bookstores
Today I went on an expedition in search of a book. I decided to wander down to Chapters because I had nothing better to do with my Saturday. It was a fantastic day out, and I didn't want to waste it sitting around inside.
Chapters didn't have the book I wanted, and since they disagreed with me on how high the temperature needs to go before you really should turn the air conditioner on, I didn't stick around. I had a thought, then, that I'd have better luck at Words Worth downtown.
I haven't been to Uptown Waterloo (as it's called) in months. I used to go down there about once every couple weeks, but that was when I lived a 15 minute's walk away. It's a bit farther now. I didn't like Words Worth when I first encountered it in my freshman year. It struck me as some crazy, new age feminist propaganda vehicle. I don't think they' ve significantly changed their format since. It's more that I'm simply not nearly as frightened by "new age" or " feminist" as I was (ye gods) seven years ago. Now Words Worth is probably my favourite bookstore in the area. It's considerably smaller than Greenley's back home and has a much narrower selection, but it's nice to find a place where books on the shelves are there by virtue of quality. And I love the little post-it note mini-reviews stuck on books. Every time I've been adventurous enough to pull a near-random book off the shelf, I haven't been disappointed. This is, after all, how I found Connie Willis.
Sure enough, they did have two of the Aunt Dimity books I was looking for. This series seems to have all the "light" and "fun" and "modern" elements of my current ideal mystery series. I picked up Aunt Dimity's Good Deed. I'll let you know how it goes.
I was surprised to find that Waterloo now has a used bookstore! It's about time. They're currently building up stock, but you should give Old Goat Books a try, if you happen ot be in the area. Like the best used book stores, it's in a great old century home and the floors creek when you walk around. Wonderful!