Goodbye Borders - I’ll miss you
Last time in Borders...
How sad to hear that Borders, the US bookstore, is in receivership in the UK. I really liked Borders’ shops. I can remember the first one I ever went in was on Oxford Street in London. It was so huge! What impressed me was its range of books. It knocked spots off its rivals because it didn’t just stock the usual stuff. It had interesting imports I’d never heard of and also carried several titles of lesser known authors, rather than just the odd one or two. I also liked the department store feel to it - I could have a coffee in Starbucks, buy cards from Paperchase and read the New York Times all without leaving the premises.
Good luck to all the staff in all the branches I’ve met, especially most recently in Leicester, Leeds and Preston.
I am currently reading Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn published by Oxford University Press