This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Portland chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.
“A room without books is like a body without a soul” – Marcus Cicero
One of my favorite ways to spend a weekend afternoon is browsing among the many bookshelves of Powell’s City of Books, which occupies an entire city block in downtown Portland, on Burnside and Couch Street between 10th and 11th Avenue.