Quest. Remember looking for a certain book? I’m talking pre-google, search engines?
Out dad would scour used book stores and stalls for books he wanted for himself or one of us kids. He was always searching for another copy of In Clean Hay to read at Christmas. Nowadays you type a title or author in a narrow white box, press search and voila….options, usually in a few seconds.
An actual physical search can be incredibly satisfying cause chances are you will see another title or volume as you sift through shelves in a cool used book store.
That’s what happened when I found a Peter Spier book from my kids childhood on a upstairs shelf.
Old Inlet Bookshop in Homer, Alaska is such a place. We went there after our Thai lunch in the mermaid themed cafe attached to the bookshop
Meet Andy Wills. Third generation bookseller. 
I don’t know how many books he has in his bookshop but if you are looking for something, he knows where it is. You don’t have to go to Homer, Alaska though You can email him books(at)ak(dot)net Hope that method of writing email address avoids spammers
Here is he taping up the cover of the Peter Spier book.
Browsing book stores can be fun. What works for me is not looking for a title at all. That way, I’m guaranteed to find something.
Good method. I like to go to the library to look for books. The electronic reader app frustrates when I browse to find something to read.
Lol i love quests!
I never use those apps either. Most of the books I’d go to the library to read are rare books anyhow and would need a librarian and a special reading room.
Looks like an interesting place!
hard to imagine a world without google now, isn’t it? i too love to get lost in a bookstore. it’s another world… 🙂
enjoyed your take on ‘quest’. thanks for sharing.
I am definitely one who types the name of the book into a computer and. . . voila. But, I usually type it into the Carnegie Library website. I guess rather than quest, it’s request?
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Great to have a bookshop and bookseller that knowledgeable, but I just want the mermaid on his shelf!
I have a love/hate relationship with used book stores. I LOVE them, until I hit a tipping point where I feel completely overwhelmed – then I have to exit ASAP.
I get it! Thanks Stef
I grew up next door to a library and spent a good part of my childhood there. I loved looking for books… however you’re right.. I can now type in a search and POW, it’s in my reader.
How cool to grow up next to a library. Wow!