I have to say
online second hand bookshops are amazing. I love rumaging through actual shops but one winter when I was about 8 my dad made me walk what seemed like 10 miles around a massive bookfayre as he was looking for a book that he had been searching for for a year and we didn't find it and he got angry and it was raining and it sucked.

Now you can type it in whilst drinking wine which I approve of
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:00, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

haha! I agree
It's not worth trying to find something in a second hand bookshop. Those are for happy surprises and nerdy second hand photography books.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:03, Reply)

that is true
I have the same problem in bookshops as in music shops. as soon as I walk through the door and am presented with a shelf full of books/CDs I no longer have any ability to remember what I'm after, or choose something new based on cover or synopsis.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:06, Reply)

There is a 2nd hand book shop in Hay
(well there are many, but this one in particular) which has a room full of old 50s and 60s sci fi. I lose all sense of taste whenever I go in there and buy anything with time travel in the title
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:11, Reply)