The Book Cove was my bonus bookstore. Suggested by Vanessa at Bank Street books it was a short drive from Kent and a perfect way to end the day. In addition to books the store is also an antique shop. Between the two I could have spent the entire afternoon meandering. And perhaps I will, one day.
And just as Vanessa suggested the Book Cove so the owner (I think) suggested two more bookstores for me to visit (Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck and Millerton and Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook NY). I'll get to those in June.
I picked up another book for Vince, Demolition by Sally Sutton and a copy of Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER by Julie Holland (who I discovered lives locally).
The Book Cove can be found on the web at: http://www.pawlingbookcove.com/
House of Books in Kent has a little bit of everything. Sure it's mostly books but they also have a collection of cards, toys, music, office and art supplies.
I picked up The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems and Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game by John Sexton, Thomas Oliphant and Peter J. Schwartz.
House of Books can be found on the web at: http://www.hobooks.com/
I loved wandering around Bank Street Book Nook in New Milford. What amazes me is that no matter how many bookstores I go into I still manage to find something new. Should I ever have the opportunity to open up my own bookstore I'm going to do what Bank Street does and that's post great quotations about books and reading.
Vanessa, the owner could not have been more gracious and when I explained what I was doing she told me to make my way to Pawling NY to visit The Book Cove (see #27).
I picked up Call the Midwife by Jenny Worth. I love the PBS series based on these memoirs and I'm looking forward to reading them. I wonder if I'll hear Vanessa Redgrave in my head. I also picked up My 1st Counting Book. (Suann and I are a bit behind on birthday gifts so I was determined to pick up a book in each store for one year old Vince.)
Bank Street doesn't have a web presence yet but I will say - I love New Milford. The downtown looks to have some great shops. I was on a bit of a schedule so only stopped by two (Barkery Boo'tique and Down on Main Street) but am looking forward to going back and exploring a bit more.
I spent the last Saturday in April visiting Connecticut bookstores. Allow me to say - I need to get out of lower Fairfield County more often. Connecticut is a beautiful state and while I did conjure up an idea for a book (think thriller) as I relied more and more on my GPS, I was utterly charmed by the views.
First up was The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washing Depot. Voted best independent bookstore by Connecticut Magazine last year, Hickory Stick is simply lovely. You know you're in a good, welcoming place when you walk in and there are two kids hunkered down in chairs completely involved in their books.
I picked up The Good House by Ann Leary, an autographed copy of Tinker's Dam a poetry book by David Leff, Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd and No David by David Shannon.
The Hickory Stick Bookshop can be found on the web here: http://www.hickorystickbookshop.com/
