Let's assume that location is not an issue and that every bookstore is approximately five minutes away. Which bookstore would be your favourite?

I was discussing this with my friend earlier, and I personally liked Borders cause it's got a novel selection that I like, and I loooove the ambience and their deals are great. Hooray for them always giving away Neil Gaiman for cheap! Besides, the seating arrangements are comfortable, plentiful and it's entirely possible to make friends there easily. Love it.

I kinda like MPH too. I particularly liked that old MPH in Bangsar way back when in the Telawi Street area. The wooden ambience there was soooo good. Too bad that since it closed down I've never found any bookstore quite like that particular MPH.

My friend has a soft spot for Kinokuniya. She loves artbooks, and since Kino imports them by the buttload, she loves it there. We both also have a liking for the view, overlooking the nice KLCC park fountain.

My ex girlfriend then too loved any bookstore that had unwrapped books, cause she would stay for hours at a particular bookstore and read. If I remember correctly her favourite was Borders too. Simply because every single book there's unwrapped.

And with that said, what's your favourite bookstore?

Do go ahead and talk about your grievances with other bookstores too. I was going to say something about how I don't really like Times bookstore, but I unfortunately have no real idea why I don't like it.

Note that this thread is not meant to be a thread to look about bookstores as there is already a thread about it here. This thread to discuss what we like about the bookstores we frequent (or wish we could frequent). It could be anything from the kinds of people you get to meet to the selection to the search engine to the cute girl/guy at the information counter.

Man, I love Kinokuniya. Was just in there today.

Beautiful, beautiful graphic novels section.