Eat My Words Bookstore

Very helpful staff. Nice selection of used books and awesome area for local authors. I loved the piano in the poetry, kids room.

The staff is very friendly and helpful. Great selection of classic novellas and more recent releases. The shelves are well organized and easy to locate your favorite writers. It’s also not too big and on a simple floor plan as opposed to other bookstores that can seem overwhelming with their cavernous rooms extending throughout. They get 5 stars for the awesome name.

This is one the coolest bookstores I’ve visited in awhile. Local artists tend to be displayed and there are community events. It’s a pleasure just to browse and see the beautiful covers of days gone by in the world of publishing. Some books are collectors items and are very pricey. Most are more than reasonable and there is a particularly good selection of hobbies and music including sheet music on top of a piano in the backroom, and yes you may play the piano. The owner is a book lover and it shows and he’ll talk about any subject and the books related, you have to love people and knowledge to run a business like this. We actually found Picasso cook book of all the strange things.

The first time I went to this bookstore, I was grumbling to my friend about how the place didn’t have a big enough selection of cheesy sci-​fi and horror paperbacks. The owner overhead me and directed me to a massive pile at the front of the store that he hadn’t had a chance to shelf yet. I found a few lurid gems.
For a place so new, they have a large, well-​rounded selection. I could still use more horror and sci-​fi, but I’m weird. I don’t know if I’ve seen a bigger children’s book section at a used book store around here, but I don’t really look for children’s books very often. Here though, they are all located in a really rad lounge in the back of the store, which also serves as a nice little spot for readings. They’ve also got a cool section up front with zines and books by local authors.
I’ll be stopping back regularly to look for the weird stuff.

Great used bookstore in our neighborhood! I biked down there today to see if they had any used kids books for an upcoming baby shower. They had a whole room full!
I was pleasantly surprised by the selection and even more impressed with the ambience! There is a great seating area, a piano in the back and local artists on display!

Visited this store when it was just two weeks old this past winter. It is just a fun place to browse. I bought a bunch of books — about the irish in St. Paul, standup comedy, even something literary. Really has a nice feeling about it!

Stopped in here on a whim before heading over to Matchbox. So glad I did. They are super new– just opened in February 2014, but I can tell they will be successful. There were several people in there browsing on the rainy Saturday afternoon that I stopped in.
Medium sized bookstore with a great selection, both buys AND sells used books (so nice for me, notorious book hoarder). I stopped in there to browse, and ended up picking up a fabulous collection of Neruda poems, a replacement copy of my borrowed-​and-​never-​returned-​copy of Atwood’s Cat’s Eye, and a copy of Tea Obreht’s The Tigers Wife. And there was so much more that I wanted to pick up.
All the sections are well labeled and consistently alphabetized, and there are large, good-​quality selections for every category– not always the case in a used bookstore. Their owner (also the buyer) has a good eye and good taste.
Speaking of the owner– the service was great. Friendly, but not overly pushy– he gave me time and space to browse, but when I was ready to check out or had a question, he was kind, funny, and interesting. We had a great conversation about books and he encouraged me to come back with things to sell (I mentioned my extensive collection of things I hold on to but don’t read anymore).
There is Matchbox coffee in a pot, and a crockpot of chili or stew (!!!) on hand for customers to stay and read a while. I will definitely be back.

I went to the grand opening. I’d say this is a med. size, not ridiculously small or half-​price large. Book cases are in neat rows, and labeled. They have one double row of Agatha Christie and a full single row of Rex Stout. They have a good variety and selection of most genres. So in general it’s used books but they’ll carry new local authors, which is the perfect combo. I introduced myself to Scott, the owner. This will be a good double destination. A block away you’ll be able to check out your new purchases at Maeve’s, and have a meal at the Anchor. Since there aren’t any restaurants on the 2^nd St. block, on street parking is not a problem.