I’d like to introduce a new “feature” here at Baby Got Books, where we give a shout out to our favorite independent book stores. OK. I’ll go first. Last weekend we left the grind of the big city for a long weekend down at the beach. It was a great opportunity to visit one of our favorite book stores.

Sundog Book Store

Seaside, Florida’s Sundog Books is a great little bookstore in a fantastic setting. It’s small, but they make the most of their shelf space by carrying only books that are good. Which is nice. Their “international” section contains one of the best small collections of contemporary British fiction I’ve ever seen. I’m sure the Big Chains carry all of the same books spread out over their general “fiction” areas, but it was nice to see the Brit-lit all crammed together for easy perusal. They are not big on discount pricing here, so you can expect to pay (gulp) cover price for your purchases. Somehow, even I don’t mind ponying up the big bucks for books when the book store is especially kick ass and has some character. This store is at the beach - and it didn’t rain - so my time inside was limited. Fortunately, I’ll be back.