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April 2024 by Rosalie Y.
This magical local book store hosted a meet and greet with Andy Griffiths last night. I decided to bring my boys to the event and I'm so glad that I did. They were thoroughly entertained and left inspired to read more. We left the bookstore and by the time we got into the car, they were asking me to bring them to the next children's event.
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January 2024 by Sharon S.
Rakestraw Books is a wonderful oasis in a small Danville shopping center. Independent bookstores are a treasure and I am so happy to have found this one. It's welcoming and cozy with a great selection of books. The staff are friendly and available to help if you need something. I didn't have enough time to fully explore but I plan to return soon.
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January 2024 by Ryan Hoy
Love this bookstore. Discovered one Saturday this past September when I was out for a bike ride. Rakestraw is my almost exclusive provider of books.
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November 2023 by Seetha SB
A cozy bookstore with such nice and sweet staff . Love this place !
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October 2023 by joe brown
Great selection, well organized, and knowledgeable service oriented staff. Visited a recent book signing and picked up a few other books on the side.
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June 2023 by Jesse Dickinson
Great service! Friendly staff. Will definitely be coming back often.
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June 2023 by Raul Ramirez
Dang this place has some charm. I swung through between calls and noticed the variety in books is overwhelming.
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April 2023 by Jonathan R.
Great local book store with awesome selection! They can quickly order anything they don't have, a nice alternative to Amazon.
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March 2023 by Nancy C.
Quick take: nice to see brick and mortar bookstoresI was asked if I needed any help. Let the associate know that I was just browsing. It's always great to be able to pick up an actual paperback book. I stopped in to check out the staff pick section and new arrivals table.Thank you.
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February 2023 by Amber D.
I was looking for a book as a birthday present for a friend of mine. My friend is an avid reader, so I knew it wasn't going to be an easy task to find something she hasn't read before. An employee asked me if I needed any help. I told her the genre my friend likes and some of the books she has read before. They spent a lot of time with me and was able to give me some stellar suggestions. The employee found a book, and based on her reaction of excitement and how they said it was written beautifully I knew it was the one. They knew I was worried it was a book my friend has already read, and they told me that she could exchange it for something else. It was time to give it to my friend.. She unwrapped it and was absolutely thrilled! She told me this has been on her list of books she wants to read, and that she has never been this excited about a book she has received as a gift. I could have not done it without the help of the employee. Thank you so much for your help!!! I will definitely be back!
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September 2022 by Elizabeth Salen
This is a great bookstore. They have all the latest fiction and biographies. Selection of other non-fiction is smaller but you can tell that they put a lot of care into choosing the best books to carry. I was looking for a good reference book about succulent gardening. They only had a few, but those were excellent.
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June 2022 by Norm P.
great hidden gem! came here last week. they have a good recommendation section, a little bit of everything. there is a big selection on kids books, which takes up the whole back of the store. i bought several books for my son as he's just wrapped up 3rd grade and want to keep up his reading for the summe. it's a nice cozy place and will come back again when i'm in the area. support your local bookstore!
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October 2021 by Jonnie S.
I LOVE this place! I always grab the ISBN-13 from amazon and I plug it into the search bar and buy my books from Rakestraw online. I always get curbside pickup so that I can say 'hello' to my friends inside. Buy local!
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July 2021 by Margeaux D.
Cannot believe 4 star average!! This is the local leftie progressive bookstore. Should be in Berkeley. Called to see if they had Mark Levin's AMERICAN MARXIST. They have ONE copy and NONE in back order that would take weeks to get. FYI--this tome is NUMBER ONE on both Amazon and the New York Times!!! Biased much?? Especially with other titles of the left persuasion on center stage. No thanks---agenda driven book stores are never to be supported.
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April 2021 by John B.
Awesome local independent bookstore! On my last visit, I swung by to pick up a woodworking book for a secret santa gift. Rakestraw isn't some gargantuan B&N with tons of immediate inventory, so it was unsurprising that my specific book was not in stock. However, they were more than happy to order it for me! They took down my information and said they'd contact me when the order arrived. That woodworking book was in my hands less than a week later. There is so much to love about this little store. They've got character. They are unapologetically different. They defiantly choose to only sell literature they believe to be high quality (as opposed to big box stores which focus on profits). Moreover, they've consistently provided me with excellent customer service. Every employee I've ever interacted with was knowledgeable, friendly, and clearly passionate about books. I remember eyeing one of their featured items, a work on craft cocktails, when an employee noticed me. "We all thought that one was pretty good...until another one arrived and had us floored." He stepped away from the register, procured another book from the window display, and provided anecdote upon anecdote as to why that was the best cocktail book available. ___Extra Info___ -Try to visit on Saturday morning! You'll be able to swing by Danville's awesome farmers' market! Thanks for being a part of our community, Rakestraw!