Book Shopping Road Trip to Small Town Bookstores Ep. 2
**Book Shopping Road Trip: A Journey Through Small Town Bookstores**
Welcome back to another episode of my book shopping road trip series! This time, I'm taking you on an adventure through some of the cutest small towns in Texas. If you missed the first video, don’t worry—it’s not too late to jump on board as we explore charming bookstores and uncover hidden gems.
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### **Our First Stop: Bernie, Texas**
Just like last time, our journey begins in the adorable town of Bernie, Texas. In my previous video, I tried to visit a store called *The Bookshop Under the Windmill*, but unfortunately, it was closed when I arrived. This time, however, I made sure to check the hours beforehand, and—thankfully—it’s open!
**The Bookshop Under the Windmill** is such an enchanting name, isn’t it? And guess what? There’s actually a giant windmill right in front of the store! It’s truly one of the most adorable bookstores I’ve ever seen. Plus, this used bookstore is part of the library system, meaning all proceeds go directly to supporting the library. That’s so cool—what a great way to give back to the community.
I’ve been on a bit of a streak lately, discovering amazing deals at local libraries and bookstores. The prices have been incredible—many books are just $2 or $3, and I’ve found some absolute steals along the way. I’m hopeful this stop will be no exception.
As we pull up to the store, there’s a cart outside offering **three books for one dollar**! Talk about a crazy deal! My mom even started loading up her cart with some of her favorite titles. Inside the store, I was pleasantly surprised by just how big it is. There are so many books to choose from—way more than I expected.
One unique feature of this bookstore is that there’s a mystery author whose works all start with different letters of the alphabet. That sounds like such a fun and creative way to explore new authors! While browsing, I found myself in the YA section, where I spotted *The Mortal Instruments* series—something I haven’t read since middle school but always loved. They also had *The Series of Unfortunate Events*, which I’ve never read but did watch the movie adaptation. Now I’m curious to see how the books compare.
In the romance section, there were tons of Nora Roberts books—something I’ve never read before but hear so much about. I also noticed *Bridget Jones’s Diary* and was tempted to pick it up since I’ve seen the movie and know it’s a classic. Plus, I’m really interested in reading another book by Ellen Hildebrand after enjoying *The Perfect Couple*. If you have any recommendations for her other works, let me know!
There’s also a section dedicated to newer releases, which is always exciting because I love discovering contemporary titles. Prices were absolutely insane—most books were just $2 or $3, but some newer ones went up to around $8. In the end, I picked up three books:
1. **The Beach Lane** by an author I’d never heard of before. The plot sounded too good to pass up—it’s about a girl from New York’sit scene who ends up working as an au pair in the Hamptons alongside two other girls. Sounds like a summer filled with drama, romance, and social intrigue!
2. **After You** by Jojo Moyes, the sequel to *Me Before You*. I own the first book but haven’t read it yet. To be honest, I’m nervous about diving into the second installment without knowing how the first ends, but I feel committed now that I have it.
3. **The Homewreckers** by Kate Stewart—a mix of romance and mystery that sounds absolutely thrilling. The plot involves a girl named Hattie who gets involved in a beach house renovation reality show, only to uncover a decades-old murder mystery. This one is on my must-read list!
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### **Next Stop: The Bernie Bookshop**
After leaving *The Bookshop Under the Windmill*, I couldn’t resist popping into another store I’d loved during my last visit—the Bernie Bookshop. It’s one of my favorites, and I’m so glad to be back.
As soon as we walked in, I was struck by how gorgeous the wooden shelves looked. They’re exactly the kind of rustic charm I’d love to have in my home. My mom pointed out a few books she wanted to read, including *The Kiss Quotient* and *The Heart Principle*, both by an author I hadn’t heard of before. The YA section caught my eye too—*Hopeless* by Colleen Hoover is already on my list after hearing how emotional her stories are.
