Sparta Books — Local services in Sparta Township

I remember going to Sparta Books at it's old location (only a few doors down from where it is now) when I was much younger and going there today gives me that same feeling of excitement.

My fiance and I recently took a friend of ours visiting from Madrid to Sparta Books as he was looking for something specific that none of the book stores in Madrid carried. He found exactly what he was looking for thanks to the helpful staff and, in hindsight, says that brief trip to a local book store started his vacation to the US on a very high note.

I'll admit that I enjoy reading on my Kindle now and then, but if Sparta Books has a new release that I'm looking for, they'll get my money LONG before Amazon will for a variety of reasons including the friendly staff, the large selection, and the significant benefits they provide to the...

I love it but honestly, it's a little too small for my liking of a bookstore. The staff was very helpful and picked out the book The Woman In the Window for me because she noticed I was picking psychological thrillers which are my favorite. I read the book in three days which is impressive for someone with a 9 month old baby that takes up all my time. I loved it. BUT i had another book in my hand and she totally went and told me the book was about a pedophile and thats what the guys secret is and ruined an entire book for me so I put it back. Kinda stupid on her part because they lost money over that and she said she tells everyone that in case they wouldn't want to read it for that reason. So,...

I stopped by in the morning to browse for a book. I picked up an Emily Henry book and struck up a great conversation with the person behind the counter. Immediately when you walk in you find fiction for every person. You can tell the selection is carefully curated and selected but also seeing a lot of popular booktok books shows to me they’re keeping a careful eye for the various trends. While browsing story time had started and it was a very heartwarming and joyful experience to hear singing and a child’s story being read aloud. There’s something for everyone and it just reminded me that I need to stop in more often because there’s truly no magic like that of a...