Malling

[vik_thor]

I actually hung out at the mall in Carbondale quite a bit when I was in high school. Primarily at the WaldenBooks store. You would think I would try to get a job there, but for some reason I never did. The mall bookstore I got a job at was when I was living in Champaign, over 15 years after I graduated HS. I wish now I had tried getting job at WaldenBooks, because of the benefits of cheap books! :) My college job was working at the Lesar Law School Library, which is where my mild interest in the law came from.

Another store I would hang out quite a bit was an import store. I always liked looking at the stuff, but I very rarely bought anything.

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[prog-schlock.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen a Waldenbooks in years but I loved going to them when I was a kid. I used to buy a ton of Dungeons and Dragons stuff (we didn't have a gaming shop in my area) and fantasy/sci-fi books at our local one. I, too, would have loved working at a book store. In fact, one of the saddest things about the digital era has been seeing so many bookstores (including used book stores) shutting down in my area. I think all we have left nearby is a Barnes and Noble. Sigh.

This made me think of some of the songs I know about books. This is a favorite: