Book Blogger Hop No. 111: Bookstore Bliss

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This Week's Question

What's your immediate feeling, when

entering a bookstore, as

compared to how you feel when

entering a department store?

(Submitted  by Maria @ 

A Night's Dream of Books)

My Answer

There's no comparison in feelings, really. When I enter a department store (especially if it's one which I know for a fact doesn't sell books), I feel a mild sense of interest and anticipation. Perhaps I will find a purse there, or a sweater, or a pair of jeans. But....so what? I am NOT thrilled, or filled with bubbly enthusiasm. After all, these are just practical, necessary items needed for daily life, for....(shudders!) REALITY.

When I step into a bookstore, though, the feeling is simply.....wonderful, joyful, uplifting; in short, UTTERLY BLISSFUL. It's not merely breathless anticipation, or excitement at the possibility of acquiring a new literary treasure, but a feeling of entering ANOTHER WORLD, one where fantastical wonders await, philosophical conundrums hide behind pages, and even the whole enchilada beckons from within Mexican cookbooks (except that I don't cook, haha!). Romance, drama, science fiction, information on shifting soul states, meditation, or on creative writing techniques, and even mandala coloring books, as well as manuals on Quidditch and how to create the perfect Hogwarts potion -- they're all there, waiting, in the enthralling place I have nicknamed "Paradise"! 

I decided to give this name to the Barnes & Noble located about 5 miles from our condo. There's another B&N store in the Coral Gables area, near our former apartment, but the one we now thankfully live close to is just.....BREATHTAKING, as you will see from the pictures below. Thus, it's my favorite of the two! 

But really, ANY bookstore is truly "Paradise", for a bookstore houses printed treasures that are much more valuable than diamonds! So forget about the saying, "Diamonds are a girl's best friend." MY motto is: "BOOKS are a girl's best friend"! ABSOLUTELY!!! 

So, even if I might indeed be in dire need of a new purse, a pair of shoes, or anything else of an eminently practical nature, I just can't feel as enthused about acquiring any of these things as I would at the prospect of acquiring a new (or even used) book!! 

And here I bring you pictures of my local Paradise!!

  

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