South Main Book Juggler

Wonderful independent bookstore owned by an exceptionally well-read and knowledgeable couple. It is a true pleasure to go to a bookstore with owners who are actually well read and can recommend great books with ease. I love this bookstore and cannot recommend it enough. Support your local independent bookstores!!!!

What a nice local gem of a bookstore. We stumbled upon it during a rainy visit and while our subsequent meal was disappointing we all often reflected afterwards on our experience in the bookstore. It just brought a smile on our faces and a ray of sunshine on an otherwise rainy day. Also I love the book I got referred!

I was really looking forward to visiting the Book Juggler today, but unfortunately, my experience was far from pleasant. The older woman working there was incredibly rude and judgmental. While I was browsing with a few friends, she abruptly told us to put our phones away, treating us as though we were children. We were simply using the GoodReads app to find each other and discuss our book lists, something you’d think would be encouraged in a bookstore. Instead, we were met with bizarre and unwelcoming behavior. It's a shame, as I was hoping to support a local business, but this kind of treatment makes it hard to want to return.

We went here with our 4 year old son and the woman, who was letting dogs run around the store and sniff every book in sight, came up to us and asked that our child not pick up a book. She's an unkind, unserious woman. Go literally anywhere else. Edit: See owner's response below accusing me of not being in the store and calling me a liar. Great place to shop if that's the kind of owner you want to entertain!

Terrible experience here. It’s a very quaint and lovely bookshop, and we love visiting and supporting local brick & mortar bookstores when traveling! I grew up in a bookstore and it means a lot to me to support them. I would skip this one though, especially if you have kids. They are incredibly rude to kids, even if they’re being incredibly considerate and gentle with the space. Bookstores should be a place for community and this just misses the mark, it feels like an opportunistic book shop run by people who are put out by customers even walking in to interrupt their nap and happy hour.

The female owner is bizarrely curmudgeonly and rude. She seems to actively dislike her customers. I thought perhaps she was having an off day, but reading other reviews it seems this is how she is all the time. The male owner is friendly enough. All that aside, the selection of books is fairly limited and the curation isn't especially well done. I would skip this one and check out one of the other independent book purveyors in town such as Burkes in Midtown!

Love love love this bookstore! Always exceptional service and kindness. Great place to also get gifts that are unique. If they don’t have what you are looking for they are very happy to order it for you in lightning speed arrival time! Supporting our local businesses is important and needed. Definitely support the Book Juggler! 💕📚📖📚