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if you're in the Detroit area, the two best bookstores in the world are the two John King Books locations (one in Detroit, one in Ferndale). Each location features shelves overstuffed with used and rare books, and I can lose myself for hours whether I'm looking to finally try and read Marcel Proust, or if I want to find some random high fantasy or sci-fi novel no one's ever heard of. Generally it's cheaper than Barnes & Noble (no shade, I used to work there), and besides, it's cooler to have your own unique edition of a book rather than the mass market version you get buying new. Incredible staff too, btw. Can't recommend highly enough if you're near the Detroit.
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as a writer (and someone who has a lot of friends in relationships), i tend to spend quite a bit of my time wandering around my fair share of bookstores. toronto is home to a many small biz bookstores - from rare books to nyc bestsellers, there’s one for everyone: support indie bookstores friends!!
Little Ghosts (930 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1W3): littleghostsbooks.com
Flying Books (784 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C6): flyingbooks.ca
Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2A4): flyingbooks.ca
Type (883 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1G5): typebooks.ca
BMV Books (471 Bloor Street West (Bloor and Brunswick, between Bathurst and, Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5S 1X9): bmvbooks.com
Balfour Books (468 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1A1): balfourbooks.squarespace.com
good egg (156 Augusta Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2L5): goodegg.ca
Acadia Art & Rare Books (232 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5A 1S3): acadiabooks.com
Re: Reading Used Books (548 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1P8): rereading.ca
Another Story Bookshop (315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 2M6): anotherstory.ca
Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books (672 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B9): sellersandnewel.com
Sep 19, 2024
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The atmosphere in a local bookstore is so much better than a Barnes & Nobel. The one in my area has new books, gently used ones, a cafe, handmade items, and even a punch card for your purchases. My favorite part, if they don't have the book you're looking for, they'll order it for you for no added charge. The whole point is your local bookstore possibly has everything a Barnes & Nobel does. Go check it out and support a small buisness!
Jan 31, 2025
Amazing selection of used books, unlike any other I’ve seen! I also love Mercer St Books and Records near Bleecker.
Jan 5, 2025
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Cary Grant is potentially the most entertaining actor of all-time, which probably makes him the greatest actor of all-time. Katherine Hepburn is probably the greatest actress of all-time. They're always incredible together, probably most famously in Bringing Up Baby or the Philadelphia Story, but Holiday (1938) is a funny, melancholy Golden Age romance that brings the best out of both of them. Golden Age Hollywood is a comfort food for me, and I'll probably make my girlfriend watch this with me for my birthday around this upcoming New Year's Eve.
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I grew up on late 90s/early 00s pop punk: blink-182, Green Day, Sum 41. I can be selective about the pop punk I'm into outside of my core favorites, and Japanese band Ellegarden is firmly among them. Just about all their songs go hard. This is "Salamander".
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It's not possible to say enough about the genius of Sophie so I just want to highlight a song of hers that just fills my whole soul every time I hear it: "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye". It's so sparse, but so energetic and so emotional, I could put it on repeat all month and feel and think a billion different things. I love an artist whose work inspires that, and Sophie is the best of them <3
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