I like going to bookstores, bookstores like Chapters, or Page One in the context of my occasional readers from Hong Kong. The UBC bookstore obviously doesn't count, do you like somebody who is constantly trying to squeeze the last shoe out of you?
Bookstores are amusing (contrary to popular belief), I love the smell of (new) books. The pages carry a faint smell of wood that is somewhat hypnotizing, but not enough to make you sleep at the first tincture of the smell that enters your nose. I like that they are usually quiet and has just an enough number of people that does not make the room stuffy and makes me feel safe. I love all the different covers on the books, most of them colourful and catchy. It is sort of like going to a buffet, but only slightly like it.
Like a buffet, there are a lot of things to pick.
However, I don't want to try everything in a bookstore, but I pretty much like to try everything in a buffet. Most books are actually quite dull on the inside. For most books, I'd only want what I can acquire through the book. It is best I can have knowledge without reading the book. But as for the food, I would love to eat them but don't like the calories that I'll eventually get.
So books and food are somewhat opposites, and bookstores and buffets are like the two sides of the same coin.
Today is the 65th(?) anniversary of D-Day.
Bookstores are amusing (contrary to popular belief), I love the smell of (new) books. The pages carry a faint smell of wood that is somewhat hypnotizing, but not enough to make you sleep at the first tincture of the smell that enters your nose. I like that they are usually quiet and has just an enough number of people that does not make the room stuffy and makes me feel safe. I love all the different covers on the books, most of them colourful and catchy. It is sort of like going to a buffet, but only slightly like it.
Like a buffet, there are a lot of things to pick.
However, I don't want to try everything in a bookstore, but I pretty much like to try everything in a buffet. Most books are actually quite dull on the inside. For most books, I'd only want what I can acquire through the book. It is best I can have knowledge without reading the book. But as for the food, I would love to eat them but don't like the calories that I'll eventually get.
So books and food are somewhat opposites, and bookstores and buffets are like the two sides of the same coin.
Today is the 65th(?) anniversary of D-Day.
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