My sniffles have developed into a fully blown head cold so
I had to add tissues and some medication to my shopping
list today. Also picked up a book as I intend heading to
bed early.
I have mixed feelings about supermarkets selling books
at discounted prices. On one hand, I welcome a bargain,
but I also recognise that it undermines the trade of
regular booksellers. This week Waterstones announced that
it intends closing its wonderful Dawson's Street shop in Dublin,
although I suspect that buying from online sites such as
Amazon and the advent of the Kindle, iPad etc will probably
do more damage than supermarkets which stock mostly
trashy best sellers along with the odd bit of literary fiction.