Oh the places I go

One of my conceited day-dreams involves someone following me around in order to experience a "day in my life." Why anyone would want to do that, I don't know, but it's something I imagine on those, the world revolves around me kind of days. I try to think of the places that I like to go, which I would show them as a window into my life. This preamble is pre-pointless.

I recently satisfied my long-carried desire to go to The Book Corner, the Free Library's used book store on 20th street, right behind the Central Library.  Since I now live around the corner, I had no excuse but to venture in. I must say, it was everything I had hoped it would be. It's actually a lot larger than it appears from the outside. There are three seperate rooms, all packed full of books. It has that great, cramped, full of hidding spots and nooks and corners book-store feel, but is also very well organized by type of book (down to details, i.e. poetry, plays, mystery, horror, biography, anthology, etc.). And, the icing on the cake is that the most you can possibly spend on a single book is $3, for hardbacks. Even anthologies and text books, if the cover is soft, cost only $2...I asked, just to be sure of this seemingly too-good-to-be-true price tag. The first time I went it was with my Alabama/the south themed reading list in hand. I found nearly everything on this, rather long, list, and ended up purchasing 10 books for $20. The second time I went I brought along my class syllabi and found only one of the assigned texts. Both trips were successes. There is certainly something to be said for a book store that keeps you guessing. She keeps you coming back for more and when she's good, she's oh, so good.

Even if you're not interested in walking a mile in my shoes, it's worthwhile to wander into this shop. April 15th and 16th is their annual booksale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. http://www.libraryfriends.info/book-corner/big-book-sale.php. I hope to be in attendance, so maybe I'll see you there. If not, remember I'm just around the corner and I'd love to see what treasures you found- and ask to borrow them.