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Spotlight on Bookstores: The Traveler Restaurant in Union, Connecticut

No, you didn’t read that wrong … this is a Spotlight on Bookstores post about a restaurant.  But it’s not just any restaurant …

For years, when J and I made the trip between our home near Boston and his family in New Jersey, we passed a huge sign on Route 84 in Connecticut, near the [...]

Spotlight 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 event at Aaron’s her enthusiasm leapt off the screen.  Her essay here mentions how the owners support the local community; they support the online community, too; [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: *Idlewild Books* in Manhattan

This Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Kari, creator/co-author of Five Borough Book Review, a blog written by a dozen or so 20-something New Yorkers.  Kari works in children’s publishing during the day, and reads and blogs in her spare time (I’m remembering back to my 20s – work all day, go out after [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: “a magical location for a bookstore” in NYC

This week, author Amy Hendel has written an essay about a magical location for a bookstore … in the middle of Manhattan.  She gives us a great reminder that we can find our own oasis in the hustle and bustle of everything around us; maybe this doesn’t apply only to reading books in a busy [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: Fountain Books in Richmond, Virginia

This week brings a second Spotlight on Bookstores by Pamela K. Kinney, an author of published horror, science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, and so far, two nonfiction books, Haunted Richmond, Virginia and Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales, both published by Schiffer Publishing.  Using the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, she has published sweet paranormal/fantasy/science [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: *The Corner Bookstore* in Manhattan

This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Nancy Bachrach, author of the brave, flippant, and brutally honest memoir The Center of the Universe, which I reviewed here. As evidenced by the strong writing in her first book and in this essay, she is an author to watch! Lenny Golay and Ray Sherman are doing [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: Linden Tree Children’s Recordings and Books in Los Altos, California

Harriet Scott Chessman is the author of three novels, including the #1 Book Sense Pick Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, and Someone Not Really Her Mother, hailed as one of the Best Books of 2004 by The San Francisco Chronicle and as a Good Morning America Read This! choice.  Her fiction has been described [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: on a street corner in Manhattan …

This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Robert Tuchman.  Robert is founder of TSE Sports & Entertainment, the global leader in sports event travel, and has written The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live: An Insider’s Guide to Creating the Sports Experience of a Lifetime. He has also authored Young Guns:   The Fearless [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: *The Book Loft* in Columbus, Ohio

This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores is brought to us by Jason Barger, Author of Step Back from the Baggage Claim:  Change the World, Start at the Airport. His book uses a unique and memorable metaphor – with air travel as the basis – to suggest several ways we might improve not only our own outlook [...]

Spotlight on Bookstores: Bart’s Books in Ojai, California

She’s baa-aack!  Several months ago, Ti at Book Chatter and Other Stuff shared a fantastic Spotlight post on The Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado.  I was fantasizing about packing my bags and visiting the bookstore, when I saw this post about Ti’s Mother’s Day outing.  I added another stop to my imaginary tour [...]