I spent a fruitless week searching for a few books that have proven either too popular or too unpopular to buy due to the apparent lack of copies anywhere in Dallas. After stopping at the mother of all Half-Price Books stores and two Barnes & Nobles I decided to try the massive, 9-story Dallas Public Library. While at the library I did find some of the books I wanted, but it turned out that most of them were located in Humanities on the third floor, which was closed off for renovations. Undaunted, I continued on to SMU’s charming and ratty old library with my TexShare card and located the books again, but when I tried to check out they told me I could only keep them for three days due to my not being a student. Screw that.
Why is it impossible to find certain small books for sale when all manner of other crap is available? As much as I hate waiting for packages, I may have to start book shopping online.