Do you find comfort being in a bookstore?

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Re: Do you find comfort being in a bookstore?

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Absolutely. I have favorite spots on libraries and book stores. Feels home to me
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I love going in a bookstore and or a library. My family thinks I'm strange but I could spend hours in a bookstore or in a library just running my hand along the spines of the books enjoying feeling like I'm home with friends and family.... While on vacation I will go out of my way to find a bookstore and explore for a while. The problem however is that my purse always feels the pressure of a bookstore and my budget tells me I need to limit my bookstore exposure if anyone understands my meaning. lol! Which is why a library is a safer place for me - it's free.
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I absolutely love being in a bookstore. I feel like a child about to be handed candy every time I'm in a book store.
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Yes I like the excitement of finding new books
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Wow! i thought i was the only one who feels like am floating in the clouds when i enter a bookstore. The colors, the smell of paper , the endless choices really make me happy.
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Sometimes I get spontaneously teary eyed while in book stores. I really have no explanation for it. It's not a particularly pleasant feeling.

Other than this I do love to be in bookstores. I can easily sit on the floor sifting through books and not even real use time go flying by. The people all recognize me in my frequented bookstore and always say hello. It's nice.
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Being in a bookstore just makes me happy. Being surrounded by so many books that I can browse is like being a child in a candy store.
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I do like to go to bookstores and shop for books or even just go into a room of used books for sale. It calm me down and gives me a quaint feeling. :lol:
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Absolutely...and at the same time there is also this tingling feeling of curiosity. You know, all those rows and rows of books just waiting to be read by you. each filled with a completely new life!! its just the place to be to cure any sort of problem in life, even if temporarily
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100% I go every time I'm upset even if I don't buy anything.
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I love bookstores and old libraries. Not sure what it is about them but I enjoy sitting around and being around books. Also love the smell of books (not sure that's normal but hey).
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I dont know... i think its perfectly normal, i love the smell of books. Harper collins, mcmillan and penguin have this distinct best smell.
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Of course. I love libraries as well. 8)
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I live in a very rural area. Only place that has books around me are thrift stores. When I go to the big city I always stop by book stores just for the chance to feel, see, touch new books.
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Post by meghannnelson13 »

I love bookstores so much! The closest one to me in my rural area is Tattered Cover. The cafe smell of herbal tea and coffee slowly make there way around the large store. I love just walking up and down the aisles, smelling the fresh new scent of paper and ink, and reading a few on the worn but loved couches. Any places with shelves of books are my favorite, libraries, bookstores, everywhere.
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