Jonathon Strange & Mr Norrel is a wonderful wonderful book. I initially picked it up at my school library because it was so overwhelmingly huge that I couldn't not read it, although fitting it in my bag to carry home was another matter and bought a paperback copy when it came out because it was so wonderful. A couple of weeks ago I discovered that because it was one of Bloomsbury's Top 21 books, Waterstones was selling copies of it for insanely low prices (along with a mysteriously shiny edition of Smoke & Mirrors, and some other things) to the extent that my immediate thought was 'Who do I know that I can give a copy to, as I can't buy one for myself?' (I ended up giving it to all_my_words because I thought she'd like it, although she didn't appreciate having to carry it around all afternoon.)

I am really very lucky, because I have an insane over-abundance of bookshops and coffeeshops within easy striking travelling distance. Are they able to order in stuff for you at Waldenbooks, or are you entirely at the mercy of their whims?