the wonders of book stores.

So yesterday, and the day before that, I had the opportunity of visiting book stores. There are a few types of them in this world. there are the ones that, of course, smell like new books and paper. That would be your average book store, with average books, and more often times than not, they usually have a shelf or two for the Twilight series; and then a section or two for vampire fancies that suddenly all came out right after Twilight became popular. I don't usually like these kinds of book stores, but I'm always willing to give them a chance.

Then you have your coffee book stores. On the plus side, they smell good, and it seems easier to roam through the shelves for longer periods of time. These usually contain classics, murder mysteries, and romance novels. Once again, you get your new book smell, but not as strong as the coffee. These seem to be more appealing to me, probably because of the particular crowd that accumulates there; the content, laid back, philosophical, book searchers.

However, if your on the search for a true gold mine, book wise, personally, the oldies are the way to go. By oldies, I mean the out of print and the antique. These stores could be very small, or very large. They could be very organized, or beautifully unorganized. I personally love the unorganized, because it just makes the trip that much more of an adventure. However, these are the stores where you'll find some of the greatest stories ever written. You may also come across the worst stories ever written, but we don't talk about those.

In the end though, you'll want to remember one important thing. Go into the book store looking for something specific, but nothing in particular. As another rule of thumb, plan on being there at least fifteen minutes more than you think you'll want too. And last but not least, go with a buddy, because you never know what kinds of creepers work at a book store with really tall shelves.