What do you do when you land in Boston needing a book that you can't find in the entire Boston metropolitan area? Call Bearly Read Books and talk to Betty Ann! This magical "book whisperer" found the book and got it to me just in time for an important lecture I was preparing for. Part savant, part gracious host, Betty Ann channeled all her super powers to find and ship a book my way that no other book store in the Boston metro area could muster. What a gem! Support this bookstore and be a pal and bring Betty Ann a pastry and some hot coffee to...
Read moreA serious bookstore for the person who enjoys finding the type of book that excites the mind. Do not look for candles or stationary here, it’s not that kind of place. It is for that book to devour seated in your favorite chair as the rain howls outside. But you are warm and safe and engrossed in your own world because you have your book, the one you found here. The woman at the counter, the owner?, is a reader, she is mucho interesting. I love this place, can you tell. Park in the back, it’s hell trying to back out on a busy street. It is...
Read moreThe proprietor is of a most pleasant sort Always with a smile and a grand salutation, Betty Ann is one of a kind. This place is like what remember bookstores were 40 years ago. There are every variety of book and even a nook with a couple of chairs where you can go to sample the merchandise Reasonable prices as well as everything from A to Zed, make this place a treasure. Been so many times I have lost count, but always look forward to finding another hidden gem for my personal collection and...
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