I ended up picking up two books here:
1. **Hopeless** by Colleen Hoover—a story about a senior named Skyler who’s navigating a complicated relationship with a boy named Dean, who has his own secrets to keep hidden.
2. **Two Can Keep a Secret** by Karen M. McManus, the same author behind *One of Us Is Lying* and its sequel, *All of Us Are Somebodies*. This book sounds like another pulse-pounding mystery, following ellery and malcolm as they uncover secrets in their small town.
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### **Day Two: Llano, Texas**
The next morning, I set off for the tiny town of Llano, where two more bookstores awaited. The first was called *Records & Things Strange* (aka Wrath). From the photos online, I knew this place was going to be a treasure trove of knickknacks and records—something every vinyl lover would love.
Inside, there were stacks of books everywhere: on tables, shelves, even the floors! It was so cool to see such a wide variety of genres, from classic westerns to old textbooks. I stumbled upon an incredible find—a book published in 1949 that someone had actually read decades ago. The store also had an insane collection of records, which would be perfect for any collector.
Unfortunately, I didn’t end up buying anything here—just didn’t find anything that caught my interest. But the experience was still a blast! My dad even found some old western magazines, and I almost convinced myself to pick one up as a coffee table piece.
**Next door**, we checked out *Bessemer Books*, which had an enormous selection of Harlequin Intrigue novels (romantic suspense, anyone?). The mystery section was equally impressive, and there were even books about Texas—always a plus for this Texan! I spotted some Nora Roberts titles in the romance section, but I’m still on the fence about diving into her works.
In the YA section, I found *Pretty Little Liars* and *Gossip Girl* books (yes, they are real!), which were new to me. The store also had a ton of classic books with beautifully designed covers—perfect for someone like me who loves collecting pretty volumes.
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### **What’s Next?**
Although we planned to visit another library bookstore in Johnson City, it turns out they’re remodeling right now. What a bummer! But I’m already thinking about future episodes—maybe there are more small towns with amazing bookstores within an hour or two of Austin? Let me know if you have any suggestions!
In the meantime, I’m so excited to dive into the three books I picked up: *The Beach Lane*, *After You*, and *The Homewreckers*. If anyone has read these or any of the other titles mentioned, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
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Thanks for joining me on this book shopping adventure. Even if I didn’t walk out with anything from the last two stores, the journey itself was worth every moment. Happy reading, and I’ll see you in my next video!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and welcome to another book shopping road trip video this is the second episode in this series in my first book shopping road trip video i went to a bunch of small towns in texas and checked out their bookstores and today i'm doing the same thing and i'm so excited because i picked out four book stores that look so cute and uh it's gonna be so fun so our first stop is bernie texas in my last video i also went to bernie texas and i tried to go to a store called the bookshop under the windmill but it was closed when i went so we're back in bernie again because i actually checked the hours of the store this time so it'll hopefully be open the name is so cute the book shop under the windmill and there's like a literal giant windmill that the bookshop is under is that not the most adorable small town bookshop name you've ever heard and this is a used bookshop that's a part of the library system so all the proceeds go to the library and recently i have been obsessed with checking out different towns libraries bookstores number one because i love sporting the library system big library user myself and also there have been just like incredible prices and incredible finds that i've had i'm talking like two and three dollar books so i'm hoping we have the same success look how cute this book shop is with the windmill out front they had a cart that was at three books for one dollar which is a crazy deal and then they also had one dollar books here is my mom putting out the books she knows in the cart and then we went inside and this bookstore was way bigger than i thought it was going to be so there was a ton of books to look at this mystery author starts all her books with a different letter of the alphabet which i thought was really fun and unique then i headed to the y a section i always see the mortal instruments series at used bookstores i read it in middle school and it was such a good series they also had a series of unfortunate events which i've never read but i did watch the movie then in the romance section there was a ton of nora roberts books i've never read a book by her before i also saw the book bridget jones diary and i've seen the movie before so now i kind of want to read the book i also really want to read another ellen hildebrand book but none of these summaries sounded that interesting to me and then they also had