The Bookworm

Very knowledgeable and helpful service. They have a great selection of books. I will definitely keep coming back to purchase more books in the near future.

I was traveling from out of town and finished the book I brought with me. I found this bookstore and thought I would try them out. Not only did they take my book I finished, which I didn’t want to carry around, but they had a great selection of books! It didn’t take me much time at all to find something to read next.
Also, the gentleman working at the store was very courteous, helpful, and friendly. I would highly recommend this store.

The workers are friendly and there are a good array of books but inside is pretty dusty and it has that old book smell. Which is fine since I love to read however I think their prices are sometimes high. Which it was only a few bucks and not $ 8 for a book. Cheap, I know but books are luxuries.

This little store is packed with books! I think they have good prices and I will definitely be going back!

Fast and friendly service. The staff (or owner maybe?) was able to instantly find what I needed. I will be checking here first the next time I need books from now on!

I went in for the first time less than a week ago. I’m not sure if it was the owner or an employe, but he was extremely helpful. I felt like he was went above and beyond helping and it seemed like he was that way with other customers.
Would definitely return to support this local business.

Great little used bookstore with friendly, knowledgable staff!

I finally got a chance to visit this wonderful store and I will be returning as often as I can. The lovely lady who owns the store is exceptionally gracious and knows her stock. She greets customers by name, and is thrilled to be of service. Santa Maria has a true gem and I ask that we all support this business as we are blessed to have it here!

I love to read. I am extraordinarily snobby about the books I read, from the content of the book to the actual copy of the book. I scoff at e-​readers and prefer old books with their yellow pages and musty smell over new books HANDS DOWN.
And just when I had written Santa Maria off as completely lame, as so many people who have grown up here and then left to somewhere else are so prone to do, I found this place and found myself coming back so often that the ADORABLE British woman who works there knew my taste in literature to a T.
The Bookworm is ridiculously precious to me. The woman who works there is even more ridiculously precious to me. She carries a wide variety of books, from recent crap that tweens would love to read, to children’s books, to collectibles, to classics, to rarer finds, to cult classic stuff, to cookbooks. Pretty much any genre you can think of, it will probably be here. My favorite section is absolutely the classical literature section. It satiates my need to feel incredibly cultured, well-​read, and erudite.
Prices are decent. Sure, you could find it cheaper on Amazon, but it feels like a crime to do so after walking in and talking to the woman who works there, who is so sweet that I want to beg her to be my grandmother.
Bring in your old books, get some other ones, and spend a bit of time here.