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Readery \ree-dur-ee\ noun: 1. A commercial establishment filled with books and gifts. 2. Locale in which one can peruse books while enjoying lively conversation.
She was never the same again after her experience at the readery; she always wanted to have blueberry trifle with her Janet Evanovich. --James Best, [1] New York Times, July 1, 2005
Origin: bef. 900; ME reden, OE redan to counsel, read Origin:
1900–05, Americanism;
READ +
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What is a Readery? If you read the cereal box as you slurp your corn flakes, always have a book or magazine handy by the dinner table, would rather read than talk to people while eating, and/or consider books another food group, you already know what a READERY is.
From West of Locust Grove: Travel scenic highway 412 toward Locust Grove, turn left on 438 Road, travel 1-1/2 miles.
From East of Locust Grove: See above. Change toward to away and left to right.
...and on the hilltop, you will find a house-sized row of books. Actually, you will find a used bookstore painted to look like a row of books. But this row of books holds more than a bookstore. In short, you will have come to Ruby’s Hilltop Readery, a book and gift emporium that offers, here in the heart of Green Country, to feed your mind, your soul, and your body.
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over a quaint
and curious volume from the Readery . . .” ---Edgar Allan Poe |
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