If a great big used book store doesn’t get your blood pumping, better check for a pulse. (1/5 of a Chico, CA used book store)
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If a great big used book store doesn’t get your blood pumping, better check for a pulse. (1/5 of a Chico, CA used book store)
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118 Main Street (downtown next to Kona’s). Amusingly, the place is only called “The Bookstore” and they have no computer or database or even a computerized cash register — just an old manual keypunch adding machine.
Also no website or even (as far as I could tell) an ability to accept credit cards.
Every time I end up in Chico I give it a visit, and I’ve been doing so for a long, long time. Squeaky wood floors and the sweet smell of books…
That reminds me of The Bookery in Placerville, also complete with squeaky wood floors and a big ol’ mellow dog mascot. And great staff. Provide a topic or author and they’ll lead you to loaded shelves. Then there are the “hidden rooms” off to the sides with even *more* books.
Patrick recently posted..it boils down to confidence in the little things
Makes me think of a quote I just read, “Bookstores exist so you can stumble over yourself” ~ Ray Bradbury
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I love ebooks and my ereader (I seem to get more read), but there’s nothing like browsing a good used bookstore, where you never know what you’re going to “stumble over,” but what you do find is liable to be reasonably priced…
I spend hours in second hand bookstores here in Toronto. We’ve got quite a few good ones. The ?problem? is, because the books are so cheap I tend to buy ones that I never would otherwise! I’ve got a bookshelf full of books I’ve never even cracked. Overwhelm alert!
You almost say that like it’s a bad thing…
haha that is sooo true I adore used book stors especially big ones and hopefully I’ll own my own one day