Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The 2025 Houston Bookstore Crawl: LIT Bookbar in Richmond, Texas

 

I was delighted to participate in the Second Annual Houston Bookstore Crawl #HTXBookCrawl25 in April. Here is a map I made of the twenty-five indie bookstores in the Houston area.


How it worked: I picked up a crawl card at Then & Now Bookstore in Galveston, one of the 25 participating stores. I got my card stamped or signed by each of the stores I visited through the end of April. Once I visited 10, I submitted my card to any of the participating bookstores to be entered into a raffle for gifts. Every store I hit after the first 10 counts as an additional entry. The cards had to be turned in by the end of business on April 30.


April 26 was Indie Bookstore Day, and indie bookstores all over the US hosted events. Take a look at the map here to see what events were held in April.

Say hello to the Participating Bookstores:

Basket Books & Art · Blue Willow Bookshop · Books Abound · The Book Attic · Books by the Bay · The Book Readers Venue · Brazos Bookstore · Buy the Book · Candescent Books · CLASS Bookstore · Copperfield's Books · Dreamers Books + Culture · Good Books in the Woods · Good on Paper Books and Stationery · Gulf Coast Cosmos Comics · Houston Book Warehouse · Kaboom Books · Katy Budget Books · Kindred Stories · LIT bookbar · LIT Java Coffee & Books · Mossrose Bookshop · Murder by The Book · Then & Now Bookshop · Village Books

I visited twelve bookstores in April. 

Here is my eighth bookstore:  

LIT Bookbar prides itself on being the only independent bookstore in Ft. Bend County.


I am not sure how far away this bookstore actually is from me. We took a circuitous route to get there. Next time I will travel directly there. I think it might be less than an hour from home.


This bookstore calls itself a bookbar. I imagine many people would enjoy such a place.


I met another Bookstore Crawl-er there. This bookstore was the last stop for her.


Another kind staff member. I never run across mean people working at bookstores.


What I bought.


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9 comments:

  1. messymimiJune 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM

    What a cool place!

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  2. thecuecardJune 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    I like hearing about the book crawl.... and seeing bookstores! this one seems another gem

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  3. JeanieJune 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM

    This looks like my kind of store!

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  4. Dorothy BordersJune 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM

    Interesting. I'll have to mention it to my older daughter who lives in Ft. Bend County and loves bookstores. I suspect she may already know of it.

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  5. SandeeJune 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM

    I want to come with you. You're found so many jewels in your area. Excellent.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  6. Mae TravelsJune 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM

    If I recall we once had a grumpy bookstore owner here in Ann Arbor. Long out of business!
    I enjoy your bookstore reports each week.
    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. Linda's Relaxing LairJune 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM

    This looks like a great store and a great time well spent.

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  8. YvonneJune 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM

    Bookstore crawls look like so much fun. I wish we had something like that here. In fact, I wish we had even one indie bookstore but we don't. I love reading your post about them.

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  9. Mary KirklandJune 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM

    That sounds fun.

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