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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
This was a Christmas present and whilst I finished it today (the same day as The Wine Lover's Daughter) I did actually start it a week or so ago!
I wasn't quite sure what to expect but it was about bookshops so that was fine with me. I was brought up by a woman who has over 5000+ cookery books (from 1600 to present day) and that doesn't include all the other non-cookery books. I thought I it was impossible for anyone to buy books with the same gay abandon as my mother. I was wrong. Robin Ince gives my late mother a very good run for her money and that made me smile, a lot.
As I said in my earlier review today, I'm not really into fiction at the moment and this was another essay that plugged into my life support system. Not perhaps with the same gut and emotional grip that The Wine Lover's Daughter did, but it certainly plucked enough strings to give me a slightly dizzy head.
Lots of familiar bookshops, plenty I didn't know. Two I love that were not there, at either end of the spectrum I missed People's Bookshop and Hatchards but hey ho still a brilliant read and lots of new shops to explore.
I wasn't quite sure what to expect but it was about bookshops so that was fine with me. I was brought up by a woman who has over 5000+ cookery books (from 1600 to present day) and that doesn't include all the other non-cookery books. I thought I it was impossible for anyone to buy books with the same gay abandon as my mother. I was wrong. Robin Ince gives my late mother a very good run for her money and that made me smile, a lot.
As I said in my earlier review today, I'm not really into fiction at the moment and this was another essay that plugged into my life support system. Not perhaps with the same gut and emotional grip that The Wine Lover's Daughter did, but it certainly plucked enough strings to give me a slightly dizzy head.
Lots of familiar bookshops, plenty I didn't know. Two I love that were not there, at either end of the spectrum I missed People's Bookshop and Hatchards but hey ho still a brilliant read and lots of new shops to explore.
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A nice little adventure around britian doing my favourite thing buying books.
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Bilbliomaniac has opened up a bit of an obsession with Robin Ince for me. Firstly the voluminous way Ince writes about anything and everything that he is interested in, secondly that this encompasses both niche and expansive topics.
The tangents are fabulous, occasionally exhausting, but entirely absorbing.
We managed to get tickets to see Ince launch his book on neurodivergence Normally Weird, or Weirdly Normal… can’t wait for the next book and tour.
Bibliomaniac has made me feel better about the quantities of books I have, added places to go on my maps app list and wanting to know more of the rest of the indie bookshops in the UK. Wonder-full.
The tangents are fabulous, occasionally exhausting, but entirely absorbing.
We managed to get tickets to see Ince launch his book on neurodivergence Normally Weird, or Weirdly Normal… can’t wait for the next book and tour.
Bibliomaniac has made me feel better about the quantities of books I have, added places to go on my maps app list and wanting to know more of the rest of the indie bookshops in the UK. Wonder-full.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
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informative
lighthearted
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Given that this book is basically the same event (travel to bookshop, buy books from charity shop on the way, give talk, go to hotel) repeated over and over again, the author does a remarkable job of keeping it interesting! Along the way we get to meet some great people (albeit very briefly), learn snippets of history about various locations, and of course get to hear about a lot of books - some just as titles because the author bought them, but for some we get a bit more information. I've certainly added a few to my personal shortlist based on reading this book - but only a few, because the author seems to have a very strong interest in magic, the occult, existentialism etc, which doesn't hugely overlap with my interests. The book doesn't take long to read as it doesn't dwell on any one place or topic very long.
slow-paced
Two stars for the authors dedication to touring 100 bookshops.
The authors humour doesn’t land with me which made it difficult for me to connect with the book.
Sadly each chapter is often a repeat of what went before and appears to be a big promotional push for oxfam charity shops.
The authors humour doesn’t land with me which made it difficult for me to connect with the book.
Sadly each chapter is often a repeat of what went before and appears to be a big promotional push for oxfam charity shops.