The Paperback Exchange

I’m going to update my review again. The Lady who runs the upstairs place is still pretty good, I like buying stuff from her.
The Comic Room on the other hand I decided to check out again. I don’t really know why I continue to go down there, other than the fact that they are the only place in Scarborough. The guy in the store is nice, but he has a tendency like many hobby stores do to absolute drool over the people he perceives to be his «regulars» and give cursory service to anyone else. I suppose he has a point, he’s pretty much been the only game in town for a while now, and the closest thing he has to competition is the indigo at Kennedy Commons.
However, in terms of comics I’m probably going to continue making the longer trek downtown to Hairy T or the Beguiling to get the comics I want.
Rating this place is hard, because the upstairs lady is so nice, and the guy downstairs is nice to his regulars but in the 18 years I’ve been in and out of this shop, I’ve never felt welcome.

Great comic book selection.

Based on the selection, I’d say most folks come here either for the comics downstairs or the extremely large selection of Harlequin romance novels. If you’re a fan of either of these genres, The Paperback Exchange could easily warrant a five star rating.
Seeing as how I don’t have an interest in either, the selection for me was pretty limited. However, after some concerted digging, I plucked a copy of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter from the shelf. It kept me entertained on my flight back to New York which is pretty priceless considering that it saved me from flipping through the SkyMall magazine again!