So I just came across this fantastic website, and I'm totally geeking out, so here:
http://www.eatthispoem.com/city-guides/
I'm seriously dying of nerd right now. This website is about travel and books and food. I love travel and books and food! So, with that inspiration in mind, and my ever-present fascination with lists, here is my literary bucket list - with some places I've already been included so that I can tell you how amazing they are.
1. Library of Congress.
2. Powell Books in Portland, Oregon.(Better allow myself the whole day).
3. Autumn Leaves in Ithaca, NY (Been here, love this place. They serve vegan food upstairs with a pirate theme).
4. Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France.
5. Recycled Books in Denton, TX (I spent so much time here. It's an old opera house- complete with balconies and weird little rooms and apparently, a ghost!)
6. Strand in NYC (according to CNN.com - this part of NYC was called "book row" and had 48(!) bookstores. Strand is the only survivor.)
7. John K. King Used and Rare books in Detroit.
8.Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee (Mostly because this bookstore was founded by Ann Patchett, who is a great author, and has become an icon for the movement to save brick and mortar book stores).
9. The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, CA.
10. The Book Thing in Baltimore, MD. (Freeeeeeeee Booooooookkks!! OMG I can never go to Baltimore again).
Okay, I should stop at 10 or this list will never end.
