Buy Big! (Borders in general)

Member Name: Lea09

Product:	Borders in general
Date:	19/07/09 (44 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Loads of books! Starbucks

Disadvantages: /

When I'm let into a book shop (especially one the size of Borders) I go mental with happiness and tend to pick up tens of books... I just can't help myself! As well as the store has loads of aisles of books and books and books, you get to shop to the smell of great Starbucks coffee. You can't really ask much more than that.

My favourite buys within the book are generally my favourite quirky author's which don't seem to be on sale at the average WHSmiths. They aren't the cheapest prices around, especially compared to online prices, but they're decent enough. That's one great aspect about the stores: they're huge. This means that they sell so much within various ranges and you can't probably find just what you're looking for in the gigantic stores.

As they are so large stores you can't really find them in your average town/city centre. This means you typically find them on industrial shopping parks. Great if you have a car, not so great if you're like me and can't drive. Still, going there as opposed to the city centre for shopping is generally worth it as you find a lot other stores and eating places too. And, of course, there's Borders!

And in regards to prices on the whole, I'd say that Borders is just that little bit cheaper than the likes of Waterstones and WHSmiths. They also have some random really cheap ranges in terms of some classic books. I've been able to buy all of Jane Austen's books for a £1 a piece there.

As I mentioned at the start of the review, my local Borders at least has a starbucks right inside it, on the first floor. Although I may be a big fan of Starbucks I'm not a huge fan of the prices there. So it's definitely OK for a treat to sit down in Borders and grab a good drink, but it doesn't really fit into my Border's cheap budget buys.

Summary: Well worth a visit at least