Boobooks
I love secondhand bookstores. The atmosphere of a used book shop is special. Some shops can get neglected or stock any old rubbish. But the good ones have quality authors on a vast range of topics. They have mountains of books, and have an eccentric Never Ending Story bookshop quality to them.
Boobooks, Armidale is a secondhand bookshop in this ilk. They have 5 rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs, packed with books. It is well organised with a range of books from fiction to history to gardening to childrens to whatever. There will be something there that will catch your interest. The fun is finding it.
I have certain shelves I go to, each time I visit. First left and in the second room is the comedy section. I look here for rare Footrot Flats. Next is on to the SciFi/ Fantasy. Here I look for favourite authors or take a leap with something new and appealing.
Today after my normal haunts I headed upstairs. They have a lot of vinyl records here, the only place I have seen them in Armidale. I looked through the history section and found a Robert Hughes - Culture of Complaint for $8. Should be good, although I think my brain will read it in his pompous/intellectual voice from his documentaries.
Anyway, another fun outing to Boobooks in Armidale.
What have you found lately in a secondhand bookstore?
Essential Info
Boobooks
107 Faulkner Street
Armidale NSW 2350
Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm
Sat: 9am - 12pm
Sun: Closed
Comments
It was my first visit to Armidale. It was a business trip for my wife, and I went with her to see a new part of Australia. The city is gorgeous, but part of its beauty is how nice, warm and welcoming its people are. Nothing showed me this more than my experience in BooBooks. I was after some architecture-related books. The young lady who runs the place was so helpful finding books that suited me, then when she knew I wasn't a local, she went out of her way to suggest places for me to visit, she gave me a map, even called her husband to get exact directions... all that with a warm welcoming smile and a kind heart. It really made me feel at home.
"Boo Books" Just finished work. Night shift pleasantly tired, but awake I paid a visit to the pre-loved bookshop that i like to visit a kind of treat for me. I browsed the books Chaucer, Byron, Yeats. The lady smiled, but was flustered "EFTPOS machine!!! I am lost with this kind of thing" Burns, Wordsworth, Keats Music played Mozart's fifth "I will have to ring Westpac" Eliot,Heaney,Hopkins "black wire under the desk?" someone named 'Patrick' browsed modern history Stevenson, Synge,Tennyson she smiled and pointed at the till "this button" I smiled back I could have stayed, but had to leave the lady waved and smiled. genuine smile. I smiled back she made no sale, but made my day and as i left she fumbled with a mobile telephone