A gloomy day, lower 70's degrees, and drizzly.
Perfect for some bookstore hunting :D
Today I sought out Half Off Books in Uptown Whittier. After driving around for about 10 minutes looking for the shop and trying to find a parking spot, someone pulled out of one right in front of the shop! I walked in, pulled off to the side out of everybody's way, closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. I probably look funny, but that's what I do when I walk into a bookstore I've never been in.
This one smelled of pledge. Probably because there was a girl to the left of me cleaning the bookshelves. Yeah, that would account for it.
The shop itself is very warehouse like. A tall ceiling, bookshelves 10ft high. The floor creaks everywhere you walk, it's like a built in burglar alarm!
H.O.B. has Open Poetry Mic Night every 2nd Wednesday of the month and they feature work from local artists. I figure it's geared to draw a younger generation with those and the pop music that they play. It's like a young soul in an old body.
I spent a lovely hour searching through the yards and yards of books and found these two beauties! Both in really good condition, the hardback being very well-bound!
$1.75
H.W. Longfellow Selected Poems includes 60 pieces of work, among which is the famous Song of Hiawatha
$7.50
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