Well, the fabled bookstore did open as scheduled. Sigh. Not a single book on anything related to yarn. No knitting, no crochet. What few craft books there were, were nicely wrapped in plastic to discourage greedy browsers, probably, from getting their dirty noses into them.
Lots of Guides to Organic Chemistry, and Management though, and almost an entire floor taken up with tacky "gift items" for sale. What can I say, we are very studious and like storing our memories in garish photo frames flanked by artificial flowers that hurt your eyes to look at, which are anyway bespectacled because of hours spent poring over the aforementioned Guides.
As a consolation, I bought myself A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Oh, and they didn't have sofas and chairs to sit on, either.
Hey, I just discovered Bryson has a new book coming out in October. Yippee.
Question: Why does none of the websites have the cover for A Walk that my copy does? Strange.
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June 22, 2006 at 7:53 am
topperarnold
I love Bill Bryson! Have you read “I”m a Stranger Here Myself?”
June 22, 2006 at 9:28 am
desiknitter
It’s the Barnes & Noble and Borders model of having everything from keychains to cups to teddybears in a bookstore. Drives me nuts! I feel your pain. Which store is it? Crossword? I was still happy when a Crossword opened in Pune because it was better than the counter type textbook heavy stores.
June 23, 2006 at 6:28 pm
yasminiajaz
Out here ( in UAE) too we have some good bookstores and they too carry all the various things and the collection of books isnt good enough either and way too expensive. But they do have nice browsing area with leather couches for adults and children’s separate reading area( my little boy just loves to spent time there reading, basically looking through books – he’s started kindergarten recently and yet has to learn reading! ). I have to check out this book …maybe later this evening.