Canterbury in Books

[kennahijja]

Diacon Alley in Canterbury was dotted with a lot of book shopping, as placing Hijja in a town with used book shops usually is. And once again, the magical 'books find me' phenomenon cropped up.

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[lazy_neutrino]

My Bob Shaw short story collection got me most of the way back on the train :)

[kennahijja]

Yay! I admit I lugged all of them home and still did nothing but write (a little). And then my seat neighbour gave me his Guardian... ;).

[ariannagray]

Those Oxfam bookshops are always the death of me and my luggage limit. Still, never can walk past one without going inside.

[kennahijja]

They're always fun, but the Canterbury one had exceptionally unusual things I liked - there's a big one in my town and it only has bog-standard boring stuff in its SF section...

[fluffyllama]

Jon had fun in the secondhand book and music shops in the area too - I'm not sure he's owned up to everything he bought yet :)

[kennahijja]

Heh :). There's no hiding when it's you, unfortunately ;). But it's good to hear he found interesting things!

[kellychambliss]

Wasn't that Oxfam shop fabulous? Canterbury was a great town for used bookstores, and my luggage-hauling muscles are now the stronger because of it. Getting everything into my suitcase and little-beaded-backpack was an exercise in ingenuity.

[kennahijja]

Kudos to your muscles! I was just lying around feeling a wreck when I got home with my bags ;).

[leni_jess]

Yes, I've had occasion before to notice how many used bookshops Canterbury still has, and this time I could go shopping in them! Even though I only bought three books (one of which I have, it turned out, gah; but was able to swap it for a bit of fluff summer reading later).

My big kill was the only copy in the known universe of the sequel to a vanishingly rare historical x fantasy book by Susan Price (which I didn't even know existed, but had felt the want of), a hardback in perfect condition, remaindered for 99p! I'll read it after I get home.

[kennahijja]

That is quite a find (especially the 'didn't know existed but feel the want of' bit, *g*). The only one I actually finished is the one pinched from LN - but I'll get there!

(How's the Snamione/Herpe fic coming along, or should I better not ask?)

[leni_jess]

It's coming quite nicely (10,000 words +). I'm staying in today to finish it off (cross fingers) and hope to send it off before midnight.

I'm looking forward to some intensive reading after I get home.