Iowa City Wrapup 2

Iowa City also has a used store (the "Book End") sponsored by the city library and manned with volunteers. Most of what they get are donations, with a few books discarded from the library. A pretty small place, but there were a few interesting books there.


The Book End

The best known Iowa City bookstore is Prairie Lights, which is the multi-level independent bookstore downtown. Much like Auntie's in Spokane, they do a good job of bringing in readers/events, and they even host a weekly NPR show. It's a pretty cool store, though the layout is a bit funky.


Prairie Lights

The other new bookstore downtown is Iowa Book, which is part new bookstore, part U. of Iowa gear/apparel store. That's pretty self-explanatory right there, eh? But I bet that students in Spokane wish there were competing stores to the campus bookstores. Oh, and I did buy a book there. There was a local guidebook related to the "literary walk," and it was all of $2.50.


Iowa Book