Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Indie Bookstore Spotlight: Monty and Milo

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I didn't know there was a small indie bookstore just in the next town over from me!  Monty and Milo opened in Somerville, NJ, in February 2025, and recently I saw a short news article about their re-opening in a new, bigger location around the corner.  So of course, Henry and I made a visit this past weekend!


Monty and Milo (named after the owners' cats!) is a small store dedicated to books, stationary, puzzles, and other gifts.  The front of the store is mainly devoted to things other than books - puzzles, art prints, pens, and other stationary supplies.


As you walk toward the back of the warm and inviting space, you reach a small section of new books, and then the whole back of the store appears to be shelves of used books, organized by genre.



There is a small children's section with used books and some cute new toys and stuffies.  


You can tell they are new to the space, and I'm excited to see how they fill and decorate the space further!  Henry and I each nabbed a used book, and we look forward to coming back!

2 comments:

  1. That does look like a very nice bookstore! Thanks for sharing pictures with us. I love visiting places like that. Hope you and Henry get to go back again before long!

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  2. Indie bookstores are the best bookstores!

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