Christmas Books

[Barman]

Ahem...

http://www.alibris.com/

 

And the advantage of that over the one ordered from Amazon?

Given that I have a one click account with Amazon and that Borders have several branches well under an hour's drive from either Nick or me where we can browse among real books, handle real books and read bits of real books before spending our tokens.

Oi! Don’t get all shirty… ‘tis just a good place to find second-hand books and I’ve bought a number there that were not available on Amazon. 

Apology accepted. 

[Snoopy]

Ahem...

http://www.alibris.com/

 

And the advantage of that over the one ordered from Amazon?

Given that I have a one click account with Amazon and that Borders have several branches well under an hour's drive from either Nick or me where we can browse among real books, handle real books and read bits of real books before spending our tokens.

Oi! Don’t get all shirty… ‘tis just a good place to find second-hand books and I’ve bought a number there that were not available on Amazon. 

Apology accepted. 

Sorry wasn't being shirty ... Beagles don't wear shirts ~ not like those softy Yorkshire Terriers

[Nick]

I can recommend Anthony Burgess's Little Wilson and Big God. A cracking read!!

[Snoopy]

Decided that Harold Nicholson could be the bedside book so have been reading "The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett" by Richard Ingrams. Very good indeed but again only to lovers of British history, politics and biographies.

[TG]

I went in here when we arrived in Cromford this morning.

http://www.scarthinserver.co.uk/

Nick/Snoops you would love it. Like the Tardis. Rack after rack of books in a convoluted maze of tiny aisles. I actually lost Mrs TG for a few minutes in a space not much larger than a big front room.

I'm going back tomorrow.

 

[Snoopy]

I went in here when we arrived in Cromford this morning.

http://www.scarthinserver.co.uk/

Nick/Snoops you would love it. Like the Tardis. Rack after rack of books in a convoluted maze of tiny aisles. I actually lost Mrs TG for a few minutes in a space not much larger than a big front room.

I'm going back tomorrow.

 

To find her? 

[Snoopy]

Hey! That looks good ~ and not too far from here ~ thanks!

[Barman]

I went in here when we arrived in Cromford this morning.

http://www.scarthinserver.co.uk/

Nick/Snoops you would love it. Like the Tardis. Rack after rack of books in a convoluted maze of tiny aisles. I actually lost Mrs TG for a few minutes in a space not much larger than a big front room.

I'm going back tomorrow.

 

To find her? 

[Nick]

I went in here when we arrived in Cromford this morning.

http://www.scarthinserver.co.uk/

Nick/Snoops you would love it. Like the Tardis. Rack after rack of books in a convoluted maze of tiny aisles. I actually lost Mrs TG for a few minutes in a space not much larger than a big front room.

I'm going back tomorrow.

 

And don't forget the sale at Brocklehurst's of Bakewell. Have a tart for me while you are there n'all

[TG]

Hey! That looks good ~ and not too far from here ~ thanks!

I went back today, but it was closed until midday. However, outside the door is a couple of bookshelves with perhaps 100 second hand books accompanied by a notice saying basically "take what you want and put money through letter box" 

I don't know about you lot but where I come from that would have lasted about 5 minutes before the books would have been scattered and the shelves unscrewed from the wall and gone.

[Barman]

Hey! That looks good ~ and not too far from here ~ thanks!

I went back today, but it was closed until midday. However, outside the door is a couple of bookshelves with perhaps 100 second hand books accompanied by a notice saying basically "take what you want and put money through letter box" 

I don't know about you lot but where I come from that would have lasted about 5 minutes before the books would have been scattered and the shelves unscrewed from the wall and gone.

So what have you done with the shelves? 

[Nick]

Firewood, thereabouts

[Bar Wench]

Have any of you ever been to Hay on Wye? I can thoroughly recomend that all book lovers visit. Amazing place.

[Nick]

Yes. Far too many bookshops

[Bar Wench]

It was rather an overabundance of choice. There were a couple of good tat shops and an extrememly good fudge emporium though.