This week in the Book section, I visit Pilot Books, a month-old bookstore on Broadway. Everything about this bookstore is charming, including its owner, Summer Robinson:

Pilot is a space for people who love the idea and art of books. One wall displays a collection of books faced out, like works of art; many of those books have insert cards with one or two words (such as "sharp" and "yes yes") printed on them as a recommendation. Spending time in Pilot Books (especially the upstairs lending library, which is quiet and dim and lined with comfy reading chairs) feels like hiding out in a super-cool literary tree fort, and Robinson is funny and candid enough to make visitors want to join her writerly club.

I also love following the Pilot Books blog. This is what I hope is the first in a new weekly feature, in which Robinson reports on interesting new books that have arrived at the store this week:

Low brow is the new high art: The Jook, by Gary Phillips and I-5, by Summer Brenner. (PM Press, 2009) Crime, suspense, sleeze! Who you callin’ book snob?

The newest of the new: What Do You Want?, by Marina Temkina. (Ugly Duckling, 2009) Still trying to figure this one out… In a good way.

I hope you'll check out the book section, Pilot Books' blog, and Pilot Books itself this weekend.