A Field Trip for Book Lovers

Toni and I are always on the hunt for used book stores in CT. So, on one of the first nice days we had this year, we took an impromptu field trip to the Traveler restaurant, which is on the Union/Stafford Springs town line. We had both driven by it a bunch of times on I-84 but it was our first time going there.

It's a restaurant and bar where guests are allowed to take a free (used) book after their meal. But there's also  a "book cellar" downstairs with lots of used books available for purchase.

Traveler Food and Books

We really liked the used book cellar. They had a ton of books at reasonable prices. It was also really well organized. All of the fiction books were in alphabetical order by author's last name. They also had a bunch of non-fiction titles which were organized by subject.

 

Toni is contemplating her book purchase.

I found a copy of Franny and Zooey.

I ended up buying 5 paperbacks for a total of $12:

- "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

- "The Edible Woman" by Margaret Atwood

-"Saturday" by Ian McEwan

-"Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver

-"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom

I have a lot of reading to do now!!

--Emily