A new bookstore called Teddy's Best Reads will open in Oxford, Conn., next month, CT Insider reported.
Owners Sharon and Charles Muir, have found a space at 306 Center Rock Green, in the Quarry Walk development, and plan to sell general-interest titles for all ages. Their goal is to make the cozy interior feel "a little bit like a Hobbit-hole from Tolkien," where customers and community members are welcome to sit and read for a while. They plan to partner with local schools and host book clubs and other events.
"The current bookstores, like Barnes & Noble, don't have the same feeling like the old '90s stores where you can hang out and read books while checking them out," Charles Muir told CT Insider. "We want to make a space where people can actually hang out and talk about books."
Both Charles and Sharon Muir are avid readers and former English majors. Sharon Muir will handle day-to-day operation at the bookstore while Charles Muir, who is keeping his primary job, will work on weekends.
The bookstore's name references both their dog Teddy and TBR, short for to be read.