I started selling used books online in 1999 as sleepygirl2, and opened my first storefront, Sleepygirl’s Used Books, in 2003. I enjoy my work and have wanted to start a blog for a while because I want to share my love for reading. I find a lot of interesting and funny things about books as I browse and this is the perfect place to share them. I also review books I read, which are often from authors or publishers, but I don’t receive any compensation for the reviews. Sometimes I come across an interesting book that I’ve purchased that I like to share on here as well.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bound4escape
Contact me at: bound4escape@outlook.com
I hope you enjoy my blog!
Dawn
Bound 4 Escape 
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Really enjoy your blog! Many thanks to http://busymindthinking.com/ for the link!
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Thank you very much. I appreciate the link from Busy Mind Thinking also.
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That’s great. I am hoping to open my own storefront as well. It’s a life long dream, that I am slowly working on.
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It’s not easy if that’s your only source of income but I love it. We started selling furniture along with the books in 2004, which has made it possible for me to be at the store full time. I know it doesn’t sound like they go together, but it has worked out really well.
I wish you luck. I am a firm believer in following your dreams and enjoying what you do.
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Thanks for the Shine Award nomination. I have accepted and posted my own nominations. i really love your blog – it’s a really good advert for books and joys of reading.
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I really like your blog! I’m also a book addict. 🙂
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Hi! I have nominated your for the Liebster Award! Thanks for being so awesome and having such a great site! Check it out at http://elizabethrosemysteries.com/2013/05/30/so-humbled-by-liebster-award/
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coolest site! Thanks to Ivon prefontaine–I have found you! 🙂
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Thanks! I’m glad you found me!
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Hi! I’ve nominated you for ABC award. Please click the link below for more information:
http://teewernshen.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/awesome-blog-content-award/
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Hi Sleepy Girl! I’m so glad I stumbled across social media and through your door today. Love the blog post pictures and am heading over to http://www.sleepygirlusedbooks.com now. I’m a book blogger as well. Let’s keep in touch. Cheers! 🙂
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Thanks, Julie. I’ll be sure to check out your blog when I get home tonight.
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Right on! Very cool.
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Hi there, I nominated you for the Leibster Award, you can check it out here; http://teeks55.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/ive-been-nominated/
Congratulations. 🙂
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Hi there. Lovely blog. Nice that I found you today. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Hi!
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hi, dawn. thanks for reading and following my blog. i’m a lover of books and words of all kinds and i really enjoy your blog. best, beth
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I couldn’t believe I wasn’t following your blog. I don’t get to read other blogs real often. I have to make myself stop and catch up. There’s just too much to do!
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no worries, i totally get it )
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Oh just checked out your store! My goodness! What an inventory! I always test a bookstore using Abe Kobo works; like those that Alfred Knopf would choose. Most don’t have any at all. Two or three of his works and I’m impressed with the bookseller’s taste. You’ve got an 18-page list!
Robert. (Amal the Thirsty Gamal:A Christmas Take) ISBN: 9781645438684
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Unfortunately, I only have an online store now. I had a brick and mortar store several years ago and had about 20,000 books online and over 100,000 books in the store. After we lost it all in the Joplin tornado in 2011, we opened a store in Baxter Springs, Kansas, but it’s more like a flea market, although we do have some new inventory as well. I miss my bookstore but we found out a long time ago that it’s almost impossible for us to have 2 separate stores and this one was the more profitable one.
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