Day 7: stranded and a road trip

Thursday's clue - Stranded. A coupon for The Strand - 18 miles of books.

Picture is from The Strand website.

I love book stores. If I could, I would work in a book store. In a way, my volunteering with Worldreader satiates the love of books to a certain level.

I had been to this particular bookshop when I was last in New York in summer of 2008 and remember the hours I spent in another land - a land of dreams, hopes, fantasies, wars..essentially an escape.

The bookstore has been around since 1927 and is owned solely by the Bass family. A quote I found interesting on their site by George F. Will '"the eight miles worth saving in this city are at the corner of Broadway and 12th Street. They are the crammed shelves of the Strand Book Store."

The store now boasts 18 miles of books and it simply has many many many books. I love the staff recommendations scattered around the store. 

Interesting evolution since my last visit, they now have a section and a marketing campaign called cheaper than e-books. With e-books making books and reading accessible to all, it is heartening to see bookshops stay in business in style.

From The Strand, today is the day Carl and I are off to visit Nicole, a friend of 17 years and her family. It is a road trip to Ithaca to the Cornell campus! More on that soon.