I haven’t done a post on any book shops for a while but have lately discovered two, one of which I will share with you today (I picked up a little something for you to win) and the other later in the week. The first book shop which I am going to tell you all about it Daunt Books in Marylebone, which would you believe in my eleven years living in London I had never entered the doors of, well until last week that was.
I am possibly preaching to the converted when I say that any book lover simply has to go here at some point. Having said that I had never been there before and I can’t be the only one surely? Having now been I can see why everyone raves about it as everything is beautiful; from the shop front to the window displays from the tables of especially set out books to the beautifully decorated (which hopefully you can almost make out) shelves dressed, almost literally –oh two puns in one there – in material.
It also has that olde-worlde Dickensian (thought it’s actually Edwardian) feel about it and looks very much like I imagine my private library will when I have that stately home in the English countryside/Brazilian outback one day… well we can all dream can’t we?
Why when I am on a book buying ban for a year had I allowed myself to enter into a store that possibly more than any other book shop I have been to (accept the 5 books for £2 charity book store down my road) in recent years? (Yes it’s that good!) Well, in part it was just to go and see it finally because so many people have told me that I simply have to go; the other was that the books are arranged not in alphabetic order but in order of country…
So though I wasn’t buying any books I was there doing some research into finding books from and about a certain country…
Yes, Brazil! (There’s a Brazilian theme that will be ongoing at Savidge Reads in the lead up to my popping over there.) I had a brief moment of despair when I couldn’t find Brazil anywhere, then I couldn’t find South America (I will admit I expected Brazil to have its own section ha, ha – I am already getting patriotic about my second home country without having been yet) but soon enough I found it hiding behind the staircase. What impressed me was that there actually were lots of books from there…
But I know there must be more and who better than to ask than all of you? I did mention on Friday that I wanted you all to pop your thinking caps on for Brazilian authors and fiction. So what have you all come up with, name a book and for your efforts a pair of you could win a lovely Daunt Books Bag just like this…
And each one will contain a book or two. Where’s the catch? You can only put one title each and can’t repeat a title that is already in the comments (oh and any in the pictures above won’t count). It’s open worldwide until the end of tomorrow (Wednesday 12th) and the winners will be announced on Thursday when another big Brazil based post goes up… Good luck!!!
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