Bookstores

[Valarya]

These are beautiful, but I must say that what I find most beautiful is a well-stocked used bookstore.

Oh I couldn't agree more!!

We have one of the best used bookstores in a little village-type area close to downtown. It's called Bookman/Bookwoman. The owner is a HUGE fan of fantasy/sci-fi so there's an entire extra room dedicated just to those genres. The shelves are over-flowing and it's... well, it's just majestic. Lol

[fool-ish]

I ventured into a wonderful used book store last time I visited Whitby. A relatively small space cram-packed with books right up to the ceiling. Heavenly!

[o0Ampy0o]

I think the title could have been chosen better. I liked a few, #1 was my favorite. A few are beautiful but most are just different approaches with some coming close to school libraries (yawn). As long as they are well-organized I tend to ignore aesthetics in a bookstore and focus on the trees of that forest.

I used to love routinely browsing through bookstores but it lost its appeal after doing it so much when I was drifting around for a couple of years after some dramatic life changes.

Now I am 95% pragmatic about finding new material.....with the other 5% I'll casually stumble onto something during a conversation. Usually I use online tools or directly approach people who I think might have something interesting to share.

['thul]

what they have available and how easy it is to find is most important indeed. But a nice layout doesn't hurt.