Let me set it to be in a new space.

And I hope you're going to be joining here too, because there is a lot to look at.

There's a lot to see and do.

And I have my new friend here with me.

We're at Briers Edge, and I love that there's a new space for books.

Where have I boutique shop up in Granger?

Because this is something that we haven't had in this space because.

Right.

Right.

That is so exciting.

What made you decide to create prior such book?

A lot of it was actually built out of necessity.

Okay.

So it was just a series of events that led us here.

I had been selling books on eBay.

My husband lost his job, and it was just kind of one of those opportunities kind of came along.

The store that was here before was resale furnishings, and I was a vendor here and then talking with her.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

So and talking with her at the end of the year, she knew I kind of had this on the back of my mind and the space was becoming available.

So it was kind of one of those we just do it because the time was right and presented itself.

So I love it.

So you're not new to books?

No, no.

Tell me about your background and your love for books.

Oh, I've just always been a book quarter.

You know, there's like, a thing that they say that there's two different hobbies.

There's book buying and book reading, and I've.

I've been guilty of both.

So I had a lot of used books, and I felt very hard into used books because I decided to homeschool my kids.

And it was when I started building our own library at home for that.

And then I just fell into a rabbit hole full of amazing old books.

And so that's where that really kind of started.

And then I just fell in love with the old books and started finding value in that, and that people were looking for these and trying to get them back out in the world.

So that's where the eBay side of things came.

All right.

And now you have this spot here, which is fantastic.

I love how you guys decorate here.

Just whimsical.

Yes it is.

What made you come up with the name?

So that was also part of our homeschool journey.

It was just trying to come from the, oh, the kind of, like, corporate world.

And that's the space in between.

And so it seems kind of prickly.

You're trying to be protective, but really inside it's very warm and cozy and like a rabbit done kind of a way, you know.

Okay.

So there's so much to see here.

So what are some of the things that people come into your store to look for?

A lot of gifts, a lot of crafts, new books, use books.

We get a lot of people actually just comes to hang out.

So yeah, I don't have a lot of those spaces.

Exactly.

We just need a space to, like, where can I chill and read a book?

Yes, it's even better.

So we have people that come in and they bring their knitting.

They didn't bring their crochet projects and just kind of come on their way to work or something like that, or on their way home and just stop in for a minute.

We had a couple of events recently, but otherwise I normally have like a community puzzle going on, and that's something that people actually stop for my house because I have a community puzzl Well, let's go look over here, because I did see I see you do have yard here too.

But we do.

We do your whole crank corner.

So there's a variety of these cool vendors regional or I try I try very hard.

We do a lot of, you know, wholesale, you know, purchasing online.

But what I try to find a lot of local vendors or local ish or small businesses.

Sure.

Okay, so even if it's somebody in California, I'm trying to find the small businesses that are hidden in, you know, the hidden gems and all of that.

So that's what a lot of, like, the yarn was a small business.

And so you have Dixie Bell.

We do have Dixie belt.

Dixon.

Yes.

This is the place to be.

Yes.

And so that was Democrat who still she's, you know, she was the one that owns resale furnishings.

And we talked.

So we just kind of flipped roles in that way.

So now she's she's selling things here.

So it's been working out for her to have that here.

And that's been wonderful to add to our our craft section.

That is we have tons of things like look at all the things I can see.

The weird little hidden gem is actually.

Yes, looks like these intricate ones too.

I take one out.

Yeah, absolutely.

Oh, these are cool.

Yeah, for the kiddos too.

And I know you guys have kids stuff in here too.

Yes we do.

And a lot of these just kind of cozy coloring books.

Little, little puzzles.

I know behind you, it's kind of an offshoot thing, but one of my employees brought in an old typewriter, and that has.

But you can, and it works.

I mean, this is great because, I mean, we know because we're up with this, but, like, kids have never maybe even seen a typewriter.

Children are fascinated by this.

They're drawn to a rotary phone here too I know.

Right.

So all ages, honestly, all ages have been drawn to it.

And I have seen more, more moments.

The other.

There we go.

I have seen more moments between grandmothers and their children over that typewriter.

That is really cool to see them connect over something.

So that's it's a hidden little gem here, but that's a special little thing.

Yeah, this is great.

Especially we're coming up on the holiday season.

So I know there's a lot of stuff that people can are looking to get.

And this is always a great way where you can maybe find something that you didn't necessarily consider before.

And just shop around.

Right.

Yeah, I love that too.

I want to check out this kid.

Yes, please.

Come on.

Always looking for those cute, unique spaces where kids can come together.

I have to say, do you guys have, like, storytimes here?

Because this is.

We do.

Yes.

Okay.

Oh, look at surprise.

Yes, you.

Yes.

