tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2162771235230624703..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Favorite Bookstores #7: The Book SwapJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-59443935077766182202013-07-05T10:21:57.963-05:002013-07-05T10:21:57.963-05:00Jaye, thanks for your comments. If the store still...Jaye, thanks for your comments. If the store still existed I'd love to pay it another visit.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-38844821237177580932013-07-03T20:18:17.285-05:002013-07-03T20:18:17.285-05:00The owners of the Book Swap were also my grandpare...The owners of the Book Swap were also my grandparents (KatieH above in my cuz). I grew up in this bookstore. Every summer I would hide back in those labyrinthine rooms and read when I was supposed to shelving. I can still still that place. Man, it was awesome. Thanks for honoring the place my grandparents worked so hard to build. It was a labor of love to be sure! Jaye Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407478042834459126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-35280381742492622892012-02-16T23:16:29.630-06:002012-02-16T23:16:29.630-06:00Katieh,
I'm so glad you commented. It was alwa...Katieh,<br />I'm so glad you commented. It was always fun going into the store, especially winding around through those back rooms. If it was still there I think I could still find the mysteries, the Westerns, and the historical novels. It's hard to find bookstores like that anymore, and I miss them.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-88071739112195106082012-02-16T22:59:05.561-06:002012-02-16T22:59:05.561-06:00This was my grandparents bookstore. I have wonderf...This was my grandparents bookstore. I have wonderful memories of going all the way to the back where the kid section was and sitting on a stool to read my new finds. I would give anything to go in there one last time. I was also just talking about tippins the other day, I miss that place too. It is so nice to know that other people enjoyed the store as much as our family did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-14824219751839988052012-02-15T18:20:03.463-06:002012-02-15T18:20:03.463-06:00Danny, I bet that was it. It was on Grapevine High...Danny, I bet that was it. It was on Grapevine Highway a mile or so north of Birdville High School, close to where Rufe Snow crosses Grapevine Highway. The Montgomery Ward Outlet Store used to be across the street from it. Livia and I bought a sofa there we used for years and years. The pie place was Tippin's, on the other end of Rufe Snow just north of Loop 820. (All of which means nothing to those of you who don't live in Fort Worth, I know.)James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-79147512719975228762012-02-15T17:57:41.467-06:002012-02-15T17:57:41.467-06:00James, I think I have been to that place. If it i...James, I think I have been to that place. If it is the place I am thinking of I had bought a few books there and decided that I would return at another time and buy some others I wanted. When I returned the only room left was the front room because the roof had collapsed during rain storm. Thousands of books had been destroyed, including the section with the books I was wanting. They were trying to sell the rest of the books so they could close, and I think I bought a few things. It was sad.<br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44878117237443577002012-02-15T12:31:34.121-06:002012-02-15T12:31:34.121-06:00There was a place not dissimilar to this ne in Tus...There was a place not dissimilar to this ne in Tustin, near where I lived before I moved to Portland. It was two-story though, rather ten rambling through back rooms, the upstairs divided into about three rooms. Old wood floors, wood shelves 8 or 9 feet high, boxes everywhere. I bought a lot of things, and now I'd gone in and bought five times as much.<br /><br />One day I went, looking for something, and it was empty. Like you I'd had no warning. The pricing policy was purely owner-decide-at-purchase, which met a lot of asking "how much is this?". That was okay, most of it was still cheap.<br /><br />I am loving this series!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com