a new books section with books from the last few years okay i just got at the bookstore there was so many good books in there and the prices were crazy the majority of the books were two or three dollars but then newer books were around like eight dollars and i ended up getting three books i almost got some ellen hildebrand books but i just i don't know i was indecisive and i wasn't sure which one to get or if they sounded good so if any of you guys have any ellen hildebrand recommendations i really liked the perfect couple by ellen hildebrand that's the only one i've read by her but what should i read next by her here are three books that i got first up i got the beach lane which i've never heard of before and i feel like i rarely buy books i've never heard of but the plot just sounded so good it is about a girl who is formerly new york's it girl but after her family fell into a financial collapse she is trying to find a new way to get back into the social scene so she decides to become an au pair for a very wealthy family and she's living in the hamptons with two other girls who are also au pairs of wealthy families and it says all three girls will soon find out balancing their new jobs their new romances and the hampton social scene is no easy feat but if they can stick it out they might just have the summer of their lives and i was like oh that literally sounds so good then i got after you which is the sequel to me before you and i own me before you i haven't read it yet but i saw this and i was like okay the second book in the series i should get it it's only three dollars i'm a little nervous because i've never bought the second book in a series without reading the first one first so it's like what if i don't like me before you now i own the sequel so i'm committed i have to read it i wasn't sure if i should read this summer or not since it's a sequel i don't want any spoilers so i will read you guys the one sentence summary for me before you the first book it says a girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently paralyzed man she's taken care of so that's the premise for the first book and the first book is also a movie so i really want to read the book and then watch the movie then i got the homewreckers and the reason i thought this looks so good is it says love murder and faulty wiring as well as like murder and romance i have been loving mystery romance combos recently and i read the plot for this book and it sounds crazy there's so much going on i'm like what in the world is this book it's about a girl named hattie who works in restoring homes which number one that is such a cool job like i just want to know more about her job but then it says a hollywood producer gives her the opportunity to star in a beach house renovation reality show called the homewreckers beach house so i'm hoping it's like a beachy summery book and also a reality show is so fun i just read if the shoe fits which takes place on a reality dating show and i loved the book and it was so cool to see like the behind the scenes of how they from the show and like reality tv drama and all that and so i was like this sounds like a perfect next book to read because i'm suddenly obsessed with reality show books and it also says they cast a male lead who may be her love interest or maybe her ultimate antagonist so we've definitely got romance and you think that's enough plot for this book right that sounds like a full summary but no there's more during the demolition evidence comes to light that points to the mysterious disappearance of a young wife and mother years before so we've also got a double murder with a detective investigating the case an arsonist on the loose two men playing with her motions and layer upon layer of vintage wallpaper causing havoc will hattie ever get her happily ever after wow that is a lot going on and one of you guys messaged me on instagram that this book is really good so it makes me even more excited that is all the books i got from the bookshop under the windmill and next up i'm gonna go to the bernie bookshop which i have been to before but i was like i'm already in barney to go to the bookshop under the windmill so i have to also go to the bernie book shop because i love it so much it's one of my favorite book shops okay let's go look how gorgeous these shelves are i just love the dark wood i want them in my house i have never read any books by this author before oop i just knocked over the books but don't worry i fixed them but i want to read the kiss quotient and the heart principle by her i also thought the friend zone looked really good it's about a girl who meets a cute guy at a wedding but he wants a big family and she can't have kids which sounds heartbreaking in a holidays i want to read this at christmas time for sure okay so i hated maybe someday but i didn't realize the sequel maybe not was so short so now i kind of want to read the sequel just to see if i also hate it i've heard so many good things about cruel prince and i need to read it asap i feel like i'm going to be entering my fantasy era soon okay i just got to the bernie book shop ugh that book shop is so cute i love the big wooden bookcases that they have they are so pretty and they have so many like new popular books ugh anyway i ended up getting two books i got hopeless by colleen hoover and two can keep a secret by karen and