Adventures in Librarianing: Musing Mondays (March 23)

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/; 23 March 2009 at 08:37
Anonymous said...: I love my local indies.
My answer is up for this week. :); 23 March 2009 at 09:36
Brooke from The Bluestocking Guide said...: Here's mine

Musing; 23 March 2009 at 11:27
Melody said...: Here's mine. :)

Happy Monday, everyone!; 23 March 2009 at 11:27
wendy elizabeth said...: I can't walk past any bookshop but I do have ...favourites; 23 March 2009 at 13:20
Nise' said...: My musing is here.; 23 March 2009 at 13:34
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; 23 March 2009 at 15:53
Ladytink_534 said...: Don't believe I've ever heard of those stores!

Here's my musing; 23 March 2009 at 16:05
Anonymous said...: I posted my answer here: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/musing-monday-march-23/; 23 March 2009 at 16:13
Anonymous said...: I'll echo what Kim said.

http://arieldalloway.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-monday-bookstores/; 23 March 2009 at 17:47
Anonymous said...: Do you live in Australia, Rebecca?

Anyway, mine's up.

Here; 23 March 2009 at 21:44
KyleeJ said...: Here is my post.

http://kylees2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-3-23-09.html; 23 March 2009 at 22:29
caite said...: The sad, sad state of my bookstores {{awwww}}... but HERE is my post this week.; 23 March 2009 at 22:36
Cathy said...: Here is my post for this week!; 23 March 2009 at 23:00
Anonymous said...: My post is up [here].

~MizB; 23 March 2009 at 23:15
Beth F said...: I swear I posted my answer, but it's not showing up. Grrr. My answer is up here.; 23 March 2009 at 23:21
Steph said...: Good Morning!

http://steph3891.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_23.html; 23 March 2009 at 23:23
Anonymous said...: I just posted my comment about bookstores here.

http://ilovelovebooks.blogspot.com; 23 March 2009 at 23:41
Anonymous said...: Mine's up here.; 24 March 2009 at 00:04
Anonymous said...: I'm all about my Borders!

I'm up here! Happy Monday :); 24 March 2009 at 00:25
gautami tripathy said...: Great question!

Here is what I wrote; 24 March 2009 at 00:28
Anonymous said...: Here's my answer!; 24 March 2009 at 00:52
Anonymous said...: You can read about my favorite book haunts at http://planetbooks.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/monday-musings-march-23rd-2009/; 24 March 2009 at 01:06
kayerj said...: great musings today, my musings are at

http://ladygaladrielkj.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-musings-shopping-for-books.html; 24 March 2009 at 01:23
Unknown said...: Here's my link:
My Muse and Me; 24 March 2009 at 01:24
tanabata said...: Here's mine.
Answering this has made me want to go book browsing!; 24 March 2009 at 01:59
Darlene said...: Mine's up here:

http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays-march-23.html; 24 March 2009 at 02:09
zetor said...: Mine is here, http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_23.html; 24 March 2009 at 02:28
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; 24 March 2009 at 04:19
Kristi said...: Mine is here.; 24 March 2009 at 04:54
Susan said...: Here's my answer; 24 March 2009 at 05:11
Anonymous said...: Mine Is Up:
http://thesocialfrog.com/?p=1569; 24 March 2009 at 05:37
Anonymous said...: Here's my musing.; 24 March 2009 at 05:48
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; 24 March 2009 at 06:48
Anonymous said...: Mine's up.
http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-monday-9/; 24 March 2009 at 08:00
Anonymous said...: Happy Monday everyone!

Here's mine: http://nanscorner.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/musing-mondays-march-23/; 24 March 2009 at 08:17
Marie Cloutier said...: Here's mine! Happy Monday! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/03/todays-musing-mondays-post-is-about.html; 24 March 2009 at 09:11
Debbie said...: What a fun question...
here is my post...
http://ffbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays.html; 24 March 2009 at 09:41
Anonymous said...: Got mine up http://www.morbid-romantic.net/2009/03/23/musing-mondays-favorite-bookstores/; 24 March 2009 at 13:25
Molly said...: better late than never....
http://mycozybooknook.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-mail-and-musings.html; 24 March 2009 at 14:34
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; 25 March 2009 at 19:39
The Book Resort said...: Catching up...
http://thebookresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/musing-mondays_9104.html; 1 April 2009 at 13:04

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