Okay, this is awesome.
Citizens of Chelsea, Michigan - a small town between Ann Arbor and Jackson - came together and formed a human chain to help Serendipity Books move each and every one of their 9,100 books to a new location 200 steps down the road.
'It was a practical way to move the books, but it also was a way for everybody to have a part,' Michelle Tuplin, the store's owner, said. 'As people passed the books along, they said "I have not read this" and "that's a good one".'
Tuplin said the endeavour took just under two hours - much shorter than hiring a moving company to box and unbox the thousands of titles. The brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order.
As a book nerd, I can't help but love this. And it's like the ultimate promotion for your store, too. Like, Sally, who lives over on Elm Street (I made her up), probably saw several books on her list when she was participating in this human chain. Undoubtedly, she'll be visiting Serendipity when they open in two weeks to pick up at least one of those titles.
Man, you just love to see people coming together in a small community like Chelsea and getting things accomplished. This is the kind of wholesome content I needed today.
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