take a look...in a book...

i love to read! when i was a child i used to walk down to the library, check out some books, and start reading one while walking home. this is why it came as no surprise that i loved Powell's Books from the first moment i stepped through the doors. well, maybe "from the second moment" would be more accurate as the first moment was spent standing in an overwhelmed stupor as i took in the enormity of it all. Powell's Books is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. and, it is heaven on earth for this reader.


the great thing about Powell's is that it combines two of my loves...books and a great deal! i went in with a list of specific titles that i need for my book club. once i used the kiosk to locate every item on my list...i wandered from the blue room, through the gold room, onto the red room, gathering my books and taking it all in. it was definitely an experience. i could easily see myself spending hours in there. i ended up getting all of my book club books, plus two more, at a great price because they were all used. it was FABULOUS!


here are my purchases. who knew that "the princess bride" was science fiction? maybe that seem like common knowledge to most people, but it was news to me.