The Book Odyssey — Local services in Atascadero

Fantastic store, with a fantastic girl behind the counter with a lot of information about books! About 4 years ago I came in not exactly knowing what I was looking for, and then I spoke to the purveyor of this establishment seated behind the counter. She pointed me towards the fantasy novels, an area I had overlooked for many years, and as I read through the backs of many colorfully worded novels I reflected back on the passion for reading I felt as a child. A sort of naive, but hopeful, innocence that felt more like home than anything I felt in the last 10 years. Again I found myself wondering "what if?" What if magic was real, what if adventure was the ultimate goal, what if self-expression could be felt through witnessing the exploits of another? I again found myself pouring hours into reading about Faraway lands, enchanted forests, and Grand feats of strength. I found myself enjoying something I hadn't for a long time, allowing myself to imagine, and Awakening within myself a sort of innocent beauty I thought was lost in my adult years. Without this establishment I do not believe I would be the...

This bookstore was cute and felt very chic. But it was also small and limited. There were plenty of books for a used bookstore and a good selection of them. However, there were prices for some used books that were more than the actual price of a new book for the same titles. I was pretty flabbergasted over that. The cashier pretty much said she couldn't do anything about it. Yet I watched her with another customer who held up the book he was checking price on and she simply stated a random price. She also stated to him that they don't have anything in place to keep record of what books they had but yet told me that the price on the book I wanted may have been because it was a rare book (it wasn't). So that was kind of annoying. Other than that, it was fairly organized and seemed typical of a used bookstore. We still went out of there with three books and I could definitely come back to look at their...

Ask my husband, whenever we are out and about exploring a new city and I see a book store it's like suddenly we've encountered the world's largest magnet. He entertains my obsession but not without a little heckling. Anyway, my point is, this is one of the best book stores I've been in! It's not too small or too large, they utilize the amount of space with such efficiency that the selection of books is seemingly more vast than physically possible, the lighting is inviting, prices are good, the location is great. A big part of reading for me is how it makes me feel which applies to bookstores as well. And this bookstore makes me feel warm, cozy and like possibilities for imminent adventure are endlessly at...