Borders has opened!
It's not as big as the Auckland shop (which is not much of a surprise.) But! The stuff they have!
The Graphic Novel selection was not so hot, just two bays of shelves, and mostly Marvel. No Invincible, two Fables. Complete series of Sandman though, at average prices. I *did* manage to get Jill Thompson's Little Endless Storybook though, which is an absolute delight: beautifully illustrated and a funny story about Delirium going missing and her dog having to find her. Love it. They were on the other side of the Manga collection, seraph.
DVD collection was interesting but overall quite pricey. I bought Intacto which is a Spanish sci-fi I saw in the film fest about four years ago about very lucky people, who have the power to steal luck of others. It will probably be screened at Movie Night this week, as I really want to see it again. It was $30.
Kid's section was really nicely set out with space themed carpet and nice open spaces. They have a shelf which is full of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books, in these nice matchy full colour editions, and cheap too at $17 each. I was very good and only bought the first one, although I suspect I will eventually have them all.
I bought a picture book for my new niece and a copy of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish which comes with a cd of Neil Gaiman reading it aloud.
Uhm, and the manga section. It's huge. It has a whole side of an aisle, and not a short aisle either. Wellington finally has an awesome manga supplier. I was tempted to start collecting Angelic Layer, but I managed to resist buying any (although they had two Chobits titles I need, plus Cardcaptor Sakura and oh, so much stuff) because the books were mostly $24 each (Fruits Basket is $17ish) and I think I can get them cheaper off goodbooksnz.
So, I was quite restrained really. The manga section was pretty busy. I think Wellington was very ready for this!
I was talking to the woman who served me at the counter and she was saying they didn't think they'd be that busy, and were trying to find more staff. I can't say I was surprised that it was that busy!
PoF: Sunday morning
CO: books are nice