You know when you walk into a place and there's an immediate, visceral reaction that would make you do nearly anything to have that place exist forever and ever?
The Writers Block is such a place and despite not planning on buying a book I bought one anyway as a sort of pledge to to the continued existence of this place - I hope to all that is good and decent in this world - forever and ever and ever.
And Scott, one of the owners, was exactly how you'd imagine the curator of such a treasure trove of books: kind, thoughtful and radiating bookly wisdom. I asked him about Murakami and he spoke briefly about his love for the author then helped me find a book I'm sure I'll enjoy immensely. To have that kind of attention from someone obviously greatly adorous of books in a small temple dedicated to the written word... Well, I'm not ashamed to say it almost brought tears to my eyes.
Come here, buy something, find out why you'll never shop for books anywhere else. I promise you'll thank me or whoever or whatever brings you here.