Best place to stock up for summer reading...

No one wants to pay $14 for a book that may or may not suck or that is going to go in a pile under the bed until you decide to throw it away. Just last week I was lamenting that there wasn't a "netflix" for books. I then remembered that such a thing does exist and it's called a library. However, if you're like me and can't handle the responsibility of borrowing a book from the city of Philadelphia, I suggest you visit AIDS thrift on 5th and Bainbridge. Upstairs they have rows and rows of books all for 90% off cover price--they didn't even bother to account for inflation. For all you mathematically challenged out there, this means a trashy mystery from 1973 with a cover price of 75 cents will only cost you 7 cents! Yesterday I purchased five books for $3.50. Among them a first edition Tales of the City book for Phil and a Judy Blume novel about a girls "First Time." The camp factor along makes the trek over to AIDS Thrift worth while.