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Best Bookstore Cat

Sanny @ Half-Price Books

Not so long ago the hands down winner would have been Gus the Cat from Garner and Smith. Unfortunately, folks won't see Gus peering down on them Cheshire-like from a bookcase any more: Gus retired to an employee's home when the store made its move from the drag to its new home on 12th Street. That means Sanny over at Half Price Books on Guadalupe wins by default. According to Christy at HPB, Sanny, who got her name "because it sounded better than Butthead," showed up as a dazed and confused casualty of the December floods. Having recovered, one can now find Sanny bounding among the books keeping a lookout for shoplifters and stray mice.