Musing Mondays (March 23)

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about bookstores…

How many bookstores do you frequent? Do you have a favourite? If so, which one and what makes it so?

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks.


I have a couple bookstores that I go to in our local shopping complex - an Angus and Robertson and a Dymocks. I'll usually pop into whichever one I'm closest to while I'm out shopping (and sometimes I'll go to both) but I would have to say that I have a preference for Dymocks.
Dymocks has, in my opinion, a slightly bigger collection - owing, no doubt to the larger store. They also have a VIP member point system as well as layby options ... all of which are equally dangerous and exciting to an obsessive reader.
While Dymock is my favourite RL store, Fishpond.com would have to be my number one stop when I'm looking for something. I'm a self-confessed internet junkie and the homebody in me loves internet shopping. When you combine that with books... well, as I mentioned, things like this can be dangerous.

42 comments :

Anonymous said...

Wow. I'm first. lol. I just posted mine here:
http://bibliophile23.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/favorite-place-to-buy-books/

Anonymous said...

I love my local indies.
My answer is up for this week. :)

Brooke from The Bluestocking Guide said...

Here's mine

Musing

Melody said...

Here's mine. :)

Happy Monday, everyone!

wendy elizabeth said...

I can't walk past any bookshop but I do have ...favourites

Nise' said...

My musing is here.

Kim said...

I wish we had some local indies around here, but we don't. :(
Mine is up:
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-bookstores.html

Ladytink_534 said...

Don't believe I've ever heard of those stores!

Here's my musing

Anonymous said...

I posted my answer here: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/musing-monday-march-23/

Anonymous said...

I'll echo what Kim said.

http://arieldalloway.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-monday-bookstores/

Anonymous said...

Do you live in Australia, Rebecca?

Anyway, mine's up.

Here

KyleeJ said...

Here is my post.

http://kylees2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-3-23-09.html

caite said...

The sad, sad state of my bookstores {{awwww}}... but HERE is my post this week.

Cathy said...

Here is my post for this week!

Anonymous said...

My post is up [here].

~MizB

Beth F said...

I swear I posted my answer, but it's not showing up. Grrr. My answer is up here.

Steph said...

Good Morning!

http://steph3891.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_23.html

Anonymous said...

I just posted my comment about bookstores here.

http://ilovelovebooks.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Mine's up here.

Anonymous said...

I'm all about my Borders!

I'm up here! Happy Monday :)

gautami tripathy said...

Great question!

Here is what I wrote

Anonymous said...

Here's my answer!

Anonymous said...

You can read about my favorite book haunts at http://planetbooks.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/monday-musings-march-23rd-2009/

kayerj said...

great musings today, my musings are at

http://ladygaladrielkj.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-musings-shopping-for-books.html

Unknown said...

Here's my link:
My Muse and Me

tanabata said...

Here's mine.
Answering this has made me want to go book browsing!

Darlene said...

Mine's up here:

http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-march-23.html

zetor said...

Mine is here, http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_23.html

Lisa (Southern Girl Reads) said...

I completely forgot to come back and post my link!! LOL Anyway, here it is:

http://southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-monday-bookstores.html

Kristi said...

Mine is here.

Susan said...

Here's my answer

Anonymous said...

Mine Is Up:
http://thesocialfrog.com/?p=1569

Anonymous said...

Here's my musing.

Jenny Girl said...

Lucky you with two stores to choose from. Here is my musing:
http://jennylovestoread.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-monday-march-23.html

Anonymous said...

Mine's up.
http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-monday-9/

Anonymous said...

Happy Monday everyone!

Here's mine: http://nanscorner.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-mondays-march-23/

Marie Cloutier said...

Here's mine! Happy Monday! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/03/todays-musing-mondays-post-is-about.html

Debbie said...

What a fun question...
here is my post...
http://ffbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays.html

Anonymous said...

Got mine up http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/03/23/musing-mondays-favorite-bookstores/

Molly said...

better late than never....
http://mycozybooknook.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-mail-and-musings.html

Desert Rose said...

I'm here ... *huffing and puffing*

Ok I know I'm late but at last I made it :)

http://desertrosebooklogue.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-6.html

The Book Resort said...

Catching up...
http://thebookresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_9104.html