All in all, a big WIN in my book (haha, see what I did there?).Ĭhecking the website, there are currently only two locations of 2nd & Charles Hoover, AL and Augusta, GA. I also got Fantastic Four Visionaries Vol 1 which begins to collect the John Byrne (one of my fav writers/artists) run on Fantastic Four back in the 80s. Anyway, I got all these books for about $10 each, which is a great deal. Something I hope DC can do with their reboot in September. It’s smartly written, lots of fun and I really enjoy how they are reinventing their characters. I started reading Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Fantastic Four collections this year and I’m really digging Marvel’s Ultimate universe. I got the Ultimate Galactus Trilogy, Ultimate X-Men Collection Vol 1, and Ultimate Origins. I got a bunch of collections of the Marvel Universe Ultimate books. However, I’m always on the lookout for comics/trade paperbacks on the cheap. I’m on a book buying freeze so I can finish some of my backlog. So the question is, did I buy anything? Well, at this moment I’m not actually shopping around for any books. If we can’t squeeze in time to visit this store next time I visit, then I’m not coming back. I loudly announced to my dad that I will have to visit this store every single time I come back home. I am pretty much in love with this store.
2ND AND CHARLES JACKSONVILLE FREE
My dad actually fished out a Neil Sedaka LP from the free bins. Any rejected items are put here and shoppers can skim the bins for some free goodies. If they are overstocked on an item or it is too damaged, they will return the item, but you are free to put it in the “free” bin at the front of the store. You can bring in all your old books, comics, CDs, DVDs, video games, video game consoles and accessories and they’ll give you either cash or store credit. This section was less extensive than I would have liked, but they still had a bunch of stuff to choose from.Īt the front of the store, they also had a Buy Back counter. In the shelves in the background were all of the trade paperbacks and graphic novels. There were at least three of these tables. In the forefront you see a table stuffed with individual comic book issues. The shelves on the right are the comic book/graphic novel section.
2ND AND CHARLES JACKSONVILLE SERIES
From the original series all the way through New Frontier, this store had nearly everything. They even had some of the original Han Solo and Lando paperbacks from the 80s. It was very extensive and probably contained nearly every Star Wars book with only a few exceptions. On the left is the Star Wars/Star Trek section. For the most part the books were alphabetized by author, but like any used bookstore, there are a bunch of misplaced books.įor this first trip, here are the shelves where I spent the most time. As you can see, it’s nice and spacious with plenty of room to browse the shelves. The pics above show you the general layout of the bookshelves. However, 2nd & Charles feels more like a Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million (who owns the stores) while Chamblin feels like a musty elementary school basement where at any moment you may trip over the Arc of the Covenant. Very nice.Īs far as product goes, it’s like a nicer version of my favorite local Jacksonville used bookstore Chamblin Bookmine. There is a sitting area in front of the mural with chairs so you can sit down and enjoy a leisurely read. As you get closer, you notice the mural is made up of the spines of books all stacked into a recess in the wall. When you first walk in you notice a huge mural in the back featuring the name of the store. The majority of which is all “gently” used. The store didn’t have just books, it had video games, video game consoles, DVDs, Blu-Rays, CDs, shirts and assorted other odds and ends. It would probably take me a few days to get through the whole thing. The next morning I ventured off with my father to visit this new store and behold the wonders it contained within.Īnd wonders it did behold. Well, I love used bookstores, and I can spend hours inside them just looking around, so I decided I have to go to there. They said it was some type of used bookstore. I have no idea why.Īnyway, I asked my parents what it was. It was orange and white and had a strange name 2nd & Charles.įor some reason, all weekend, I kept wanting to call it 42nd and Charles. I was driving around and noticed a new store had opened up in what was once a Goody’s. I went back home this past weekend to Hoover, AL to visit my parents.
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