Marriott Books

It may be the smallest of the Marriott bookstores but it has a great wealth of genres and interesting finds in store. Very similar to Boswell books in Ashgrove, Marriott is a small store that smells literally rich in literature. Before I visited for the first time I was looking to get a number of hard to get second hand books. When I called in to the Stafford Height Branch they initially didn’t have any of the novels I was looking for. However the lady on the other end of the phone took my name and number and said she would call into the other Marriott branches and see what she could do. To be honest I didn’t expect a call back very soon but I was surprised that fifteen minutes later she phoned back and had managed to wrangle up four out of the five titles I was looking for.
A couple of days later I went up the hill to pick up my books that she had sent over from Lawton and Corinda. When I arrived I marvelled at the mural painted above the entrance and was surprised with how deep the store went. I went to the counter and introduced myself. The lady bought up my books from beneath the desk. Before she rung up my bill I took some time to wander through the shelves and was pretty impressed with the way they organised their books in comparison to other second hand bookstores I have frequented.
Eventually I paid for my order and have been a return customer ever since.