If you are a 40-ish lifelong resident of the SouthCoast with a love for reading, there is a chance your love started at Annie’s Book Stop.
Back in the early ’80s, Shirley and Dave Peterson franchised out the popular new and used bookstore Annie’s and opened a location in the JB Byrider plaza off Route 6 in Dartmouth. There were shelves upon shelves of new and used books and many of my peers frequented the store to buy the cult-classic
Babysitters Club books and Super Specials. Back then, reading the newest book was the cool thing to do; a mark of being hip and with it. Paperback books were 25 cents and you got a free Annie’s bookmark to go with it.