Happy California Bookstore Day

Next Saturday, May 3rd, is California Bookstore Day. This mean that ninety bookstores in more than eighty zip codes statewide are throwing parties today to celebrate the great independent bookstore.  

What a great way to spend a Saturday and Californians have a whole week to plan and prepare. 

Now all you have to do is find a celebrating bookstore near you.

Here's about Independent bookstores from their website:

"Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent. Indie bookstores, whether dusty and labyrinthine or clean and well-lighted, are not just stores, they are solutions. They hold the key to your love life, your career, and your passions. Walking the aisles of a good bookstore means stumbling upon a novel from India that expands your heart. It’s encountering an art book that changes the direction of your life. It’s the joy of having a perfect stranger steer you toward the perfect book. In a world of tweets and algorithms and pageless digital downloads, bookstores are not a dying anachronism.  They are living, breathing organisms that continue to grow and expand. In fact, there are more of them this year than there were last year. And they are at your service."

I totally agree.

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