I Love You So Much Books has opened in Richmond, Va., CBS 6 reported.
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Located at 119 W. Brookland Park Blvd., the bookstore carries new and used titles, along with used CDs, vinyl records, and DVDs. Owner Mariela Gavino held a soft opening party for the store on Valentine's Day, followed by a grand opening market on Saturday, February 15, that featured music, a tattoo pop-up, and coffee.
Gavino spent about six months getting I Love You So Much Books ready to open, and she told CBS 6 that "it's been a dream to open a bookstore since I was a kid. I just thought about doing book pop-ups. There wasn't really a person or people doing that around here before, so I thought I would try fitting into that niche."
She hopes I Love You So Much Books will become a gathering place for the community, and her event plans include poetry nights and other activities. Gavino identified her store as part of a "big wave" of new businesses coming to Richmond, and she wants to "introduce a place where people could stay and also experience other shops in the neighborhood that they may not have thought about visiting if they were just passing by."