We were in Portsmouth for our anniversary this weekend and stopped by River Run Bookstore. Though small, it had great sections on Science, Mystery, and Sustainability. It was also serving as the neighborhood meeting post that morning - many folks were out of power and heat due to the storm and everyone was comparing notes at the bookstore. There was a great story posted on the wall about how when the store moved locations there was a human chain of volunteers that moved the boxes of books to the new store. Before leaving, we bought two books there for holiday gifts. Later in the day, we found the sister bookstore to River Run that sells secondhand books - it was tiny, but had lots of appealing books for $5 (softcover) and $7 (hardcover). Webster bought an Umberto Eco book but I used my willpower to avoid both Three Cups of Tea and the Jeanette Winters book, both on my library queue.
Below the secondhand bookstore was a great travel and map store called Gulliver's. We found two books on the Azores, which is looking like this summer's destination for us.
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