Sunday 7 August 2016

A Literary Alphabet: B is for Bookshop Dreams


For some of us, a bookshop is a spiritual home. It is where we begin new journeys, learn new things and feel comfort in being surrounded by like-minded souls. My love of bookshops has got me dreaming about the ultimate fantasy bookshop scenarios…

  1. To enter a bookshop and find a display table with your name on it, stacked with recommended books tailored to your every whim and desire.
  2. To go up to the cash desk and discover an unused book voucher in your purse. Free Books = unbeatable.
  3. To enter a bookshop and find a bed with a meringue-like duvet and for it to be perfectly acceptable to lie down with a book.
  4. Arrive at a bookshop and find that one of your favourite authors (whether living or not) is doing a book signing.
  5. Finding a signed, first edition among the shelves.
  6. Discovering your favourite bookshop operates within its own time zone that allows you to browse for hours but takes up only seconds in real time.
  7. Stumbling upon a secret, forbidden floor of books.
  8. Encountering your very own Mr. Darcy (or Mr. Knightley) when you both reach for the same book. Cue romantic plotline.
  9. (One for the writers) Finding your own book for sale with the perfect cover and a picture of you looking perfectly photogenic.
  10. Being allowed a bookshop entirely to yourself. Imagine a completely quiet shop floor with just the words of Dickens and Defoe, Shakespeare and Shelley for company.

Whilst these fantasies are very enticing to the imagination, when it comes to bookshops all we really want is to step inside, be transformed and come away with a new adventure.

Which of these do you love? Have you had an amazing experience in a bookshop? Let me know in the comments section below!

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