I'm depressed over it. Decided to get some magazine subscriptions for the nieces/nephews. Figured it would be nice to pick up the current issue to give them. Things I learned today.
- There are almost no bookstores left anywhere around where I live, which was the plan to find a copy.
- Big box stores near me have a crappy magazine selection. Taking out all the fashion and women's magazines, a majority of what they carry is hunting and auto related (I'm around suburban Chicago) so not what I was expecting.
- Bit the bullet and headed to the bookshop in the mall. In the process of tearing down one of the old anchor stores to build apartments. The piles of dirt and half demolished building makes it look like the whole mall is gone if looking at it from a certain direction.
- Books A Million is a joke. Half the floor space is dedicated to anime and board games. Only 6 feet for horror books, but JRR Tolkien has 3 feet dedicated to him. Sci-Fi/Fantasy section only had two books by Piers Anthony.
- Magazine section had porn mags on the top shelf, with a larger selection to choose from than stuff aimed at kids/teens if you ignore the anime. What happened to having to keep a straight face and ask the cashier to pull those for you from behind the counter.