Bookworm boulder2/11/2023 ![]() “She made the bookstore like a bookstore that she would want.” ” Dillie said, trailing off as she gestured to The Bookworms’ hundreds of thousands of books. She was 15 when her mom, Linda Peashka, opened shop at the Diagonal Plaza.Īt that time, Boulder’s used book store count was in the double-digits, Dillie said, adding that some in the local industry didn’t think a new store run by a housewife selling romance novels and popular paperbacks had much of a shot. The gregarious Dillie, who frequently peppers conversations with humor, grew up at The Bookworm. “To me, it’s not a party unless there’s cake,” Dillie said. The Bookworm this weekend is celebrating its 30th anniversary, or what co-owner Cathy Dillie cheerily calls a “bookiversary.” The weekend will include giveaways, children’s story time and, of course, cupcakes. “It was like ‘Cheers,’ they remembered my name, and I could get into good conversations,” he said. The element of surprise is one aspect that keeps Thanhardt coming back to peruse the venerable used book shop’s sea of shelves, but the other aspect - which he credits as a contributor to The Bookworm’s longevity - is the human element. Baring-Gould’s “The Annotated Sherlock Holmes” on the stocking pile. On one instance, he found a pristine copy of Roger Penrose’s modern physics book “The Road to Reality,” and on another occasion, he eagle-eyed an original, two-volume edition of William S.
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