![]() ![]() Now you can wander IRL once again, and take advantage of its book-trading program to refresh your collection. West Seattle’s longtime (mostly used) bookstore approximated browsing online by posting pictures of its shelves to Instagram during the pandemic. Opened in 2019 by a married couple (he a former bassist in Modest Mouse, she an interior designer), Paper Boat is West Seattle’s lone bookstore for new titles, which rounds out its shelves with events and book clubs. The selection at the Annex will likely lean more niche and family-friendly than that of the OG location. The venerated U District bookseller announced in September that it would relieve some of its groaning shelves on the Ave with an expansion to Wallingford, setting up shop in the basement of the building that housed Open Books before the poetry emporium’s move to Pioneer Square. The rest of us can stop by for its wide range of titles and always rad clearance tables. Many of the stories shared in this book are based on personal recollections. University of Washington students can swing by this 122-year-old fixture for all their purple and gold paraphernalia. The Way Things Used to Be is a close examination of how technology has historically improved accessibility, accelerated literacy, increased efficiency, elevated prosperity, and sparked discovery. ![]()
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