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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yah for indie book shops!!! There are now two storefronts for Skylight- the smaller one is fashion/art while the larger one is more general, with a cat. Friendly staff, impressive selection for its...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just came in here to browse.Great selection of books for being such a small store.Really liked that they have staff recommendations.They also have an extension of Skylight, a door down, complete...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place cuz I 1. Love independent/or mom and pop type shops and 2. love culturally unique stores that support community and uncommon interests. They had a cool talk about anime and other...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this bookstore. I went for a panel on the State of Indie Music. They regularly have all kinds of readings .... poetry, fiction. They're an essential part of a weird, thriving community.
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a sucker for independent bookstores. Especially when have a cat. Skylight books happens to be both. The selection isn't the biggest, but what they do have is excellent. This is a great place...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Skylight on Vermont consistently entertain special writer events. I'll never forget seeing James Ellroy here promoting The Black Dahlia. What can I say, the man's a consummate entertainer and has a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Friendly, warm, with an appropriate smell. A little overwhelming, but in an organized sort of way. Get to your movie half-an-hour early and just hang out. I wish I lived closer, because I'm out of...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ever since I moved away from Berkeley, I've missed wandering around indie bookstores like this one. But I'd forgotten how much until recently.I don't necessarily wish every Barnes & Noble disappeared...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love exploring the store when i'm in the area. Unique finds. You can probably find the books cheaper online but the ambience is worth a look.
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Good poetry selection, and they carry a nice selection of poetry chapbooks by local LA presses. I feel good when I am here.
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best places in the world to spend a rainy day. Or a sunny day. Or just a slightly overcast June gloom day. Basically...any day that ends in the letter Y, Skylight is a great place to be....
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good selection of design titles and obscure books. Supporting local businesses is a no-brainer with Skylight.
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This places book selection is not too shabby. I went the other day to purchase a book for a friends birthday, and this person is into politics so I grabbed a book by Herbert Marcuse called "One...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great little store. Quiet and relaxed. It's easily the kind of place you go in thinking you know exactly what to get and end up spending a couple hours exploring. That's what happens to me,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am an amazon fan, but if i need something right away, or want to explore a bit this is an amazing shop. They have a great section on books specific to los angeles. Great cards and postcards and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's hard to leave this place with only one book.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's definitely worth it to pay a little more for a good book knowing that the money goes to supporting a community bookshop. Oh, and also, Jenny Lewis sometimes walks in here, which is pretty cool....
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So this place is bomb, as everyone knows.I went in there to get a card for my mom for Mother's Day (get on it, kids!) and I found the best card from a cute local company. I feel like I want promoting...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place rocks. I came here today looking for a b-day gift for someone special and found the perfect book!It was between Mario Testino's photography book with half naked women in there, OR the red...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
dear skylight, you are awesome!love,jenny
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I just discovered their extension next door. Wow, I really liked the selection of graphic novels and art books. Definitely the type of shop that I could spend a good chunk of time just wandering and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Just saw Saul Williams here yesterday. Great event. Great books. In this recession, you can blow all your money on books here and you won't feel bad.
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this book store! Very cozy and the staff are extremely helpful to find anything. My favorite part of this store is the new addition of the art section. Definitely worth checking out...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome book store. There's a quote from John Fante's "Ask the Dust" carved into the floor near the entrance. That's pretty much all you need to know. Great selection. Helpful staff, not in the least...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a cool little bookstore, great selection of everything you can imagine. I love to stop in here after dinner at House of Pies!
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bookstore in LA. I drive all the way from Long Beach to come here! But I'm a little wierd that way.This is how a bookstore should be: cozy, browsable, easy to get lost in. Good...
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
walk on in, it's that smell, take it in. ah, you know you are in a real bookstore when the wood evokes essence of their brother trees before they became those paper pages, before they became those...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You really only need to know one thing: Skylight is EXACTLY what a neighborhood bookstore should be.
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
an artsy, cozy, rustic store.the original one has a variety of illustrated books for children, cook books, to travel. i loved how there were organized very well with rankings of books & personal...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love, love, love this book store. Great local book store, friendly staff, and awesome selection. Only wish their newly opened second side was somehow attached to the original store!
