Half Price Books is a thrift store and gift shop rolled into one. If you ever needed a birthday or Christmas idea, they have so many things in the front that are interesting and different, not always books, but novelty items. The staff is friendly. I hope to have my new poetry book in their stores. It's a discount bookstore, like Bookman's but with a cleaner look to it. They also have a good selection of music. It's quiet. I gave it four stars only because the only thing it's missing is a coffee shop, like Tempe Library or Bookman's on Country Club.