And all of these books.

Are these for sale?

Yes.

Everything here is for sale.

Okay.

And we had.

So this is actually kind of a new renovation that we did.

We had a lot of it was kid level, and all of us were feeling it in our knees a little bit.

So we, we brought it up a little bit so that we have it still accessible to children, but also to their grown ups that are shopping for them as well.

But we have a little bit of everything all the way from the board books.

Old classics, brand new things, you know, all the.

Yep, yep.

All the graphic novels.

So we've, you know, a little bit of everything.

And can people order books, too?

If there's something that maybe you don't have here, but they want.

Yes.

We have access to a lot of a lot of books through our distributor, Ingram.

Okay.

And so chances are we can get most things within a week or two.

Oh that's great.

Yeah, it's a really quick turnaround.

I know I have a kid who's always like, I want this book.

And I'm like, I can't find it anywhere.

This is the place where we need to go.

In a place like this is the thing.

Like, we can have like, one, one copy of one thing.

And so it's it is hard to keep everything in stock.

That's the challenge that we've okay that we have encountered.

But being able to order things and get them that quickly, I don't think people really feel that much of a difference than like, you know, and they're recognizing that they're able to support us rather than like shopping on Amazon or something like that.

Been on the waitlist for three weeks for one book from the sure that I hear that too.

And I love to you even have a mystery books that people could do.

Yep.

How are you guys?

How's it organized within here?

Like, what are your.

So most of the most of the things we have kind of starts with fantasy, romantic romance.

General fiction and literature and sci fi.

Towards the front.

And then, like the young adults on the other side of this wall.

But then it kind of comes back in here into the the younger kids.

And then we've got the middle grade kind of books here.

Graphic novels.

Yeah.

Of course.

Got to have that.

Have to have a thing for a Christmas.

Well, we got to, you know, the these amazing advent calendars that came out.

We had to get those out.

Oh, Harry Potter.

Yes.

Got a lot of Harry Potter and then so.

And then our used section right there that's currently out in shoppable.

And then what we had the idea if you haven't already thought of it, maybe it's here or not, but I see the Narnia.

Yeah.

So you have a door to Narnia and here that's hiding something.

Not yet, not yet.

That was actually.

You said not yet.

So that was actually the plan for this door at some point.

You kidding me?

No.

So I wanted this to be like the Narnia door that went on.

Yeah.

My gosh.

Okay, so it's going to be behind the door.

So right now it's it's unfinished.

It's not it's it's not a pretty room.

Anything like that.

It's definitely a pool barn.

You know, this this whole place is a pool barn.

But if you really feel it back there, and it's not climate controlled or anything, so it's not super comfortable back there yet.

In the closet.

Yes.

Yes you will, but we're working on expanding our used book section back there.

Okay.

And hopefully within the next month or so to get that chapel and accessible to everybody, because we have been blessed with so many book donations and we need to get those out.

And there's an interest for used books to write.

Like, I mean, I'm one of those who I love to open up an old book and okay, it's weird, but I like to smell it.

Yeah.

Oh my God, hear my people.

Thank you.

Yeah.

New books, two new books, two new books that they have their own.

Yes, yes.

But why is that a thing?

I don't know.

I don't know, it's just nostalgia or something, so.

No.

I know you guys also host events here too.

You want to tell me about that real quick?

Yeah.

We have, you know, just outside events.

There's a lot of people that bring in their, their talents.

So we've had painting classes.

We've had, a local baker had little like a the little dumpling craze that's been going on.

She was in here recently with a heart cake.

South bend.

So a lot of different things.

And we just try to host, you know, local authors coming in, you know, getting their word out, getting their books out.

And, you know, recently there was another big like thing where it was this big new release.

And so that was a big we had a midnight release party and we had about 45 people in this small space, if you can believe it.

And it was amazing.

So you guys don't know anything about a quarter rose and thorns and all that?

Yeah.

I mean, it's amazing.

There's a huge draw for that, right?

But and you guys can host book clubs here too, right?

Yes.

And so and that we don't have any of our own currently.

But we have a lot of that do come in.

Oh great.

And the space is available to use.

We have two comfortable couches and a lot of seating, you know, and we've just found it very comfortable for people to come in and just enjoy that time with their friends.

Where can people find more information?

Hours, location and all that good stuff.

So all of the social media and all the, you know, those kind of spots.

We have Breyers Edge book.com and you can order online as well.

You can do things like that.

Yeah.

So you can order, you know, if you see something that we have in stock, you can order it and we can hold it here in the store for you and that kind of thing.

So I hope everyone keeps you in mind for especially the holiday season, but all year long too, because this is up to create space.

Thank you for bringing this up to Granger.

Yeah.

You bet.

Thank you.