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Terrific store with great, knowledgeable staff. It fits perfectly into the Los Feliz vibe and if that means anything to you, then you know exactly what this bookstore is like. A really unique...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You have to love a place where you just walk in and one second later buy the graphic novel "City of Glass" without having to search the racks for it. The best stuff is going to be on display here, and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh sure, maybe they don't have every book you're looking for. And maybe they don't have a cafe in the store. And maybe Mary Kate Olsen doesn't pick Skylight for her LA booksignings. I don't really...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you yelpers! I am a really big reader, I will pretty much go to any bookstore anyone suggests. In a moment of boredom, I read a ton of reviews on yelp and found that Skylight Books was one of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore ever, and the help is awesome! They've actually read some of the material and always have a great perspective on what's good or not. I love the new next store location, rock and roll...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore was such an amazing little place. I found myself only in here a few times but the short time I did peruse the aisles, I found an autographed copy of a book I was in search of. Who knew...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Skylight is everything a neighborhood bookstore should be. Their selection isn't as vast as one of the corporate chain stores but it's been obviously, carefully handpicked. Alongside the classics...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really really like book stores. That being said, I LOVE Skylight Books. When I'm in the area after eating at HOP or Fred's or just hanging around, I come here. It's super small but that's part of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am giving Skylight Books 5 stars because I believe in supporting the 'hood and the little man. I love an indie bookstore more than life itself. Skylight carries all the usual suspects needed in a...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
its just great
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love skylight. One of the more mom & pop bookstores in LA, and they take pride in not being another "borders" or Barnes...They carry all kinds of great fiction and non-, art, childrens... every...
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Skylight Books is an independant book store, just steps away from Palermo's and Fred 62. They have 2 store sections that aren't attached, so make sure you check out the 2nd section (catering to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite book store.
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok. I'm back. Douglas K. here, reporting on Skylight Books, in Los Angeles (CA). I wandered into this place looking for City of Quartz, a book about Los Angeles history circa 70s and 80s. My...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm giving Skylight 5 stars because I'm pretty sure it's the only place in L.A. that sells Aaron Cometbus. The people who work there are very nice, helpful, and have an excellent knowledge of obscure...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They have an amazing selection of books about philosophy and critical studies, and keep the "US Counterinsurgency Manual" and a book by Glenn "I'm a Xenophobic Douchebag" Beck in the humor section....
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this bookstore because it is not your average place and does not hold your average collection. That may be a problem is you are looking for a specific book, but it certainly won't be a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The A-List Hipster Bookstore.I feel so cool just by looking at it, that buying books there has its own infinite charm. And because I'm relatively close by it (only 4-5 miles by biking) I think I'll...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There are virtually are no independent book stores in my area, so Skylight books is a haven. Best selection of literary journals I've seen in a book store, friendly staff (one staff member, I think...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is a fantastic local bookstore... You should buy your books here. I love the tree inside. Wait there is a tree or am I just nuts. I need to go back and see.
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great bookstore! They have a pretty great selection, and the location is great, too. A great alternative to Barnes & Noble and Borders, and a much friendlier atmosphere, too! I'm always...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bookstore. They have great books on writing and cool books on LA. I'm looking forward to checking out their events. Plus they're open until 10pm!
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My absolute favorite bookstore. Like others have said, you can get lost here for hours. Plus, Skylight has a number of events each month, and they can direct you to book groups that meet nearby....
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There are lots of L.A. residents browsing through the L.A. books in this Los Feliz bookstore just a few miles from their L.A. homes... That's what's so great about Skylight -- they specialize in all...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have long seen Skylight when passing by to go into the theatre next store, but never wandered in. With some time to kill before a movie last week I went browsing. I have not been into a better...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
everything seems to have been said but i also have to reiterate just how helpful the staff is. i stopped by the day before mother's day (the place was packed) to grab a book & some neat stationary...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. Yay independent bookstores! There used to be a cat here sleeping amidst the sun-streaked shelves, but no longer. I think the poor thing died :( NOOOOO! I LOVE CATS! RIP! But yes,...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love their collection. The store is small but it feels like a real bookstore just around the corner! They carry foreign language books that are not Spanish-- they have French books! I am giving it 4...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Skylight Books is a gem of a bookstore.It's easy to get lost in the small shop for hours at a time. Their selection is fantastic and the service is wonderful.Hooray for Skylight!
