{"id":406667,"date":"2026-07-21T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406667\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:35:11","slug":"l-a-s-first-indie-book-crawl-brings-readers-to-pasadena-and-montrose-this-weekend-coloradoboulevard-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406667\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A.\u2019s First Indie Book Crawl Brings Readers to Pasadena and Montrose This Weekend \u2039 ColoradoBoulevard.net"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vroman's<\/a><\/p>\n

A file photo of a book display at Vroman\u2019s (Photo \u2013 vromans.com).<\/p>\n

Spanning the L.A. metro area this weekend, the inaugural L.A. Indie Book Crawl brings readers to 13 independent bookstores, including Vroman\u2019s Bookstore in Pasadena and Once Upon a Time in Montrose.<\/p>\n

By Melanie Hooks<\/p>\n

From Friday, July 24, through Sunday, July 26, all 13 participating stores will stamp event passports and offer rewards for every $10 spent. Participants who collect a stamp at all 13 locations will receive a grand prize tote bag and be entered into a drawing for $25 gift certificates to every store on the crawl.<\/p>\n

Authors will appear at bookstores throughout the weekend, including local YA queer horror author Rebekah Faubion (Lost Girls of Hollow Lake, The Lovers), Taylor Jenkins Reid (Daisy Jones & The Six), and Suzanne and Max Lang (Grumpy Monkey, The Gruffalo).<\/p>\n

A special picture book signing takes place Saturday at 11:00 am at Once Upon a Time, the children\u2019s bookstore, with uncle-and-nephew team Paul Paolilli and Dan Brewer celebrating their lushly illustrated picture book Pondering: A Story in Cinquains.<\/p>\n

In addition to crawl activities, Vroman\u2019s Bookstore in Pasadena is overlapping its annual Summer Sale with the crawl, beginning Saturday, July 25, and continuing through Friday, July 31. The sale, held upstairs in the Events Space, features discounts of up to 75% off, with additional markdowns taken at the register.<\/p>\n

Full event details with store listings are available on the Indie Book Crawl website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note: As of press time, Vroman\u2019s sister store, Book Soup (8818 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles), plans to reopen in time to participate this weekend, following a water main break that forced the store to close on Thursday, July 16.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles crawl was inspired by a similar event in San Diego that has grown steadily over the past five years. Organizers hope the new event will encourage readers to rediscover neighborhood independent bookstores as places to browse, connect, and explore.<\/p>\n

L.A. Indie Book Crawl
\nFriday, July 24 – Sunday, July 26, 2026
\nLocation
\nThirteen stores (see map above) including:
\n>Vroman’s Bookstore
\n695 Colorado Blvd.
\nPasadena 91101
\n>Once Upon a Time
\n2207 Honolulu Ave.
\nMontrose 91020
\nRewards for every $10 spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A file photo of a book display at Vroman\u2019s (Photo \u2013 vromans.com). Spanning the L.A. metro area this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-406667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}