mcmanus i'm also just now realizing i didn't read the summary of either of these books i just bought them solely because of the authors so let me read the summaries real quick so i can tell you guys what they're about okay so hopeless is about skye and dean and skye is a senior in high school and both her and dean have a very promiscuous reputation and it says that something about dean sparks memories in sky of her deeply troubled past so she's trying to keep him at arm's distance however he has secrets of his own and once they're revealed skye has changed forever so it sounds like a true colleen hoover book that is probably going to break my heart but i just love calling hoover's writing style i mean obviously she is so popular she just has such a way of having like such deep romances then you can keep a secret by karen and mcmanus karen and mcmanus also wrote one of us as lying which i believe is her most popular book and i've read that one along with one of us is next so i was like i really want to read another one by her because she writes such good y-a mysteries okay so this book is about ellery and malcolm ellery's aunt went missing and malcolm's brother's girlfriend was murdered and it sounds like the town they live in echo ridge is a place where girls often go missing and sometimes wind up dead so we've got this town where like murder and missing people is super common and it says someone is determined to keep echo ridge in the headlines they've declared open season on homecoming and ellery and malcolm are somehow at the center of it all something else i love by karen mcmanus is she always has multi-pov and i just think it's so fun because we get to explore so many characters okay and that is all the book shopping for today tomorrow we're gonna go to a town called llano texas a little tiny town to visit two more bookshops okay i will see you guys tomorrow good morning and welcome to day two of book shopping i just got to llano texas and the first store going to is called records and things strange aka wrath which i just love that abbreviation anyway i looked at their pictures online and it looks like they have obviously tons of records lots of like knickknacks and tons of books so i'm excited and hopefully we find some good things here's my dad looking at books this store had so much stuff there was stuff stacked on tables stuffed on the floor it was honestly really cool how much knickknacks and books they had like look at these old radios how cool and this place was pretty big even hallways were lined with books they had old maps western magazines i thought this old book from 1949 was pretty cool it's crazy to think somebody had this and read it so many years ago and the amount of records in the store was absolutely insane insane there was also a ton of old westerns and textbooks along with other antique books i also thought this dictionary was cool and very fun and then there were also lots of classic books as well which i've never gotten into reading classics but maybe i'll try one one day i just got a rat i didn't end up buying anything which is a little bit of a bummer but that's okay it happens it was actually a really cool store though like it was so fun to look around they had so many records it was insane like if you were somebody who collects records you should 100 go to the store and they also just had some cool random things like old vintage glasses they had these cool western magazines and i almost bought one loki maybe i should have gotten one it's like a coffee table magazine that would have been cool the only reason that i didn't get any books is i just didn't really find anything that i was interested in i feel like i use bookstores either i get really lucky and they have a ton of modern books that i'm interested in or they have like really cool old vintage books that i just want to buy to have on my bookshelf because the covers are cool but a lot of times used bookstores just kind of have like 20 year old books they did have some good classics but i'm also just not really interested in classics however if like the types of books i showed are your kinds of books then you definitely like this store next up literally right down the street there is another used bookstore called bessemer books which is also a used bookstore so yeah we'll see what we find there this place was surprisingly really big they had an insane collection of harlequin intrigue books which are romantic suspense novels they also had quite a big mystery section and a texas book section which is always cool to see as a texan and then the romance section it was mostly older romance books you know where like the shirtless dudes are on the covers and they look really cheesy but there was some nora roberts books still haven't read any books by noor roberts but i see her books literally everywhere used bookstores so let me know if you've read any nor robert's books and if they were good they also had a techno thriller section which after googling is apparently a combo of action adventure and sci-fi but i like to think they're thrillers where the characters just really love techno music then i checked out the ya section where they had a pretty little liars book a gossip girl book which i didn't even know was a book series and then they had some cool vintage looking books i love the covers okay i just got our best books there was so many books