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
La La love you....dont mean maybe!BooksMagsZinesStickers!Postcards (they even had mark ryden cards!! whatt??)cozy little spots to sit and readGREAT people work here.Definitely one of my fave book...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am all for supporting independent bookstores, but I'm a graduate student and the siren song of Amaz*n lures me so. But I've been fighting the habit since I've moved out west (from the east coast) to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I think this is the best bookstore in the city. The magazine selection is unparalleled, with amazing art publications, and their food book section makes me giddy. I could probably spend entire days...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
love, love, love this place. i miss the kitty, but i have to go in this place whenever i'm in the neighborhood. after going to book megamarts so many times, it is a sheer pleasure to FINALLY go into...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent magazine and film book selection, and in a great part of town.
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
does anyone else think this bookstore is haunted? just askin'
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Products:Amazing selection of gender and social studies, foreign language, home made chap books, art magazines, cards, local interest, local writers, poetry, film etc.Experiences:Had the pleasure of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love coming to this bookstore to get cool books and magazines, and try to make it a point to get over here once a month even though I've moved out of Los Feliz.It's convenient to go pick up the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wait. What? Oh my God. Wait. Holy crap. Really??An entire McSweeney's section?Wait... no... it can't be true.Oh -- but it is my dear friends. It is true. And it made this nerdy girl very very happy,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Worth the Trip!All time fav bookstore since they closed the very nice Chelsea Bookstore in Long Beach!Great reads and often a free snack to nibble on and my only complaint is ...it needs to smell more...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know if I've ever walked by this store without going inside. Although my two favorite living creatures from Skylight are there no more (Lucy the cat, who recently died and Sophia The Great...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, I adore me a good independent neighborhood bookstore. Particularly one with a tree growing in the center. Like everything in Los Feliz, Skylight is jampacked with hipsters and the teeny aisles,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
great bookstore/great selection
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I stopped by this great bookstore this evening and was deeply saddened to learn that Lucy the store cat passed away on 11-13-07. There is a notice posted on the door, and a little tribute display...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The indoor brick walls, large central trees, and wooden shelving adds a nice charm to a small independent bookstore. The flavor caters to a hipster crowd, with magazines that lean towards the left,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
They have everything a neighborhood book store ought to have plus a pet cat! It let me pet it, that and the fact that they didn't have Ann Coulter's new book out put me over the edge on this place....
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bookstore. It's cozy like a bookstore should be, not an ugly megasuperfakstore.The employees have personality, which I like for better or worse..usually for better here! They are very...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I could seriously live in this store. Like have it be my apartment or something. Lofty ceilings. A kitty cat. Witty (and sometimes attractive) visitors to keep me amused. And impressively enough, in a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a great bookstore! Skylight carries many 'alternative subjects' ,whatever suit your interest. Therefore attracts interesting costumers, hipster and non hipster alike. It will definitely tickle...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is amazing. It's not too big, yet not small. Yes goldilocks, just right. There's a great kids section and I can always find something here I've never seen before. A bit eclectic I guess....
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
great selection, cool vibe...the staff wasn't super friendly,...but it may have just been an off day.
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore in LA. End of discussion.
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
An independently owned book store (for grown ups and kids) with regular readings with writers such as their very own Noel Alumit and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman. I just wish they had more selections...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well what can I say that hasn't already been said? Shopping here makes me feel guilty for shopping at Borders (3 for the price of 2) or on Amazon. Cute lazy cat. Sweet magazine section. Original, cute...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
cool local bookstore with some great author apperances and events.good variety of books, of course with the los felizian anti-bush selection.the fat skylight cat "penny" lies in the window all...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Support your independent bookstore! Even when you can't find what you're looking for....the saga of my trying to find the Christopher Hitchens "atheism chic" book is covered far and wide on Yelp, as...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Again, I am fan of independent bookstores. There's something about knowing that the owners choose the inventory and not Donald Trump (or Rupert Murdoch, etc. etc.).The selection is fabulous and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I work here periodically, so I might be biased, but I totally respect any independent/leftist bookstore that is so consumed with freedom of speech.... so consumed in fact that you can find some...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Here's Uncle Mike's Tip for Gettin' the Most Bang For Your Buck at Skylight Books:Walk in the door and make a bee-line straight to the back right corner. There you will find ye olde clearance section...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
gonna admit, i buy off amazon for the big books, because design books are expensive and hurt my student wallet. But i always come in here and pick up some mags or a zine or two. Really helpful staff...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a fan of skylight. I may not go in there to buy my "everyday" I just want a new novel, books (I'll admit it I go to borders because they have the 3-for-2 thing) but they are reliable for great...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is probably my favorite seller of new books in Los Angeles. Although they do not have as many books as a huge chainstore maybe, they make up for it by not having as much shit to wade through to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Quiet, well-stocked bookstore with a live-in cat. Lingering and reading are fine. There's even a bench if you want to lose yourself in what you're looking at.Really good readings. ALWAYS go when Davy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore has such an awesome vibe, and the staff is muchos helpful. The resident bookstore kitty is also quite personable.
