Bookstore Adventures: Scriptum Oxford When I stayed in Oxford at Exeter College, I stepped out into Turl St every morning and walked across the road to the Turl St Kitchen to get my soy latte. Some days when I’d been too lazy to make it to the dining hall, I’d also buy my breakfast there. […]
Each time I visit London, I make a point of exploring the Portobello Road Markets. It is one of the world’s largest antiques markets with over 1,000 dealers selling every kind of antique and collectible. The streets are crowded with visitors from all over the world who are searching one of London’s best loved landmarks for a bargain. Portobello […]
Bookstore Adventures: Daunt Books London Walking down Marylebone High Street is a fun activity, but to find Daunt Books right there in the middle of it all is a delight. This beautiful Edwardian bookshop is full of old-fashioned style. Gorgeous wood interiors, headlight windows and skylights make it beautiful to look at. The light streaming in from […]
In 2013, I was fortunate enough to attend Summer School at Oxford University. I stayed in Exeter College and my room faced Broad Street. Across the road was the world famous Blackwell’s bookshop. Blackwell’s has serving the needs of students, academics and book-lovers since 1879. It’s a great store to wander around and even to sit in the […]
I visited Powell’s City of Books in Portland Oregon last year on my birthday. I had a fabulous couple of hours browsing this wonderful store. When they use the word City in their name, they mean it. The place even has is own parking garage. This store is a book lover’s paradise. It’s known as […]
The Last Bookstore in LA has to be one of the most fun bookstores I’ve been to. It even has a labyrinth made of books! We discovered the store in the Historic District of La (I hadn’t even realised that LA had an Historic District before this trip!) I was there the week Maya […]
Wherever I travel I make a point of finding interesting or beautiful bookstores. Over the last year, I’ve had quite a few bookstore adventures and I’d like to share some of them with you over the next few weeks. Each store has something unique that I found intriguing or fun. So here’s Number One of […]
#35 Days of Dares #35 Dare to Shutdown It’s Lent and this time of year Christians from all round the world go on fasts of some sort, giving up something they love as a sacrifice. As an avid reader, I have to put myself on book fasts every now and then. If I don’t I […]
#35 Days of Dares #34 Dare to Change In this first week of Autumn in the southern hemisphere I’m reminded of the fact that I change, just like nature does in the seasons. In Autumn we see the leaves begin to change colour and fall. The trees ready themselves to shut down over […]
