A review by withlivjones
Browse: Love Letters to Bookshops Around the World by Henry Hitchings

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book perfectly articulates why bookshops feel like a safe place to so many. Fifteen authors share essays about bookshops that have shaped them in some way, from childhood haunts to old workplaces, and the sheer variety of settings from London to Egypt to Colombia is wonderful in how it shows people from all over the world can be united by their love of reading. The essays are short-ish and easy to get through, and they’re all so different that you won’t get bored. It’s also a great way to sample different authors’ writing, especially those whom you wouldn’t normally pick up, and I’ll definitely be in search of some of these contributors’ books in the future. 
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