The Idle Reader

The Idle Reader An independent bookstore inside Mrs. Jones Cold Brew Coffee Bar
✨curated collections for the curious
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I’m not an advocate of living a busy life so much as living a full life. And when you live a full life, reading takes ma...
06/02/2026

I’m not an advocate of living a busy life so much as living a full life. And when you live a full life, reading takes many forms.

🎧Read with your ears AND simultaneously support the Idle Reader through !👇
https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm680148

It’s that time of the year, Friends! It's time to show your favorite small businesses extra love!If we at the Idle Reade...
05/14/2026

It’s that time of the year, Friends! It's time to show your favorite small businesses extra love!
If we at the Idle Reader Bookstore & Mrs. Jones Coffee Bar have helped make your life better & brighter, please take a few minutes to vote for us in InWeekly's Best of the Coast ballot! Voting is open till next week, May 21st.
⭐️Vote here: https://inweekly.net/best-of-the-coast-2026-ballot/

Swipe to see how you can participate in this year’s Children’s Book Week in Pensacola & beyond! This year, we are excite...
05/04/2026

Swipe to see how you can participate in this year’s Children’s Book Week in Pensacola & beyond! This year, we are excited & honored to be partnering with our friends at ReadyKids! “ReadyKids!‘s programs and services are designed to provide a comprehensive level of support for high-need prekindergarten children, including one-to-one mentorship, family engagement, and educator support/collaboration.”

📚Learn how you can get involved with ReadyKids! at https://readykidsfl.org
📖Order your children’s books, get them delivered, all while supporting the Idle Reader at https://bookshop.org/shop/Theidlereaderbookstore

As always, each purchase you make at the Idle Reader directly contributes to bettering our community!🫶🏽

We love a theme around here, as you well know. Our theme this Indie Bookstore Day/Week (& let’s face it, even into May) ...
04/20/2026

We love a theme around here, as you well know. Our theme this Indie Bookstore Day/Week (& let’s face it, even into May) is a celebration of “ordinary necromancy.” (What the heck do I mean by that? See our last emo post.)
🍋So we’ll be stocking our shelves with books on circuses & surrealism, nihilism & narcolepsy, frailty & fungi, myths & monsters, revenge & reconstruction, absurdity & alchemy, leaves & labyrinths…naturally.
⭐️Aaand we have all kinds of Indie Bookstore Day/Week fun-tivities all week including a $100 bookstore credit giveaway, free tote bags, a downtown bookstore popup, & more! Swipe to see!👀
🎧Shop our Libro sales this week at https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm680148
📦📚Free standard shipping (4/25-26) on all book orders via our online storefront at bookshop.org
https://bookshop.org/shop/

Love y’all! So, so much. Thank you for always supporting our little indie bookstore.
🫶🏽The Idle Reader Bookstore
📍Inside the Mrs. Jones Coffee Bar at 1449 W Nine Mile Rd

04/20/2026

⭐️Tomorrow is National Cold Brew Day, Folks!
🗓️April 20th at the Mrs. Jones Coffee Bar
✨Buy a cold brew drink, get one (of equal or lesser value) HALF OFF!
📍1449 W Nine Mile Rd
🕰️We’ll be open 7AM-4PM!

Tag your coffee dates & help us spread the love & the caffeine!♥️🎉

Life has been giving lots of lemons recently, and by "giving lemons," I mean more like “throwing thiccc lemons with seem...
04/19/2026

Life has been giving lots of lemons recently, and by "giving lemons," I mean more like “throwing thiccc lemons with seemingly personal aggression." Jk, kinda...From personal, physical, financial, relational, existential - for you & l, the lemons be abundant.
And yet, so is hope, silly hope, stupid hope, delusional hope.

Perhaps it's the later sunsets or the abundance of reds in the form of strawberries & cardinals — spring...I guess it's been lovingly dubbed spring. And while the goblin in me has historically, unflinchingly found deep reprieve in the wintering, the jammies, the isolation, the dark, for the first time in a long time, I find myself sheepishly, begrudgingly drawn to the sun, her warmth, her light.

A supernatural ordinary necromancy, if you will...

Fresh books, come & get ‘em!📣♥️The Idle Reader, located inside .jones_coffee 📍1449 W Nine Mile Rd🕰️Monday-Friday 7AM-4PM...
03/24/2026

Fresh books, come & get ‘em!📣

♥️The Idle Reader, located inside .jones_coffee
📍1449 W Nine Mile Rd
🕰️Monday-Friday 7AM-4PM
Saturday 8AM-4PM

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit, but they bravely ventured out of said hole to come to Lord of the Rings T...
03/22/2026

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit, but they bravely ventured out of said hole to come to Lord of the Rings Trivia Night because Tolkien Trivia in a Tavern is the vibe.”
🗓️This Wednesday, March 25th at 7PM at Odd Colony Brewing!
📚The Idle Reader will have all manner of books, bookish trinkets, & Tolkien totes!
✨All welcome for ‘tis party business!

I have a confession that's been weighing on me for some time…I've wanted to tell you, but l've been afraid of how this a...
03/13/2026

I have a confession that's been weighing on me for some time…I've wanted to tell you, but l've been afraid of how this admission will invariably alter our dynamic. Despite my reticence, & in light of recent events, I know the only way forward is transparency, & l hold fast to the hope you extend me grace, however undeserving.

I have never read A Court of Thorns and Roses.

l've simply been buried under an unflinching TBR tower of my own making, & ACOTAR hasn't made it to the top...until now. After her most recent announcement, I feel it's my duty as your bookseller bestie to forgo this no longer. As I journey into the Maas-verse, I am hopeful it delivers what has been repeatedly promised me.

(Speaking of deliveries, also on my list this year is to offer pre-orders in anticipation of books 6 & 7, but I don't want to guarantee anything yet because the ferality of the Maas-es truly frightens me...This endeavor requires much research on my part, but rest assured, l'm on it.)

I love y'all.
Can we still be friends?

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1449 W Nine Mile Road
Pensacola, FL

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Monday 7am - 4pm
Tuesday 7am - 4pm
Wednesday 7am - 4pm
Thursday 7am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

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