circulated fast. Many readers like me started ordering books and gifts from it to keep it alive. When the bookstore reopened to public, there were lines literally every day outside the store. I was so touched.
Another great bookstore in Cambridge, not far from the Coop, is the Harvard Book Store. It’s smaller, but has a great vibe. I love their staff recommendations. You can find those online as well. They also have a bargain basement full of good books at a discount.
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I'm slated to visit San Antonio next year (hopefully sometime between spring and summer) and was planning to do a bookstore crawl, so I'll definitely add Antiquarian to my to-visit list! 😊
Thank you for sharing! I haven't been to Michigan yet, but I'll definitely try to visit King Book when I go. I just looked at pictures of the bookstore and it looks incredible 😊
Half Price Books used to have some very interesting titles. However, since they started selling the better ones online, their retail locations' is pretty Vanilla
I think it depends on the location. The Half Price closest to where I live doesn't carry the kinds of books I'm personally interested in but the Flagship location and the Plano location does. 😊
hi! I'm from NYC so I got some recommendations for you. So...in terms of Libraries, the NYPL Bryant Park branch is an obvious must. It's the one seen in all the movies. But, my favorite of the branches in Manhattan is definitely the Jefferson Market Library. It's near Washington Square Park and it's the big giant castle. Yes. Castle. The next one is the Stavros Niarchos Library, which is directly across the street from the one in Bryant Park. The big draw of this new renovated branch is the rooftop access. You can get some sick views from up there, coffee, and read whatever book you want for free. It's also the largest library in the entire New York Public Library system. Six floors of books and the final floor is the rooftop. As for private bookstores, The Strand, Housing Works Bookshop and Cafe, Mcnally Jackson at Seaport and, if you love manga, Kinokuniya.
Thank you for taking the time to comment! Merging words together is definitely a problem in a lot of my earlier videos (like this one). It's something I'm still working on. 😊 I do have details about most of these bookstores on my blog and a few notes in the description box. You could also try closed captioning if that's possible. And if there's anything else you want me to clarify, just let me know.
The topic and video are great. However, truthfully, you should work on your speaking voice. You are hard to understand. Speaking fast, while not fully pronouncing your words, gets old after awhile. Ennunciate your words fully. I enjoyed the video, but it was hard to listen to and follow.