in there and i also didn't end up getting anything which is kind of a bummer i think that's kind of a lame way to end this video by not getting anything at the last two book stores but i also just love book shopping and i hope that you guys also love book shopping even if you don't end up buying anything or even if i don't end up buying anything i hope you still thought it was fun to look around with me they had all the basics like murder mystery romance fiction and they also had a lot of really niche sections like they had a ton of books from different countries i feel like it would be a really cool bookstore if you were looking for something really specific because they had a lot of shelves with very specific categories but yeah it was cool to look around and that is all the bookstores that i have planned i also plan to go to another library's bookshop in johnson city texas but unfortunately they are remodeling so that was a big bummer but yeah let me know if you guys want me to do a third episode in this series and if you know of any small towns with cool small town bookstores within like an hour or two of austin definitely let your girl know and i still feel like i got so many good books yesterday i'm definitely gonna start hopeless by calling hoover soon and then don't know which of the other ones i'm gonna start second but if you guys have read any of the books that i got yesterday let me know your thoughts and if they're good alright and with that i will see you guys in my next video bye hey ihello and welcome to another book shopping road trip video this is the second episode in this series in my first book shopping road trip video i went to a bunch of small towns in texas and checked out their bookstores and today i'm doing the same thing and i'm so excited because i picked out four book stores that look so cute and uh it's gonna be so fun so our first stop is bernie texas in my last video i also went to bernie texas and i tried to go to a store called the bookshop under the windmill but it was closed when i went so we're back in bernie again because i actually checked the hours of the store this time so it'll hopefully be open the name is so cute the book shop under the windmill and there's like a literal giant windmill that the bookshop is under is that not the most adorable small town bookshop name you've ever heard and this is a used bookshop that's a part of the library system so all the proceeds go to the library and recently i have been obsessed with checking out different towns libraries bookstores number one because i love sporting the library system big library user myself and also there have been just like incredible prices and incredible finds that i've had i'm talking like two and three dollar books so i'm hoping we have the same success look how cute this book shop is with the windmill out front they had a cart that was at three books for one dollar which is a crazy deal and then they also had one dollar books here is my mom putting out the books she knows in the cart and then we went inside and this bookstore was way bigger than i thought it was going to be so there was a ton of books to look at this mystery author starts all her books with a different letter of the alphabet which i thought was really fun and unique then i headed to the y a section i always see the mortal instruments series at used bookstores i read it in middle school and it was such a good series they also had a series of unfortunate events which i've never read but i did watch the movie then in the romance section there was a ton of nora roberts books i've never read a book by her before i also saw the book bridget jones diary and i've seen the movie before so now i kind of want to read the book i also really want to read another ellen hildebrand book but none of these summaries sounded that interesting to me and then they also had a new books section with books from the last few years okay i just got at the bookstore there was so many good books in there and the prices were crazy the majority of the books were two or three dollars but then newer books were around like eight dollars and i ended up getting three books i almost got some ellen hildebrand books but i just i don't know i was indecisive and i wasn't sure which one to get or if they sounded good so if any of you guys have any ellen hildebrand recommendations i really liked the perfect couple by ellen hildebrand that's the only one i've read by her but what should i read next by her here are three books that i got first up i got the beach lane which i've never heard of before and i feel like i rarely buy books i've never heard of but the plot just sounded so good it is about a girl who is formerly new york's it girl but after her family fell into a financial collapse she is trying to find a new way to get back into the social scene so she decides to become an au pair for a very wealthy family and she's living in the hamptons with two other girls who are also au pairs of wealthy families and it says all three girls will soon find out balancing their new jobs their new romances and the hampton social scene is no easy feat but if they can stick it out they might just have the summer of their lives and i was like oh that literally sounds so good then i got after you which is the sequel to me before you and i own me before you i haven't read it yet but i saw this and i was like