The BookBox Utah is a mobile book shop, set up at a Lehi outlet mall and likely to move around this summer.
The next day, they went out and bought a trailer to carry their dream project. They spent the summer flipping it, with help from their husbands and their kids. The greenery and sign, and the slat walls behind the tiny checkout stand, “was all from our imaginations. Drawing and measuring and buying supplies at Home Depot,” Rose said. “We just made it something we would want to shop at.”
Both sisters say they enjoy thrillers, romance and fantasy. Their February bestseller was Lauren Roberts’ young-adult fantasy “Powerless.” Other popular titles on the shelves include works by such authors as Rebecca Yarros, Sarah J. Maas, Rachel Gillig and Hannah Grace.“A lot of it is books we’ve read, want to read, or that our employees have read or want to read,” Rose said, adding that they also take customer requests into consideration.
“These are the people that have had babies and are raising their kids, but now we’re finding time to do what they love, which is a lot of times …” Rose said.Rose and Dixon had their grand opening for The BookBox on Labor Day weekend. “When we first opened, we were just popping up, doing markets and parking lots like Lowe’s and Smith’s,"Dixon said. They’ve also parked at conferences.