Finally Unpacked

Sorting, cataloguing and packing my grandmother's books and my own was a massive undertaking that dominated Spring. Now that I've finally settled in to my new place and got all 35 boxes of books unpacked and organized in my new place I've started reading again. I will be posting once a week for the rest of the year and attempting to get through as much of my queue of books as possible.

The stack of unread books on my nightstand is quite impressive so I had better get to it!

New Elliot Bay Book Company Location is Gorgeous!

I popped up to Capitol Hill today for some ice cream at Molly Moon's, and wandered by the new Elliot Bay Book Company location on a whim. It looked incredible from the outside, and I felt compelled to pop in for a quick look since I had the pup with me and didn't want to leave him out front for too long. [note: upon later visits I have since discovered they are dog friendly!]

I was amazed at the interior - it's very spacious and beautiful, and they have a large table up front with new hardback and trade paperback books. I picked up a copy of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, since I missed out on the Powell's special edition and impulse bought a clever looking book called Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard. The staff was sharp, and informed me that Ms. Bender would be giving a reading the following week, and giving me some info about it. Looking over the calendar, they seem to be getting the same touring authors as Powell's down in Portland - this has likely always been the case but I've never frequented the old location to know for sure!

All in all it was a great visit. The location is fantastic, too - very easy to buy a book and swing over to the park to read in the sunshine!