Books A Million

When you can buy most books online with free shipping (yay Amazon!) at lower prices than bookstores, the bookstores need to bring something to the table to make the trip worth it. While my favorite bookstores tend to be local places where the workers seem to know at least half of their inventory from personally reading it, I also enjoy a trip to the mega book stores like Borders and Barnes and Noble. Books a Million, I do not. First, their name is misleading, unless it counts having a few hundred copies of the most popular books. Also, while there was not a specific housecleaning issue, I just found the store dirty. The books are also very poorly organized. If you have a Borders near you, head there for some time in a bookstore. Otherwise, just stick to the library or online. Most libraries have better atmosphere than this store. more

This is one of my favorite places to go on the weekends. Especially a rainy weekend. This is a HUGE bookstore. They have many isles for just about each subject on literature, history, fiction, romance, you name it. The setting is so pleasant. They have couches to sit and relax! The most popular feature has to be the coffee shop. It is a perfect compliment to the book store. It smells like mocha heaven as you enter the doors! They sell the most to die for coffee's and frozen coffee's. You can be picky and ask for non fat, decaffeinated, no sugar and so on! Everyone is always peppy and in good spirits! A+ more