See what a retail business he deals with Highland Road from Superior Grill at Baton Rouge – Advocate

In April, Jamie Freeman will open the doors for his TBR bookstore at 7276 Highland Road, Baton Rouge. TBR means the abbreviation that must be read, which is commonly used among reviewers and influential books. The bookstore will also include tea, coffee and cookies.

Freeman, the only owner of the store, is an insatiable reader who does not find more joy than “putting the right book in the right hands.”

“There is nothing like recommending a book and that this person is back to love it,” Freeman said.

The possession of a bookstore has been a long -standing goal for Freeman, who attended the winter institutes of the American Books Association of Books Association, preparing to become a book seller.

She also hosts a podcast “Ink, drinking”, with her friend Marisa Coulon, on whom they discuss books and drink tea. She has been in a podcast for a while until TBR Bookshop works and works.

Last year, Freeman decided that there was no time like the present to realize his dream of owning a bookstore. She took a step back from her full -time work as a consultant for non -profit organizations, commercial and professional organizations to work part -time.

In October, Freeman found the perfect place for his bookstore in the former Poise ‘N Ivy boutique building with 2500 square feet for retail trade, against Superior Grill and adjacent to Baton Rouge Sucfeulent Co.

She has signed on the floor plan and construction and this month will make her first book order.

Freeman plans to offer all the genres, including a very sweet section for children’s books. She will also have a barista area who will serve tea, coffee and cookies, because “nothing goes better with books than a cup of tea,” she said.

TBR BookShop is a family venture when it comes to all different parts of starting a business. Freeman’s father offered guidance on business and permits, and her mother provided her design assistance. The younger members of the Freeman family also joined the bookstore planning.

“I told my niece, 4 years old and a nephew at 9, that I would have to help me find out which books to put in the Children’s section,” Friedman said, “and they both gave me lists of books that I ask me to Stock S