The Twig Book Shop

I love local businesses. I love book stores. I really love local bookstores but I’m feeling really sour about my trip here today. I brought my visiting parents in to the shop today and my dad found some of his favorite notebooks for sale. Two notebooks, exactly the same, were marked with different prices. One said $ 15.25 and one said $ 16.75. I told my dad to mention the discrepancy while at the counter. He instead kept quiet and decided not to fuss about the $ 1.50.
However, when I handed my dad his purchases later, I noticed the receipt. The salesperson rang both items and rather than honoring the better price, simply removed the lower priced tag of one notebook and charged him $ 16.75 for both. The price point isn’t the issue here. It’s simply the principal of the matter. The lower price for the same product should have been honored. Rather than honor the price, however, my family was rather sneakily over charged for the items.
I can’t continue to support this book shop.

A wonderful local bookstore. It’s a throwback before big box stores took over major cities. The staff is friendly and there are plenty events going on each month for readers of any genre. The children events are always cool with special characters and story time.

Yay for a local bookstore in San Antonio that is charming, easy to get to, offers local artists handcrafts, and is a place where you can genuinely feel comfortable and cozy at as soon as you walk through the front door.
I love the attention to the details in The Twig Book Shop. I was so delighted to see small tables and cushioned chairs to sit in near windows and in the nooks and crannies of the bookstore. It added such innocent charm and invited you to just plop down and open a book or three as you are here. Tiny and large handwritten signs popped out at you, especially in the greeting card area, as you waltzed around the store letting you know what local artist (s) have their handcraft goods here and there. It was almost like I was watching a Pop Up Video facts as I browsed! So genius whoever thought of this as it brings exposure to the area customers pass by and attention to the local artistry that cannot and should not be overseen.
This is also an independent bookstore too which made me grin from ear to ear when I read that! I could spend HOURS and HOURS here if they let me (and they might… I didn’t try my luck out this past weekend when I discovered it).
Please support this bookstore and come to the events that they host here. There needs to be more gems like The Twig Book Shop in San Antonio to remind us all that books, writing, art, and local support will never die if we keep investing and supporting our community as a whole.

I love the twig book shop. They have all sorts of books even current best sellers! They have cute little knick knacks (did I spell that right?) cards, games and a great children’s book section. It is right next to Bakery Lorraine in the Pearl brewery. If you love to visit local bookstores I highly recommend.

Newer and larger location of my favorite local bookstore! Large selection of adult nonfiction, teen, and children’s books with additional clearance, seasonal, and stationary sections. Children’s section has toys, gift items, puzzles and games, in addition to a solid picture book selection. Love the discount racks and tables, which highlight books I otherwise might not have picked up. Along the shelves are also blurbs detailing staff picks and award-​winning titles, nice personal touch.

It’s always great to see local businesses, especially book stores! They really support local authors, and local topics!
I really enjoy the cooking and beer sections of this place.
The staff is always friendly, and the prices are rather good!
I love the fact that they’re always having authors come and do a reading, or a talk about their books here. It’s such a fun, local place!
They are open longer hours than I would expect from a book store, and they don’t mind if you come in and peruse the books and read and read!
They have all kinds of fun displays to get you interested in the latest novel or cookbook. There’s also all kinds of great books for little ones, with fun displays!
The store is quite well lit, attractively decorated, and very safe.
The best time to visit is Saturday mornings, when there’s the farmer’s market going on. You can get a cup of joe at the booth down the way, and just chill out and read a book!
Love this place!

The Twig combines two of my favorite things: shopping local and glorious, glorious books. I’ve gifted my copy of Americanah, and after cajoling my book club into reading it because it’s fantastic, I realized I needed a copy of it to reread. After lunch one day at the Pearl, I spent some time perusing the stacks.
It’s a small store, but the collection is well-​curated. For teens (or lovers of teen drama), there’s a great YA section. The children’s section has great variety of books you won’t be embarrassed to give your friends’ kids. I’m that person kids always hate at birthday parties because I always give books instead of whatever toy they wanted. Trust me, the book will mean more in the future.
My book was right on the front table, demonstrating that they have taste just as good as mine. I saw some others I’d been wanting to read, and some I hadn’t seen before. There’s small gifts for book lovers. Ask for help, and one of the super helpful book loving employees will hook you up, in a nice, friendly manner.
Make sure you sign up for their calendar because they feature a lot of in store events like book readings and signings.

A very nice independent bookstore, very friendly and helpful staff. A great selection of books, for kids and adults and everyone in between. Hours of browsing enjoyment to find that book you just have to get.