Sat, Aug 8 · Time TBD
Market Days on Historical Robertson Street
Find our booth along Historical Robertson Street — exact event hours are coming soon.
FreeMarket
Next at the shop
Three nights coming up, seats counted live. When they're gone, the waitlist works.
Sun, Aug 9 · 3:00 PM
Book Lotería: Totally Booked!
An ’80s Book Lotería with bright throwback energy — this edition is sold out.
$15Game night
Sat, Aug 15 · 4:00 PM
Bookstore Romance Day
An open-invitation afternoon of romance books, a local-author signing, doodles, drinks, and giveaways.
FreeBookstore Celebration
Two crafts, one little shop. The tales live on the shelves, the twists are wound by hand, and the beautiful things happen when readers and makers share a table.
stories, wound by hand
How an evening at the shop goes
Some nights we deal the Lotería cards, some nights we build totes, some afternoons we stitch something kind. Every one of them is a reason to come in and stay a while.
Book Lotería
Our signature night: Lotería, the game everyone grew up with, played with books instead of beans. Themed rounds come and go — Beach Please for summer, Boots & Books for a little South Texas charm — each with prizes, blind books, snacks, and a room full of readers cheering each other on. Limited-edition event totes included.
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Patches & Pages Tote Bar
The shop turns into a colorful Tote Bar for the evening. Choose your patches, add a bag scarf, pick a charm, and walk out with a one-of-a-kind bookish tote that is as unique as the reader who made it. No experience needed, just come ready to have fun.
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ReUsArte Craftivism
Free community hand-stitching afternoons where we make Hand-Stitched Kindness affirmations together. Everyone is welcome, whether you have stitched for years or you are picking up a needle for the very first time. Come stitch something kind, for yourself or for someone who needs it.
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This month at the shop
July is officially booked. Book Lotería, creative nights, a ceramic bookends class, signed new releases, a Pages & Patches night, and the Happy Book Mail that keeps showing up. Here is a peek at the season.
What is Kathy Reading?
The owner keeps a running note on what is on her nightstand. Here are a few of her latest, in her own words.
Kathy says
The Final Target
by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts really does know how to tell a story. This one follows Arden, a newly published author whose book tour takes a frightening turn when one fan keeps showing up. That first section completely hooked me, tense and heartbreaking and hard to put down.
Kathy says
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness, from an idea by Siobhan Dowd
Beautifully written. Thirteen-year-old Conor is carrying fears no child should have to face, and every night a monster comes to visit. But it is not there to save anyone. It is there to help Conor face his own grief, and it wrecked me in the best way.
Kathy says
How to Solve Your Own Murder
by Kristen Perrin
Annie sets out to solve her great-aunt Frances's murder with the help of Frances's decades-old journal. The dual timeline is so well done, and every chapter had me suspecting someone new. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I definitely didn't.
Visit the shop
- Monday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closedwe're reading
