Featured Bookstores

Title Wave Books

Title Wave Books is a quirky and cozy bookstore located at 2318 Wisconsin St. NE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a bit off the beaten path, but worth the finding.

Title Wave Books has had four owners since its opening in 1994, starting as a homeschool curriculum store and then blossoming into a full-fledged bookstore carrying all genres. They still specialize in educational materials, though.

Current owners, Liberty Goldstein, and Leslie Gulley, bought the store in 2015 when it was in danger of closing its doors for good. Being homeschool moms themselves, they found themselves in need of something to put their hands to as their own children were graduating and moving on. They couldn’t stomach the idea of this amazing resource for homeschool families disappearing. They wanted to keep the legacy alive, so they bought it. Title Wave Books has since become what many call the “Cheers of bookstores” because when you walk in the door, they know your name … or soon will.

Aside from dealing in books, the store also adopts cats through Cats Around Town, a program of Animal Humane of New Mexico. So far, they have seen 27 cats placed in homes since they got involved with the program in July of 2019. They see it as a rewarding alternative to having a bookstore cat.

Liberty and Leslie believe strongly in supporting their community and shopping local to bolster the local economy. They do consignments with many local authors and makers. They also carry tea from Vampyre Tea Company, a local teamaker that currently has 20 unique and flavorful blends. There is often a fresh pot of tea available for customers to sample. And there is always coffee available, as everyone who works at Title Wave is a coffee lover.

Visit for a cup and a good book, and leave with a new favorite place to be.

The Wind, The Wind, The Wind, The Willow The Willow The Willow Bookstore Bookstore Bookstore

The Wind, The Willow Bookstore opened in March of 2018 in response to the only retail bookstore in town closing its doors. Our philosophy, like that of Neil Gaiman, is that a town can’t call itself a town short of having a bookstore.

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”

Chapter2books

Brian and Sue Roegge opened the store in 2011 in downtown Hudson, WI.

Brian had been running a St. Paul credit union for the last 25+ years. Sue was a teacher. Both were/are, of course, avid readers.

When Brian’s credit union merged with a larger institution, he was looking for a new career. There was nothing either one of us wanted to do more than open a bookstore. It was so exciting choosing our opening inventory and designing the store. Everything went smoothly except for some technical glitches here and there.

We’re a general interest store selling new and used books, gifts, toys, and games. We offer frequent book signings, events, and children’s programming like story time.

Chapter2Books is located in the beautiful downtown shopping and restaurant district of Hudson, WI. We are a year-round dynamic, community located on the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our place attracts day-trippers from all over the area, as well as being a vacation destination for families due to being on the St Croix River.

Our current inventory includes over 5,000 new titles. We host events all year, for adults and young children. We have a vibrant monthly poetry group and a book club that’s been meeting for 7 years. We also engage the whole community in a monthlong summer activity for children.

We’ve hosted some notable authors over the years but also take pride in the support we’ve always offered to local and self-published writers. Some of the notable authors include Fredrik Backman, William Kent Krueger, Kyle Mills, Kate DiCamillo, Jason Reynolds, W Bruce Cameron, Austin Kleon, Lorna Landvik, Homer Hickam, and Temple Grandin.