Destination Books

08/27/2026

Beating the heat and book shopping at the same time.

Cool Museum Day A couple of weeks ago Denise and I took advantage of our air conditioning being on the fritz by escaping to downtown Atlanta for a museum day. She went to the Christian Dior exhibit…

08/12/2026

A recap of last weekend's popup.

Like the farmer-vendors who sell at the Freedom Farmer’s Market at the Carter Center, I closely watch the weather, because books and water never mix. Before last Saturday’s popup, I checked the we…

08/03/2026

A combination of book shopping and book selling in an historic and airconditioned setting.

It makes sense that Destination Books will be at the DeKalb History Center for a couple days this week as part of the center’s History Book Sale. When I travel I like to visit museums and the…

07/28/2026

Attention History Buff types.

On Wednesday, August 5 from noon to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday, August 6 from noon to 7 p.m., Destination Books will have a pop-up at the DeKalb History Center in the lobby of the Historic DeKalb Court…

07/09/2026

Prepping for this weekend's popup by culling through used books, overstock, books that just kind of end up on my shelves over the months -- variety. We'll have our regular stock as well. Hope the weather cooperates.

06/11/2026

London: Where book shoppers meet booksellers.

Bloomsbury I spent one day in the Bloomsbury section of London beginning the British Museum, which is known for its glorious atrium (shown above), but it also has an historical reading room that is…

06/07/2026

London Book Shopping Part 1

As part of my milestone birthday celebration, my long-time book loving partner Denise planned our 10-day trip to London, which included museums, elegant afternoon teas, walking tours, rides on the double-decker buses and of course bookstores, some of which have been in business for centuries. This is an especially challenging endeavor because one must glean through an astounding selection of books and then pick something you can haul back in your luggage....

As part of my milestone birthday celebration, my long-time book loving partner Denise planned our 10-day trip to London, which included museums, elegant afternoon teas, walking tours, rides on the …

05/07/2026

Interesting and fun to read. Klosterman says "I love football, but I don't want to take it to the prom."

One of the stranger books as a reader and as a bookseller has been Chuck Klosternman’s book Football. In short, it’s not an X’s and O’s book or a paean to the gridiron or a …

04/21/2026

Before Destination: Books there was a blog called Down & Outbound based on my experiences as a Atlanta public transit commuter.

(This posting originally appeared on the now defunct Down & Outbound blog on February 6, 2020) This parody was inspired by the fact that a person living in the United States puts 16 million met…

04/15/2026

I am interrupting my Spring gardening...

When my booth tables aren’t working at Destination Books’ popups they are being used as potting tables to transfer seedlings into pots. Doing this they can get kind of grimy and sticky,…