Stacking the Shelves: From Two Bookstores in Cambridge, MA

Recently, I went on a bookstore crawl all throughout Cambridge, Massachusetts. A bookstore crawl is like a bar crawl, only better, because BOOKS. 

Though I wanted to buy up any and all books that struck my fancy, I practiced pretty extreme self-control (at least, for me), and only bought two books. Two! That's got to be a personal record. I buy more than two books from ONE bookstore per visit, let alone five different stores in one night.

Perhaps I will post about all the shops I visited later. For now, I am just going to share the spoils of my crawl.



As you can see, I bought a discounted copy of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose from the "Remainder" section of The Harvard Book Store.  

What are remainders, you ask? Remainders are specially priced editions of new books. Because they were no longer selling well, the remaining unsold copies were liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices. They are like new and, in most cases, are identical to the full-priced versions. Alright, end of publishing lesson for today.

The other book I bought was Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles at The Coop. I was scanning the face-out books in one of the aisles, and I was completely drawn in by the book's cover art (I keep it no secret that I constantly judge books by their covers). As I pick up the book, I noticed that Tennessee Williams himself blurbed it, calling it his favorite book! Of course, without another thought, I bought it. Tennessee Williams has yet to steer me wrong.

I can't wait to dig into these books, especially Two Serious Ladies, which I meant to read for the #BoutofBooks Readathon, but I really don't think I will get to it this week.

Which books have you added to your shelves lately?

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  1. The Name of the Rose sounds like a great book! Hope you enjoy it! :)

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    1. I've seen it on a ton of "Read This Before You Die" lists. I figured, why not give it a try?

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  2. Two Serious Ladies looks good...and I am envious of your bookstore crawl. I would love to visit bookstores in Cambridge...I spent a lovely and wild weekend in Boston once...back in the day. LOL Enjoy your books!

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    1. Boston is a lovely and wild city. You will have to tell me about your weekend sometime. I'm so curious now!

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  3. Definitely better cause books!! I love the Remainders' sections of book store because quite a lot of the classics I want to read can be found there :D I'd never heard of 'Two Serious Ladies' but now I definitely want to read it. I hope your next week is even better :)
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    1. Thanks for reading, Juli! You're right-- I also noticed that the Remainder section had a ton of classics, so I can't wait to go back again and stock up!

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  4. A book store crawl sounds great, I would love to hear more about it. Two Serious Ladies looks so good! Have a good week.

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    1. Thanks, Cindy! In that case, I will definitely start drafting up a post about my book crawl.

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  5. I'm with you... the cover for Two Serious Ladies would definitely catch my attention as well!

    Deb

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    1. There's something about illustrated covers with a handwritten font. Gets me every time. Thanks for stopping by, Deborah!

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  6. Two Serious Ladies sounds interesting, if dated. It might be a good book club choice.
    NAME OF THE ROSE was a movie a while back - with Sean Connery I think. A Bookstore/bar crawl would be amazing! Up this way we haven't much in the way of bookstores anymore. Maybe one per every other town and two or three in Portland(ME).

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    1. I stopped at five different bookstores when I visited Portland, ME in the fall. One of my all time favorite cities!

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  7. I'm so glad someone else admits that they judge books by their covers. I always say that I try not to do so, but who am I kidding? I do it *all* the time! Lol. Two Series Ladies looks like something I should check out.

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    1. It's very hard to look past a bad cover. I'll let you know how Two Serious Ladies turns out!

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  8. I've never heard of Two Serious Ladies, but that cover is extremely good! Great haul!
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    1. Thanks, Lisa! I checked out your post. That's quite a lot of coloring books in your haul!

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