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5.0 of 5 stars.
Prepare to get lost-it's half the fun.
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Might be the coolest bookstore ever - you can literally get lost amongst the stacks. Great selection and helpful staff.
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could wander around this bookstore for hours. True, that might be because I'd probably get lost and not be able to find my way out, but it would be worth it. My sister told me she was here once when...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love wandering around looking at all the rooms of books. I'm able to navigate myself through the maze of books now. The prices are like any other book store, like Barnes & Noble, but most books...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
An amazing store! We shopped for almost 2 hours. A great selection. We kept finding more and more rooms with tons of books. We left with 2 full bags of books!
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a place I don't mind getting lost in! I love the excitement of going in with no idea of what I'm going to find. I never go in with a list simply because I can always walk out with a stack of...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This isn't necessarily the best place if you are looking for a particular book, but if you want to browse for a long time, and possibly find something you weren't expecting, this is the place. Part of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh. My. Gee. You guys, words cannot describe the wonder I felt visiting this bookstore. Bookstore is really not appropriate, book experience is more valid because this place is a combination of a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Book Loft is a labyrinth of shelves and rooms and music. Yes, everything about the place is charming and eccentric. This is not a place to find a book. Determining what room and shelf a book might...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could (and often do) get lost - figuratively and literally - in here for hours! I almost always find something . . . that I wasn't even looking for. There's different music playing in each of the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Despite the hype, I did not like this store. It's disorienting, and yeah, I realize that's supposed to be "part of the fun" but it's very hard finding anything. And even though there are a bazillion...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Being the book nut that I am, I had to visit here today. I have not been to this shop in years so I had for gotten just how vast it is. I felt like I was going to get lost in it. It is such a maze....
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A disorienting, delightful store. A strange, but often pleasantly surprising, collection of titles. As one reviewer mentioned, not the place to find a specific book, but to get lost and make...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If this isn't your speed, I can understand. Barnes & Noble is thatta way. Don't come here in a hurry. Linger. Explore. There are some great deals to be found, especially on art books. I particularly...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
a fun spot.use the arrows on the floor to avoid getting lost.
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a big fan of bookstores; I find them either overwhelming or sparse and depressing. The Book Loft, however, won my heart immediately. Even the alley entrance is charming - especially with the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the greatest place to get lost for an afternoon. I love this place! It's definitely not B&N, but it doesn't try to be. Shopping at the Book Loft is an adventure. You never know what you are...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bookstore. I've gone there since I was little (still have this gorgeous edition of Peter Pan I got there when I was younger), so whoever said it's not a place to take kids is sorely...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the sort of place that you will hate if you don't go in the frame of mind.... understand this: This place is NOT Barnes & Noble. If you expect to find exactly the book you're looking for......
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is totally unique to Columbus. The only other bookstore I've been to that was more interesting was Powell Books in Portland, OR. Basically The Book Loft is the smaller East Coast version of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is more loft than book. Everytime I go here looking for a specific title or author I can't find it. Of course they will order for you but I generally just end up bowing down to the gods of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like a miniature Powells City of Books (Portland), Das Book Loft is 32 tightly packed rooms of books, most of which have their own soundtrack playing. Don't come here if you know what book you want...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Book Loft is truly a destination shopping spot in Columbus. I love bringing out-of-town guests to German Village, and particularly to this bookstore. It's a charming, mazelike warehouse, brimming...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is truly one of Columbus's best kept secrets. It looks like a tiny little cottage from the outside, but step inside and you will need the map they give you to navigate the 32 rooms packed full of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're used to shopping for books at places like Border's and Barnes & Noble, this place will blow your mind at just the sight of the place. Fashioned from what may have been one of the most...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2008
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The Book Loft of German Village is a great place to go if you are looking for a new book to read. Their selection of books is excellent. Go there when you have some time to shop.
kudzu.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Where I grew up in southeastern Connecticut we had a store very similar to the Book Loft: The Book Barn. So the idea of the Book Loft was not as novel to me as it might be to other Columbus...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Das Book Loft is the best book store around. 9000 rooms of books! How can you top that. If you have something specific you are looking for it is usually easy to just walk in and ask the person who...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There sure are a lot of reviews for the Book Loft on Yelp. I have a hunch that most of the romance surrounding the store is that it is a big ol' block-sized, multi-floor, 32-room maze of a building...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think I got DIZZY climbing up tiny staircases and weaving in and out of the Book Lofts 32 - did you hear that? THIRTY-TWO rooms o'books. It was sort of like an adventure or a scavenger hunt and I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/05/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Thirty minutes was all I could take in this hell hole. As a book lover and avid reader, I really wanted to like this place but, honestly, BLoGV made me want to run screaming to the vapid sterility and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't come here with the same intentions that I do when I go to Barnes & Noble. The Book Loft is not laid out in a way that allows one to quickly get what he or she wants. I come here when I want...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not a good bookstore for kids. Sure, they have a good selection of kids books but it is just too crowded.That said, it's a great bookstore for times when you can ditch the kids and browse the stacks....
