Comments on: With Wordsmiths Gone, Little Shop Looks To Fill The Void

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:54:30 +0000

Little Shop’s adult-book selection (sorry, Daren, I love walking into the store and knowingly asking Terra or Rick or Dave, “Hey, where’s the adult book section?”) has always been carefully and thoughtfully curated, and I’ve always found novels for myself even when I’m there on a mission to buy picture books for my daughter. You just can’t quantify the intangibles here: the serendipitous joys of browsing and discovering books in a pleasant environment, staffed by people who know their merchandise.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:21:48 +0000

Don’t forget to shop at the children’s book section at Eagle Eye, at the
corner of Clairmont and North Decatur Road. EXCELLENT selection and
prices!

By: another Rick

another Rick — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:10:37 +0000

The shop local movement is so important to our quality of life. I never will understand why someone is willing to drive many miles to purchase, at a so called bargain price, an often inferior item at the mallmart store, not considering their transportation cost, environmental impact, usually an inferior item, from an uncaring clerk, made by a slave in “China”. Local is beautiful.

By: Daren W

Daren W — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:16:50 +0000

Little Shop has always been a great bookseller, not just a great children’s bookseller. Their small general section (in the trade, folks avoid the term “adult” as it gets confused with a more unseemly type of publishing) always struck me as remarkably dense with great titles. A good place to shop is a place where you go and see something you weren’t looking for, but can’t live without. Carrie Bradshaw doesn’t want endless rows of shoes–she wants a Manalo Blahnick showroom. think Little Shop stocks lots of Blahnick and very little Payless. Of course with books, you pretty much pay the same for both of them.