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January 2026 Literary Road Trip Box: South Dakota
There’s no better way to start a new year than with a good book and a little sense of adventure—and our January box delivered both. This month, we packed our bags (and boxes!) and headed to the 40th state in the Union: South Dakota. South Dakota is full of fascinating surprises. It’s where Sue, the most complete T-Rex fossil ever discovered, was found. It’s home to the wonderfully quirky Corn Palace, and it played a role in innovations like the Cyclotron particle accelerator
Karen Germain
Jan 112 min read


August 2025 Literary Road Trip Box: Georgia (25th Box!!!)
We’ve reached our 25 th box in the Literary Road Trip series! Our August box takes us to the birthplace of writers Alice Walker,...
Karen Germain
Aug 7, 20252 min read


Book Boxes for the Holidays
It's hard to believe that the holiday shopping season has already begun. The bookstore where I work is fully decorated for the winter...
Karen Germain
Nov 13, 20242 min read


Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Vermont Book Shop
Located in the college town of Middlebury, The Vermont Books Shop has been operating since 1949. The Vermont Book Shop is the indie...
Karen Germain
Oct 22, 20242 min read


August Box Book: Rachel Beanland's Florence Adler Swims Forever
Stakes were high when creating the first Literary Road Trip Box. I didn't start Books Inside Boxes with an established customer base, and...
Karen Germain
Aug 21, 20232 min read


New Themed Book Boxes
Highlighting independent bookstores was the key idea and the starting point from which Books Inside Boxes was founded. We cannot...
Karen Germain
Aug 16, 20231 min read
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