The Last Bookstore - That's Really Its Name & It's Book Lover's Paradise

Today was a nice lazy Sunday and we've spent the past few days discussing bookstores and noting that we would like to visit one or too. We thought about a place called Book Soup, but I've had visions of something more along the lines of Barnes & Noble, or something like what used to be Borders. Then Ryan mention The Last Bookstore. Sold!

Store window - Quite classy

We took the Metro downtown. We're pretty all right at doing that so far, and we stopped at the Pershing Square station. From there it was only a few blocks down.

Prior to our arrival I had no clue what this bookstore would be like, only that Ryan was certain that it was going to be great. What I suspect attracted Ryan to this particular bookstore was their huge selection of vinyl. This is where he headed to first, and I was in fiction looking for the likes of Toni Morrison, Alice Hoffman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and other things.

The selection is huge, and it's mostly all used books. I didn't notice the new books until we were on our way out. It is safe to say that a majority of the books sold here our used.

We didn't get to visit the second floor because we were bound to the first floor by the books we were carrying around with the plan of purchasing. Unfortunately there were no first floor books allowed on the second floor. I'm sure this must have been some security/loss prevention tactic, and I understand. We didn't go upstairs. But I did see what I thought was yarn, and I suspect it was hand dyed as well.

A few noteworthy things about The Last Bookstore - the selection is really good for a used bookstore; the store is spacious and well-organized; there are plenty of helpful people available to answer questions; the prices are so unbelievably reasonable (hands down this place is a great deal); and last but not least there is some really great original artwork involving books in here - as in books as sculpture, it's quite neat.

God I love this place. Books are art in more way than one.

This is the store counter/registers. Pretty unique huh?

I purchased

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Local Girls by Alice Hoffman

Lucky by Alice Sebold

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Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants by Jill Soloway

Ryan Purchased

Hostage to the Devil by Malachi Martin

My First Movie Edited by Stephen Lowenstein

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Five Christmas Novels by Charles Dickens