I only just managed to finish my 2018 project, having missed a few months in the middle of the year I had a crazy catch up in October. Then in November, I had to make another change to my plans, but in December, for the last stretch, I managed to get back on track. I …
Continue reading Liberia – 12 bookshops for 12 months – December
This was my last bookshop on the crazy October bookshop-crawl. Atlantis is a very profiled bookshop, focusing on witchcraft and magic and all things esoteric. Not necessarily my cup of tea, but I found two books nonetheless. The store is small and packed full of books. Unfortunately, due to the limited space, almost all books …
Continue reading The Atlantis Bookshop – 12 bookshops for 12 months – October
Bookmarks was the bookshop I had planned for October, unlike all the others I visited on that crazy Saturday. This is where I ended my tour, which after visiting four other bookshops did not stop me from buying more books. Bookmarks markets itself as a socialist bookshop and this definitely is a theme that is …
Continue reading Bookmarks – 12 bookshops for 12 months – October
Gay's the Word was my third stop in October bookshop-crawl, it was not a planned one either, it just happened to be on the way from Judd Books to Atlantis. It was definitely less crowded than Judd Books, more like Housmans, just with a different theme. The bookshelves again were beautifully curated, focusing on LGBTQ …
Continue reading Gay’s the Word – 12 bookshops for 12 months – October
After a relatively calm and travel-free October, November saw me going to the US second time in my life and the second time in three months. As this trip took away two out of four November weekends I was not sure if I'll have a chance to get to my planned bookshop: John Sandoe Books. As …
Continue reading Tattered Cover – Denver – 12 bookshops for 12 months
Judd Books was stop #2 on my October bookshop-crawl. It was my doom! Simple enough from the outside, tables and crates of cheap used books. Thankfully nothing caught my eye outside. But as soon as I entered I was lost. It is a kingdom of second hand and discounted new books. The place is so …
Continue reading Judd Books – 12 bookshops for 12 months – October
Housmans never made my original list, I'm not even sure why. But as it happens, fate decided and on one memorable Saturday in October this was where I decided to start my bookshop-crawl (I did not know it's a thing until a very kind lady in Gay's the Word told me). The outside is very …
Continue reading Housmans – 12 bookshops for 12 months – October
June is my cheat month, I was supposed to go to Word on the Water, but the limited space deterred me, so I decided to swap that for my local bookshop. It is a chain, I know, but I still like it. The last Saturday in June was an absolutely beautiful day and we walked …
Continue reading Waterstone’s Greenwich – 12 bookshops for 12 months – June
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did go a little bit over the top with buying books during my trip to Stanfords. I usually buy up to three books on my bookshop adventures, but this time I got carried away and bought eight, which probably is also a testament to how well the …
Continue reading Stanfords – 12 bookshops for 12 months – Book Haul
This time I planned well and managed to get my lazy self to Stanfords within May, it was very helpful that I had no travel planned, as in the previous months I've been out of the UK for at least two weekends. Somehow in my brain going to explore a new bookshop is a weekend …
Continue reading Stanfords – 12 bookshops for 12 months – May
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