Cedar Writes

Tag: bookstore

  • The Big Bookstore that Can’t

    The Big Bookstore that Can’t

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    The little engine could, and did. This big bookstore seems to be running out of steam and sliding backwards down the slope and toward a crash. I spent several hours in the store I’ll call BN for brevity, yesterday. And the heck of it is, we hadn’t planned to go to the bookstore in the…

  • Book Hoarding and Other Delights

    Book Hoarding and Other Delights

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    There has never been a better time to be a reader. I’ve been reading since I was four, myself, which is a very small slice of the past when viewed in relative terms. But I am also a student of history. it wasn’t that long ago that books were individually precious, treasured and cared for…

  • Bonnet’s Books

    Bonnet’s Books

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    Or, why I love used bookstores and exploring my new home state…  We were in Dayton yesterday evening for a meet-up with friends. As the evening of beer tasting, food, cigars and tall tales went on, I excused myself and slipped off on a little errand of my own. I’d been in Bonnet’s Books once…