A Bookworm's Paradise

Like I said earlier, I'm including in this blog some established businesses and attractions that I think are noteworthy although they may not fit in a stricter definition of urban exploring. One such place is the Readers Corner bookstore on Hillsborough street. It's a tiny bookshop that's easy to miss- I had driven past it for years without noticing it. What I love about it is that it's everything a bookshop should be- there's photographs, scraps of newspapers, postcards, and knickknacks tacked around the walls. Shelves are filled with everything from gorgeous leatherbound volumes to vintage magazines, and the books spill over to shelves outside the shops where some are as cheap as 25 cents. Theres a musty sense of old paper and cozy messiness that I love. I found a pile of vintage advertisements from LIFE magazines for a dollar each while my friend raided the CDs.