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I really don't get the hype. Sure, it is a big book store in an old house that is easy to get lost in.....and? The prices are generally on par or worse than Barnes and Noble or Borders, the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't been here since 1996, so this review might be incorrect, but if this is the weird bookstore with all the little rooms, then it is one of my favorite bookstores in the Midwest. Cancel that....
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
5 Star Bookstore! A maize literally of books! Awesome place, Great selection & Knowledgeable staff. You may even see a German Village kitty outside in the courtyard. If you haven't been, it's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like the idea of The Book Loft. I like following the sort-of helpful arrows that point you all over the place inside of it. I like just being surrounded by that many books.That said, I'd never shop...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
32 rooms full of books? yep.There's lots of ambiance at the Book Loft, including bookstore cats, different music playing in different parts of the store, creaky staircases, strange little spaces, and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who wouldn't love the Book Loft? There's a lovely christmas-light lit outdoor sale area if you just want a quick browse, or you can get lost hiding in corners and looking for books for an entire...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place if you're tired of the normal Borders or Barnes and Nobles. The labrynth of rooms are filled with books - some pretty interesting and others not. Its basically just a bookstore...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2008
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I?m a reader and this store is quite possibly what my heaven would look like. I love the fact that The Book Loft has really captured the mind of a ?bookie.? The layout could be considered intimidating, but for...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The Book Loft is a Columbus institution that people are eager to share with out-of-towners. If you are a child, someone will take you to COSI or the Columbus Zoo. If you are an adult, there's a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think the Book Loft's ambiance makes up for what it lacks in inventory (michael c., I see where you're coming from about seeing the same old Taschen editions). Its quaint victorian architecture and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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For a great browse, or a special search, there is no place like the Book Loft to find the perfect read. Alphabets to Zebras, any subject can be found in this store. Each room is home to a specific subject (ie...
kudzu.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Sorry but this book store is not all that. It basically like a quirky small barnes and noble. All of the books are new, and they cover nothing in depth. Their local interest section made me sad and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore is one of the best I've ever been to - throughout the U.S. The selection is huge - 32 rooms! It's located in a cool neighborhood (Victorian Style Homes, Iron Gates, Brick Roads - you...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Bigger is not better.Yep, I'll say it.. I'm not in love with this bookstore. With a large inventory I had thought that when I moved closer to downtown I would go here very often, however it the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Book Loft is the best bookstore I've ever been in. It is located in Columbus' German Village, which is a great historic neighborhood. The bookstore has 32 rooms! When you first see the store, you...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There are so many reasons to fall in love with The Book Loft. Take your pick from the wonderfully quaint setting in Germany Village, the 32 different rooms of books, the stereotypical "book shop cats"...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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If you love books, you need to visit the Book Loft! You could spend hours, if not days in this store. Each room has it's ...
gusto.com - user review - 02/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Get lost! (in a wonderful maze of books!)THE UP-SIDE: Crazy-fun layout with 32 rooms of books. Best way to see it all is to just keep meandering from room to room. You'll get lost, but it's well...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Strand? What's that? Columbus may not be New York City, but we've got our own (single) city block worth of books. So the Book Loft is fabulous--and horrible. Fabulous because it's thirty-two rooms...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The New York Strand bookstore for the German Village section of Columbus!AMAZING, HUGE, and DUSTY! My favorite kind. The sheer volume of their inventory shocked me into a state of speed reading. I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a kick ass bookstore. Would impress any bibliophile anywhere i dare say. Tons of rooms, small little rooms, packed floor to ceiling with books galore. It is a maze you could spend hours in....
