Book●ed fans living in or traveling to Miami have a great place to enjoy novels and noshes. Books & Books, which had its flagship Coral Gables store named Publishers Weekly Bookstore of 2015, has locations throughout the Sunshine State, on Long Island in New York and in the Cayman Islands. Already an innovator in the industry with a publishing arm and film production company, Books & Books added a gastronomic element to the Miami location where patrons can enjoy a full-service healthy menu created by a James Beard award-winning chef. The café features live music and offers cocktails with literary themes. Kudos to owner Mitchell Kaplan and an invitation to contact me when he’s ready to open a Chicagoland branch!

If you’re traveling to Tokyo, there’s a neat hostel waiting for you. It’s called Book and Bed and it’s a real bargain, starting at $28 a night. You’ll have to forego luxury as you’ll be sleeping in one of the 12 tiny “bed pods” with only a curtain for privacy and you’ll be sharing a bathroom – but the pods are built into bookshelves containing 1,700 Japanese and English books, all available to feed your need to read.