okay the second book in the series i should get it it's only three dollars i'm a little nervous because i've never bought the second book in a series without reading the first one first so it's like what if i don't like me before you now i own the sequel so i'm committed i have to read it i wasn't sure if i should read this summer or not since it's a sequel i don't want any spoilers so i will read you guys the one sentence summary for me before you the first book it says a girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently paralyzed man she's taken care of so that's the premise for the first book and the first book is also a movie so i really want to read the book and then watch the movie then i got the homewreckers and the reason i thought this looks so good is it says love murder and faulty wiring as well as like murder and romance i have been loving mystery romance combos recently and i read the plot for this book and it sounds crazy there's so much going on i'm like what in the world is this book it's about a girl named hattie who works in restoring homes which number one that is such a cool job like i just want to know more about her job but then it says a hollywood producer gives her the opportunity to star in a beach house renovation reality show called the homewreckers beach house so i'm hoping it's like a beachy summery book and also a reality show is so fun i just read if the shoe fits which takes place on a reality dating show and i loved the book and it was so cool to see like the behind the scenes of how they from the show and like reality tv drama and all that and so i was like this sounds like a perfect next book to read because i'm suddenly obsessed with reality show books and it also says they cast a male lead who may be her love interest or maybe her ultimate antagonist so we've definitely got romance and you think that's enough plot for this book right that sounds like a full summary but no there's more during the demolition evidence comes to light that points to the mysterious disappearance of a young wife and mother years before so we've also got a double murder with a detective investigating the case an arsonist on the loose two men playing with her motions and layer upon layer of vintage wallpaper causing havoc will hattie ever get her happily ever after wow that is a lot going on and one of you guys messaged me on instagram that this book is really good so it makes me even more excited that is all the books i got from the bookshop under the windmill and next up i'm gonna go to the bernie bookshop which i have been to before but i was like i'm already in barney to go to the bookshop under the windmill so i have to also go to the bernie book shop because i love it so much it's one of my favorite book shops okay let's go look how gorgeous these shelves are i just love the dark wood i want them in my house i have never read any books by this author before oop i just knocked over the books but don't worry i fixed them but i want to read the kiss quotient and the heart principle by her i also thought the friend zone looked really good it's about a girl who meets a cute guy at a wedding but he wants a big family and she can't have kids which sounds heartbreaking in a holidays i want to read this at christmas time for sure okay so i hated maybe someday but i didn't realize the sequel maybe not was so short so now i kind of want to read the sequel just to see if i also hate it i've heard so many good things about cruel prince and i need to read it asap i feel like i'm going to be entering my fantasy era soon okay i just got to the bernie book shop ugh that book shop is so cute i love the big wooden bookcases that they have they are so pretty and they have so many like new popular books ugh anyway i ended up getting two books i got hopeless by colleen hoover and two can keep a secret by karen and mcmanus i'm also just now realizing i didn't read the summary of either of these books i just bought them solely because of the authors so let me read the summaries real quick so i can tell you guys what they're about okay so hopeless is about skye and dean and skye is a senior in high school and both her and dean have a very promiscuous reputation and it says that something about dean sparks memories in sky of her deeply troubled past so she's trying to keep him at arm's distance however he has secrets of his own and once they're revealed skye has changed forever so it sounds like a true colleen hoover book that is probably going to break my heart but i just love calling hoover's writing style i mean obviously she is so popular she just has such a way of having like such deep romances then you can keep a secret by karen and mcmanus karen and mcmanus also wrote one of us as lying which i believe is her most popular book and i've read that one along with one of us is next so i was like i really want to read another one by her because she writes such good y-a mysteries okay so this book is about ellery and malcolm ellery's aunt went missing and malcolm's brother's girlfriend was murdered and it sounds like the town they live in echo ridge is a place where girls often go missing and sometimes wind up dead so we've got this town where like murder and missing people is super common and it says someone is determined to keep echo ridge in the headlines they've declared open season on homecoming and ellery and