Shook About Books

Where Used Books Find New Readers

Zoë (owner) is standing in the doorway of a mobile bookstore called "Shook About Books" with colorful flower-patterned curtains on the open doors, smiling, wearing a pink sweater, jeans, and a black beanie.
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A Book’s Journey

My name is Zoë, and I have been obsessed with books my entire life, and that's not hyperbole. I was named after a book character, Zooey from Franny and Zooey. I have always been fascinated by the journey a book takes. Let's say you buy a book from the Atlanta airport on your way back from a work trip, you read it, then you give it to your friend, who takes it to their trip in Virginia, they leave it at the Airbnb, and then someone picks up and reads it on their train ride home to New Jersey. It's mind-blowing to think of the physical journey a book takes, in addition to the journey we humans get the privilege of taking when we read a book. So, I opened a bookstore in Nashville to bring pre-loved books to the masses.

A woman with blue hair, glasses, and a black beanie, smiling while reading a book inside a colorful mobile bookstore called 'Shook About Books.' She is wearing a pink sweater and sitting on the stairs of the mobile bookstore.

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