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Bibliomaniac by Robin Ince

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ben_morriss's review

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adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

bellaruffell's review

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informative medium-paced

3.0

How could I not read a book called Bibliomaniac? But it turns out that I clearly have a very mild case of bibliomania compared to the very funny Robin Ince.

This book follows Robin on a tour of just over 100 UK bookshops in the autumn of 2021 and chronicles in detail the many, many books he buys along the way. This is made even funnier by the fact that he travels by train and has to lug all these books which he 'needs' along with him. He returns home from one stretch of the tour with a stack of books three feet high!

she_who_reads_'s review

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informative slow-paced

2.5

rosedeleeuw's review

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funny lighthearted

4.0

This is a love letter to books and to independent bookshops and their owners.

A lovely read. I can’t wait to get out and find my local independent bookshop now.

charlib12's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

piedwarbler's review

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5.0

I adore this book because it expresses so delightfully and randomly exactly how I feel about books and my reading life.
I’ve added eight of the many books mentioned to my wish list but frankly it would have been many more.
I love the way Ince dots around between bookshops, anecdotes, fiction and non fiction books. I’ve only visited a few of the shops he mentions but I’d love to go and see him soon.
Funnily enough, we went to the coast for a pub lunch today. I took along my copy of Bibliomaniac, because I was only a few pages from the end, and was hoping I could read it while my husband was on his phone. We wandered down the shopping street on the way back to the car, and I popped into the British Heart Foundation charity shop, where I found a lovely clean copy of The Bad Book Club, and had to buy it. I’d never heard of that until I read Bibliomaniac, so there you go, Robin. We are great minds who think alike.
I’d recommend this book if you like reading, and love bookshops, or random stories about books and reading.