Peaceful Places is a Los Angeles guide book containing 100+ "peaceful places" in LA; surprising to those visiting and the atmosphere overthrows that concept. As a resident I understand the suffocation, but for a city dweller I'm constantly searching for the right amount of crazy. For me it may not be this city but I have confidence in the likes of others. In the meantime, stationed here for school it is places like Small World Books, located on the Venice Boardwalk, that helps find my own peace.
It is funny that I discovered this book inside one of the places featured amongst the pages. Small World Books really is a peaceful place. Many can spend hours in a bookstore reading summaries, browsing covers, and learning, but SWB is different because you step in and instantly you release the "freaky nature" of the boardwalk. You have to go through a restaruant's outdoor seating to reach their entrance and then once you are in you greet the shop's pet cat and all of your favorite books. The noise is eliminated and at least for me, my longing for books is instant, so many that spark my interest at once. One of my favorite things is the personalized book recommendations made by the SWB staff marked in various books around the store.
Small World Books has something for everyone, and although small, it truly is a whole other world.
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