Well, it finally happened. I own so many books that my house isn't really a home anymore so much as it is a place to stash my reading material. I don't have room to sew anymore, or do much of anything except (you guessed it) read.
My minibar is not used for alcohol storage; instead, I have put my Neil Gaiman collection behind the glass doors. Every possible shelf, nook and cranny has books crammed into it, and my hallway are lined with teetering stacks of books which topple over when the cats do their two a.m. Olympics. The garage is completely packed full of boxes holding books and book-related materials. Let's not even think about the number of books stacked precariously in my office and on my desk in one way or another.Really, though, it was the stacks of books on the breakfast bar that were the proverbial straw.
I would die before I would take the books to Goodwill, and listing them all on amazon seems impractical (there are between 10,000 and 15,000 books here). So the only real solution is to open a bookstore!
Lucky for me, I found a location about half a mile from my house, in a nice building, with a friendly landlord. The piece de resistance? It's right next door to a coffee shop (named Allegro Coffee - how cute is that?!). So for the past three weeks we have been painting, building shelves, and moving boxes to the new store.
And I will even have a corner of the store to display my costumes in! Now maybe someone will buy them once in a while...
The Grand Opening is planned for May 23rd, 2009. Please stop by if you are in the neighborhood:
Sandman Book Company
16500 Burnt Store Road, #109
Punta Gorda, FL 33955
www.sandmanbooks.com
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