"A bookshop is not like a railway booking-office which one approaches knowing what one wants. One should enter it vaguely, almost in a dream, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye. To walk the rounds of the bookshops, dipping in as curiosity dictates, should be an afternoon's entertainment."
John Maynard Keynes.
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Absolutely! Half the fun is wandering, something catches your eye, you read a bit, put the book under your arm, wander and repeat the process at least a dozen times, then sit down with your pile, review the books some more, then decide which ones will be coming home with you
Indeed! I've spent *many* a happy hour doing exactly that.... [grin]
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