3 essential Maine bookshops for summer road-trippin’ June 28, 2016Bookish Adventures, Home, Literary Miscellany, Travels Out & AboutAcadia National Park, Bangor ME, Bath ME, Beale Street BBQ, bookish magic, books, Ellsworth ME, Hampden ME, hidden gems, Lippincott Books, literary Maine, Maine travel, Open Door Books, Summer n Maine, wanderlust By Shannon Bowring Spontaneity is good, especially when there’s a bookshop waiting at the end of the journey.
Beaches, boardwalks, and bargain books June 12, 2016Bookish Adventures, Home, Travels Out & AboutBargain books, Beach, bookish magic, books, literary Maine, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf, reading, Stephen King, Summer in Maine, Used bookshop, wanderlust By Shannon Bowring This shop first struck my eye with its huge yellow banner proclaiming BETTER BARGAIN BOOKS. In my experience, there has never been a more effective marketing ploy to get me in the door of a merchandising establishment.