Herridge Books
One of my favorite bookstores is Herridge Books in Wellfleet, MA, one of my favorite Cape Cod towns. This place was discovered by my dad and me when I was young (maybe 8ish?). The first book I got here was one of the Wizard of Oz series books; I think it was The Lost Princess of Oz. This series holds a special place in my heart, and since its origin for me was Herridge, the store too is a happy place for me.
After a bit of a stressful morning, we arrived at Herridge and conducted a photo shoot.
I went a tad crazy and got 9 books. You have to go into this store with no plan. I'll look for authors or publishing houses I typically recognize. Then, I'll just start reading the synopses if the former isn't going so well. I've always found something here. Below is a list of the titles I found this time:
- "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle, published by Paper Mill Press
- "The Brothers Ashkenazi" by I. J. Singer, published by Penguin Classics
- "Dom Casmurro" by Machado de Assis, published by Oxford University Press
- "The Victim" by Saul Bellow, published by Penguin Classics
- "The Diary of a Nobody" by George Grossmith, published by Wordsworth Classics
- "The Passion of New Eve" by Angela Carter, published by Virago Press
- "The Door" by Magda Szabó, published by NYRB Classics
- "The Age of Reason" by Jean-Paul Sartre, published by Penguin Books
- "Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future" by Lauren Redniss, published by Random House
I am currently needing a nighttime book, aka a book I can read while sleepy. Will choose tonight. Acquiring all these at once has made the decision much harder, lol.
Update (10:45 pm est): I chose a book I forgot I had called “The Girl of the Sea of Cortez” by Peter Benchley, published by Berkley Books