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Jennifer Hollowell's avatar

I volunteered last year and will do so again at the local ‘Friends of the Library’ bookstore. It’s located in an old drugstore, and the original marble topped counter and twisting stools are still there. Books for sale are donated. Some old old stuff but not tons. Unfortunately, books in really bad shape don’t make it to the shelves.

So glad you and Laura got together

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Kate's avatar

Ok, Ok... you got me! The song lyrics took me to ‘you might as well face it, you’re addicted to love’ (thank you Robert Palmer) but no, I had a really good chuckle when I came instead to.... The Forest Lord?!? Pretty funny!

Yes, a good bookstore is exactly the type of fun I enjoy going through in a leisurely manner. Especially one full of used books, those tattered pages that scream ‘I’ve been well loved’ like my old favorite bookstore Easton’s in downtown Mount Vernon, Wa. I also love the really old, twisty turny bookstores like Powell’s in Portland, easy to get lost when time is not an issue or Elliot Bay in Seattle, so many choices and also full of all the extras one can expect from a ‘we only sell new stuff’ kind of store.

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