Musing Mondays (21)

Musing Mondays is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

Where do you buy / get most of your books?

Recently, I've been getting most of my books online from Chapters (it's roughly the Canadian equivalent of Barnes & Noble, right down to the in-store Starbucks).

The only time I don't buy online from Chapters is when they don't carry what I'm looking for (as was the case with Basajaun) or if I want some in-person advice on what to read. In the first case, I'll probably go to Amazon.com; they seem to have everything. In the second case, I'll go to Kidsbooks.

In which I learn to pay more attention to release dates...

You know how I've been waiting for Hush, Hush to be released? Well, since it was being released today, I went to put my order in at Chapters (a Canadian online retailer) yesterday. There were some other books that I wanted that they had in stock, so I ordered from them instead of from Amazon.ca (Amazon.com's impotent younger brother). Anyway, what did I find when I went to order Hush, Hush? That I could have had it in my hands a couple of weeks earlier:

Argh. Oh, well. I'll be sure to check earlier next time. Sometimes (for some strange reason) we Canadians get some books earlier.

And... I got a little carried away at the "bookstore". But at least I'll have something in my mailbox this week (literally)...