My husband, on the other hand, isn't looking for anything in particular, but likes to browse and see if he can turn up anything quirky.
Guess which one of us copes best with a visit to McLeods Books in Nunawading?
To be fair to the owner, if you ask her where something is, she can tell you. And there are signs around the shop informing you whereabouts you can find bestsellers like Nora Roberts and Jodi Picoult. But the piles of books cluttering the floor, the double-stacking of shelves and the lack of alphabetical order don't make me want to hang around.
My husband, though, was happy to settle in and rummage, and found an old book he was interested in buying. There was no price on it, and the owner did a quick internet search and decided she didn't want to sell it. She admitted she hadn't known it was in the shop, so lucky for her that he brought it to her attention.
Anyway, McLeods Books will be closing in a few weeks' time (most likely at the end of October) and the business is going online after 13 years as a bricks-and-mortar shop. The thousands of mostly paperback titles include a good range of crime fiction, and lots of romance and sci fi and fantasy. There are specific genre sales on at the moment, so it's well worth visiting if you're on the hunt for more reading material - as long as you can cope with the chaos!
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