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Confession: I have a major weakness for coffee table books. Particularly the ones I stumble on in some faraway place, which will doubtlessly require a flight back to where the other books live and an awkward conversation at the airport. “Yes, I am taking five massive books on the plane with me, and I do feel this fits within the ‘reasonable reading material’ mandate … haven’t you ever been young?”
Stumbled upon this glorious bookshop on a recent trip to Birmingham, Alabama. I never thought I would have found such a sophisticated den of intellectualism in Alabama, but how wrong I was! This place has an incredible selection, a plethora of commendable staff picks, a section featuring southern literature and travel guides (a must in the South), and a warm, spacious atmosphere that makes you want to linger. Whatever preconceptions you may hold about Alabama, this is well worth the trip! #alabama #birmingham #bookshop #bookshopsofinstagram @littleprofhomewood
The spellbinding Henry Miller Memorial Library belongs on every book lover’s bucket list! Located just off the most magnificent stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway in Big Sur, this bookshop is worth a trip all on its own. Named after the iconic Henry Miller, who spent several years in Big Sur, this bookshop has every title by that great American author and a whole host of other major Californian and international authors. An hour or two here will leave your mind AND body feeling refreshed! @henrymillerlib #bookshop #bookshopsofinstagram #bookstagram #bigsur
The lovely @viktoriian_cuisine gifted me a couple of deliciously appealing titles for #independentbookstoreday — and just in time for our #Europe trip! @nytimes #bookstagram #36hoursineurope
Ever been to one of those towns pretending to be someplace else? Next time you’re driving down the California coast, you might hang a left and stop in Solvang, a “Danish” town 35 miles north of Santa Barbara. You won’t be able to miss the Danish-style architecture or the MANY Danish bakeries, but what you might overlook is this delightful bookshop tucked away into a little nook just off the town’s main drag. That’d be a shame, because The Book Loft is a real charmer of a place with a terrific selection of books both local to Southern California and to … that other place. Indeed, unlike the Danish bakeries masquerading as “the real thing,” you can be sure that The Book Loft stocks books from ACTUAL Danish folk. @thebookloftsolvang #bookstagram #bookshop #bookshopsofinstagram #solvang
“I was afraid to get too near Jackson [Mississippi] because planes left from Jackson for New York and California, and I knew I would not last ten minutes in Jackson without telephoning Delta or National [airlines] and getting out. All that month I hummed in my mind “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” … and every night in our hotel room we got out the maps and figured out how many hours’ driving time to Jackson, to New Orleans, to Baton Rouge, to the closest places the planes left from.”
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