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    Rose City Reads

    4.9 (13 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Rose City Reads in solidarity.
    Pearce P.

    Rose City Reads is a quaint, friendly bookstore with an amazing selection of books at an incredible price! The staff are friendly and super helpful. I loved observing kiddos find treasures and excitedly move from one shelf to the next. The store is small and intimate, so you don't feel overwhelmed or have to hunt someone down for help, and it's right in the neighborhood, so it's great for biking or walking over.

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    Madeline F.

    This was my first time checking out Rose City Reads and I found a ton of great books! I found some non-fiction, graphic novels, and fiction books and given the low prices was able to get 13 books for around $50 many of which retailed far greater than that. The gender studies/women's studies in particular had some great books to choose from. They even had zines for sale which I thought was pretty neat. The main thing I wish had been a bit better was the selection of both graphic novels and horror books. Both of these sections were in other sections - the horror section was simply blended into the mystery/sci-fi/fantasy sections and graphic novels were mostly in YA and in displays. For ease of use having those separate could be helpful and graphic novels could even pretty easily be paired with zines too. Horror books I found very few of though some were on displays but the blended section I mention above mostly had Star Wars books and sci-fi books which was not what I was searching for. That being said I'd definitely stop in again to see what new finds end up here and I love that it all goes to a great cause - the Multnomah county libraries

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    Jackie S.

    Thanks so much for the kind review.

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    We appreciate you referring our store to your reading group friends.

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    3 months ago

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    Jackie S.

    Thanks for the kind review Chelsea!

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    We appreciate you visiting our store.

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    2 years ago

    The vibe is welcoming. The shelves are stocked with books and media of all types. And all money raised goes back to the public library.

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