{"id":1278,"date":"2016-11-22T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2016-12-10T13:58:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T13:58:31","slug":"local-bookshops-your-holiday-shopping-homebase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2016\/11\/22\/local-bookshops-your-holiday-shopping-homebase\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Bookshops: Your Holiday Shopping Homebase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bookstore-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"bookstore\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bookstore.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bookstore-180x129.jpg 180w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bookstore-250x179.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If the frenzy of holidays grabs you and shakes you hard, you can make your life easier by shopping at your local independent bookstore. For me stepping into the cozy shop, surrounded by books and friendly sales persons is a treat. The size or color or shape of books isn&#8217;t important. There is something for every interest. And, if you don&#8217;t see it, they will order it for you. Some bookshops even wrap your purchases for you!<\/p>\n<p>Simplify your shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Support a local bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the hours of free time you&#8217;ll create by this one-stop shopping amid an extravaganza of books!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 36px; left: 311px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the frenzy of holidays grabs you and shakes you hard, you can make your life easier by shopping at your local independent bookstore. For me stepping into the cozy shop, surrounded by books and friendly sales persons is a treat. The size or color or shape of books isn&#8217;t important. There is something for every interest. And, if you don&#8217;t see it, they will order it for you. Some bookshops even wrap your purchases for you! Simplify your shopping. Support a local bookstore. Enjoy the hours of free time you&#8217;ll create by this one-stop shopping amid an extravaganza of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,180],"tags":[188,189],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","category-reader-suggestions","tag-bookshops-book-shopping","tag-independent-bookstores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions\/1356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}