malcolm are somehow at the center of it all something else i love by karen mcmanus is she always has multi-pov and i just think it's so fun because we get to explore so many characters okay and that is all the book shopping for today tomorrow we're gonna go to a town called llano texas a little tiny town to visit two more bookshops okay i will see you guys tomorrow good morning and welcome to day two of book shopping i just got to llano texas and the first store going to is called records and things strange aka wrath which i just love that abbreviation anyway i looked at their pictures online and it looks like they have obviously tons of records lots of like knickknacks and tons of books so i'm excited and hopefully we find some good things here's my dad looking at books this store had so much stuff there was stuff stacked on tables stuffed on the floor it was honestly really cool how much knickknacks and books they had like look at these old radios how cool and this place was pretty big even hallways were lined with books they had old maps western magazines i thought this old book from 1949 was pretty cool it's crazy to think somebody had this and read it so many years ago and the amount of records in the store was absolutely insane insane there was also a ton of old westerns and textbooks along with other antique books i also thought this dictionary was cool and very fun and then there were also lots of classic books as well which i've never gotten into reading classics but maybe i'll try one one day i just got a rat i didn't end up buying anything which is a little bit of a bummer but that's okay it happens it was actually a really cool store though like it was so fun to look around they had so many records it was insane like if you were somebody who collects records you should 100 go to the store and they also just had some cool random things like old vintage glasses they had these cool western magazines and i almost bought one loki maybe i should have gotten one it's like a coffee table magazine that would have been cool the only reason that i didn't get any books is i just didn't really find anything that i was interested in i feel like i use bookstores either i get really lucky and they have a ton of modern books that i'm interested in or they have like really cool old vintage books that i just want to buy to have on my bookshelf because the covers are cool but a lot of times used bookstores just kind of have like 20 year old books they did have some good classics but i'm also just not really interested in classics however if like the types of books i showed are your kinds of books then you definitely like this store next up literally right down the street there is another used bookstore called bessemer books which is also a used bookstore so yeah we'll see what we find there this place was surprisingly really big they had an insane collection of harlequin intrigue books which are romantic suspense novels they also had quite a big mystery section and a texas book section which is always cool to see as a texan and then the romance section it was mostly older romance books you know where like the shirtless dudes are on the covers and they look really cheesy but there was some nora roberts books still haven't read any books by noor roberts but i see her books literally everywhere used bookstores so let me know if you've read any nor robert's books and if they were good they also had a techno thriller section which after googling is apparently a combo of action adventure and sci-fi but i like to think they're thrillers where the characters just really love techno music then i checked out the ya section where they had a pretty little liars book a gossip girl book which i didn't even know was a book series and then they had some cool vintage looking books i love the covers okay i just got our best books there was so many books in there and i also didn't end up getting anything which is kind of a bummer i think that's kind of a lame way to end this video by not getting anything at the last two book stores but i also just love book shopping and i hope that you guys also love book shopping even if you don't end up buying anything or even if i don't end up buying anything i hope you still thought it was fun to look around with me they had all the basics like murder mystery romance fiction and they also had a lot of really niche sections like they had a ton of books from different countries i feel like it would be a really cool bookstore if you were looking for something really specific because they had a lot of shelves with very specific categories but yeah it was cool to look around and that is all the bookstores that i have planned i also plan to go to another library's bookshop in johnson city texas but unfortunately they are remodeling so that was a big bummer but yeah let me know if you guys want me to do a third episode in this series and if you know of any small towns with cool small town bookstores within like an hour or two of austin definitely let your girl know and i still feel like i got so many good books yesterday i'm definitely gonna start hopeless by calling hoover soon and then don't know which of the other ones i'm gonna start second but if you guys have read any of the books that i got yesterday let me know your thoughts and if they're good alright and with that i will see you guys in my next video bye hey i\n"