I do.

I love London and Groningen. I severely dislike Paris cuz of it.

You know, I've yet to find a really great indie bookstore in Mpls. I'm sure they exist, and it's weird that I don't know. But I can't think of any off the top of my head.
But it's true that I am constantly going to great bookstores when I travel...

I always look for good bookstores too. We have some really good ones here.

HamsterHuey said:

Shakespeare & Co. in the 6th is an amazing bookstore.

CarrieMpls said:

Amsterdam has loads of antique book stores I love to browse.
Groningen is bookstore Heaven.
London. Big ones,small ones; purrrr

i have a great indie bookstore in my neighborhood, unabridged books. i've been buying most of my books there since i moved to chicago. i also go to chicago comics for 'zines and books that are a little too oddball for unabridged. we also have borders and barnes & noble, but whoop de doo.

I judge a city by it's malls.

Anx said:

I was in a barnes n noble once!!!!!

Stax said:

But that is just ONE... the rest is all

Even though I slightly love WH Smith on the Tulleries as well, as I used to buy a book, then read it in the garden, basking whenever the sun was out in early spring or late autumn.

Anx said:

have you made any friends in bookstores?

CarrieMpls said:

amazon bookstore, query (r.i.p.--they closed up earlier this month ), magers & quinn...there's probably a couple more, i gotta think.

omg the waterstone in london, 3 levels, stacked!

by the time i got to level 2 i was like

"can someone please defib me?"



i still have dreams about that store sometimes

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Magers & Quinn is good, but I'm sometimes a snob in that I don't really like used books. I like new books. I like the heavy paper, I like hardbacks, I like the smell of them.
Used bookstores rarely have as nice a selection as a good indie store as well. I'll haveta check out amazon. And there's a couple good ones in St Paul, now that I think about it, but who goes to St Paul?

CarrieMpls said:

st. paul, ewww!

it's just weird, there aren't very many indie bookstores here in mpls...there's more chain bookstores than anything. i get sick of having to go to borders or barnes & noble for stuff, it gets boring. shinders doesn't have a big enough selection (the shinders by my house, anyway...haven't been to the other locations).

BlackAdder7 said:

we have those kinds of bookstores in my neighborhood too, but i don't go there. the floors are too sticky.

CarrieMpls said:

Next time you're in Seattle we'll do a bookstore tour. We have TONS of great ones.

Gawd, I would so love to ditch school today and go to bookstores. . .

Anx said:

and they smell funny too, i bet.

you'd probably hate hastings. though we do have a little used book store that has a few interesting finds..... but there's a whole stinking section for romance novels.



not that i've ever looked there.....

This thread reminds me of the time we were supposed to wear the team colors of who we were routing for in the superbowl to school, but my mom didn't know what teams were in it.

fantasyislander said:

i know you've been in that section at least once, flipping through a couple books just to see the parts with trashy love scenes.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

But in a weird attractive way.

I wear boots to such places. So it doesn't matter when it gets sticky.

HamsterHuey said:

ewww...the smell of bleach and old jizz is attractive?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

fantasyislander said:

HamsterHuey said:

Do you read french? If not, then I can see why you're not getting much out of Parisian book stores. It's all about knowing the local language in order to get access to the gems; the rest are just books with enough mass market appeal to warrant a translation.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

well, what can i tell you - people wear white diamonds and it always brings them luck.
[Edited 2/26/07 8:00am]

Anx said:

o lawd.

I always judge a city by its comic book stores. Copenhagen only has a couple of good ones and no good one for back issues, so I buy my new comics in the local store, but order my backissues from Mile High Comics in Denver, Colorado.

CarrieMpls said:

One word....Stillwater

scififilmnerd said:

nowadays that's the only kinda bookstore i frequent...comic book stores. i haven't been to my two usual haunts (big brain and dreamhaven) lately...i'm overdue.