I feel like I don't talk about bookstores enough. You guys know that I frequent them. I'm always willing to pick up books from Barnes and Noble, Goodwill or alleyway shops. I was heartbroken when Borders went packing.
But there is one bookstore that I love and that you should check out too. They're called Afterwords and they sell new and used books. I visited there a couple of times, mainly because my friend works there and he is very good about showing me around and reccomending some good titles. It's funny but, every time I dropped in, I'd have this sudden urge to pick up some of the titans; Hemingway, Harlan Ellison, H.G. Wells.
Its very cool and quiet and has a basement with wall to wall books.
Ray Bradbury always said that libraries helped raise him to his literary heights. For me, its bookstores.
After-Words Bookstore
23 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL(312) 464-1110
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