We love to support independent bookstores here at Words About Words, and the last weekend of April was apparently my time to shine and contribute to the noble, bookish cause lol. Anyways, I found out about the Independent Bookstore Crawl (like a pub crawl but with independent bookstores instead!) through the Verbatim Books’ fire Instagram account and was immediately committed to trying for at least one day of three they were hosting! (Context: I don’t live in San Diego County, and that same weekend, I attended YallWest in Santa Monica.) Of the 11 possible stores that we could have visited, Quinn & I managed to hit 5 stops in our one day. Below are all the books we came home with!
(At the very bottom I also included other books I acquired in some relation to Independent Bookstore Day!)
San Diego Independent Bookstore Book Crawl
There was a $5 minimum purchase per stop to get the participation stamp, and my brain really went, “No, you’re going to spend $30 at each.” Oops. Anyways…books!!
Stop #1: DIESEL: A Bookstore
Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
Stop #2: Warwick’s Books
Edie in Between by Laura Sibson
*For Q’s father*
Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music by Anthony Ashton
Stop #3: Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
*all exclusively Quinn picks*
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Stop #4: Bluestocking Books
*Quinn*
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
*Me*
The Witch Elm by Tana French
Stop #5: Verbatim Books
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
*Q pick*
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Libro.fm Independent Bookstore Day Sale
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
Other Bits & Bobs
So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
– Not from the IBD sale but bought on libro.fm with one of my monthly credits during the week of the sale –
Ophelia After All by Raquel Marie
– Purchased at YallWest so that I could have Rocky sign it, since we all know I was going to buy it eventually anyways –
Thanks for reading! What books have you added to your collection lately??
xoxo, Bree
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