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great Book store. They have a lot of books you can not find, say at Barnes and Noble. Just as good as book soup. And if they don't have something they can get it for you! Lots of great kids books as...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The biggest? The best? Who cares. Those who do readings? I'll never make it. I do regret missing Hubert Selby's last though, but we did speak a few times. The people working are readers. That says it...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love having a bookstore so close I can walk to it! Having a bookstore so close with a mascot kitty, cool clerks & nifty cards and such makes it all the better. Oh AND having a bookstore that carries...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Skylight isn't big, but they come through in the clutch. Last summer I was there and because of timing and coincidence had to have two particular books, and skylight came though on both. Plus, once...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i live for days where i have enough time to wander aimlessly through skylight, petting lucy, smiling at people, flipping through books i never knew i picked up... i feel like i'm in a small town when...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Bookstores and me are kinda like cake to a kid at fat camp. I friggen LOVE EM! And when I am tooling around hipster lane, I often try to get to my destination a little early so I can run over to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just like it because it's a bookstore that does't start with the letter "B". Instead, "Skylight"--how beautiful!Didn't buy a book this time around but next time when I do, I think I would feel as if...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Indeed, the kind of place thant makes you feel bad about ordering stuff on Amazon, as said elsewhere on this page, and for that matter, buying anything from Borders or Barnes and Noble. Friendly staff...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great readings, they order anything you want them too and they have a guard cat. Best book store in Los Feliz!
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If only it were twice as large.The kind of place that makes you feel guilty about ordering stuff from Amazon.
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great independent, local bookstore. Type of thing I didn't think could exist in L.A. Features a great little dedicated McSweeney's section, for Eggers loyalists.
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i'm with jeremy l. on this one! great place to kill an hour or three.
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i special ordered the first book in the scott pilgrim series by bryan lee o'malley (if you haven't read it yet, go now!) and i felt super guilty because i just couldn't get over there in the two weeks...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's just a short bus stop away from where I live, so it's cool to drop by. This Vermont strip has a very huge neighborhood feel to it, so everything's chill. And the bookstore reflects that....
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you don't like this bookstore, then you hate freedom. It's that simple.
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2006
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This place is AWESOME, and they have wonderful readings on site. No one rushes you, and the vibe is a very good one.
judysbook.com - user review - 08/10/2006
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Skylight is what you've come to expect from an independent bookstore, a knowledgeable staff, a great selection of magazines (though sadly no Japanese titles like Cutie), and the must for any bookstore...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome place to pick up a book of McSweeny's shorts and some Grady McFerrin notecards. Nice sales guy too!
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great selection with an in-house cat (or two?). The readings and signings are awesome, but I definitely recommend going early so you don't get stuck behind the dictionaries, straining to hear over...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2006
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This great, independent shop is a wonderful source for magazines, books, and more. A rack of self-published volumes from local poets and artists stands by the front door. Reviews written by employee...
judysbook.com - user review - 01/16/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bookstore in East L.A. Great selection of writers and subjects...and a huge array of great magazines! They have guest writers come in quite often, so check it out. The only...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2005
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Sky light books is a well arranged book store with many books on wide ranging interests from cooking to computers. You can get hard to find books that have gone out of circulation and some that are q...
judysbook.com - user review - 11/17/2005
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Skylight is a unique. Located in Los Feliz, one of the hottest little areas in Los Angeles, it has a great selection of books and a very comfortable, cozy vibe. Skylight is known for having authors re...
judysbook.com - user review - 11/17/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent independent bookstore. They are quite supportive of local writers, zines, and indie press. This is the place to go for McSweeneys books in LA. Their collection of locally-created greeting...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2005
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