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not as many books carried as some other used book superjoints that brag about how many miles of books they have inside, but this gets the full five-star treatment for: A) the idyllic German Village...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2006
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There is no better way to spend a rainy afternoon than to meander down the booklined halls of this unique bookstore...You can browse for hours, completely forget what you cam in for, and go home with new books...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/20/2006
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judysbook.com - user review - 04/16/2006
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Do you have a day to spend all to yourself, free time to wonder at will… go visit the Book Loft in German Village. Stop and get a cup of coffee and take it with you as you enjoy room upon room of book...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/06/2006
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If you have a few hours to kill and could use a cup of coffee or pastry, you may want to head to German Village. First of all, GV is a lovely place to wander around. Secondly, you'll find the Book Lof...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/31/2005
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In the heart of German Village lies a gorgeous home. Inside this home is 20 rooms of books, books and more books. You literally will get lost for hours in this place - so if you plan to go, clear your...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/17/2005
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This is a great bookstore in the heart of German Village. As you walk through the store you walk through little rooms, each themed by the types of books in that room. You could spend hours here and you'll...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/30/2005
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My wife and I visited The Book Loft of German Village, on a weekend getaway. It is an intriguing book store placed inside a historic home. Each room contains a different category of books, and it is fun to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/29/2005
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When searching for any type of book, no matter the author or subject, you will always find a wide range of choices at the Book Loft. The Loft is located in old german village in Columbus, Ohio, and is...
judysbook.com - user review - 11/26/2005
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My wife and I REALLY enjoy spending an evening at the book loft, and next door cup o joe coffee shop. They boast some enormous number of rooms, and you can navigate by using the maps hanging in every room....
citysearch.com - user review - 11/23/2005
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I love this book store. I used to go here a lot when I lived on campus. It's such a neat book store with lots of options. Everyone should be able to find something here. The staff is very friendly. If they...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/12/2005
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The Book Loft is an excellent place to find some real jewels! If you take the time to look through their extensive selection, you can really be surprised by what you find! Excellent and knowledgeabl...
judysbook.com - user review - 11/08/2005
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This store has over 30 rooms to it! They range in topics from animals, art, humor, childrens, numerous history rooms and just about anything else you can think of. If they don't carry it they will order it for...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/31/2005
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This is an amazing store packed with books, books and more books. They have books for every age and interest and the store is a full city block long! This is a great place to go not only to shop for...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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They have a huge selection of books on every topic imaginable. They have over 30 rooms of books. They carry some hard to find books and if they don't have what you are looking for they'll order it f...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/21/2005
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Don't go if you are in a rush. This place goes on and on forever in converted German Village houses. There are many stories and several buildings. The courtyard is great. It is the opposite of ste...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/19/2005
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This bookstore is in the middle of Historic German Village, boasts 32 rooms and refers to itself as "over a city block long," and I'm sure it is. You get a map before going in, and they have new books...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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this is a columbus landmark and a must see for anyone that hasnt been yet. this place has something like 30 rooms filled with any book you could want. a great place to spend the day. when i bring m...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/13/2005
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The Book Loft is such a unique place. There are about 31 rooms of books on every topic. Located in beautiful, historic German Village, this is the perfect place to end an evening. Each room is a diffe...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/12/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
IQ's brain will probably seize up like a rusty pump when I bring him in here on some future trip back to the Old Country. He loves a bookstore, and Book Loft is the best bookstore within 500 miles,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2005
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the most amazing bookstore you will ever enter guranteed! so many rooms of every book you could ever want. excellent coffee shop right next door and all in great neighborhood.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/18/2005
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This place is HUGE! You think you have a grasp on the size of it and then you see that there's another room, and another... It has a really eclectic collection of books, not just in terms of subject matter but...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/20/2005
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Oh how I love coming to this book store! I can't believe how much they've managed to cram into this old house in German Village. It really is a sight! I highly recommend coming here. Not only to buy books but...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/09/2005
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If you go to German Village, the Book Loft is a must to stop at. They've crammed what looks like every book under the sun in a teeny little house. It's almost like a maze when you walk in. But somehow they've...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/09/2005
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This bookstore is in an old house in German Village and is truly a maze of rooms and hallways full to the gills of books! Each room/hallway has a theme and you can't necessarily get from one part of the store...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/08/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
32 rooms of new books, some are discounted. You can get lost in here. I went recently with my family and all of us bought something. Charming German Village location.
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2005
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This bookstore is amazing and one of the only things I miss about living in Columbus. When I would meet friends someplace in college, we would often choose this as a place to meet and browse. When I needed a...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/26/2002
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I enjoy going down to German Village and visiting The Book Loft. It's one of my favorite ways to goof off. I always find something that I didn't know I needed. I'm glad they brought back the online ordering of...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/18/2002
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I think the real lure of Book Loft is the labyrinth of booklined rooms you traverse -- if it was in some big warehouse, it wouldn't have half the weird fairy-tale charm it does. Even for the...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/21/2002
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