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| - One of my happy places. Yes, Virginia, there are book stores out there.
Yes, this is a behemoth. No, it's not a cozy little place filled with smelly old books. But, it's filled with books! Real books, not something to download and read on a computer monitor. OK, they have that too. But when I want to read a book, I want to put a real book in my hands and feel the paper as I turn from page to page.
Likes: easy in and out; friendly, knowledgeable staff, great selection; fair pricing (well, that is a given these days).
Dislikes: their national-chain quasi coffee shop that isn't a full blown version of the actual thing. I'm not against coffee or pastries. But I've never appreciated having this association in a for-profit book store. I'm not sorry, this is a book store. Not a coffee shop. And, sadly, there are any number of coffee shop people who come in and use this store as a library. Barnes & Noble is in business to sell books. It's not in business to let people sit for hours over one cup of copy reading book after book and leaving them behind. Sorry for the rant. But, I fear this place will disappear like every other book store if people keep using it as a library.
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