On a rare occasion I post a link to a game. Since there are not a lot of ‘bookish’ games around, I seize the opportunity to bring you this one. It is one of those typical escape games. Except this one is in a library. I found it quite difficult, until my finance told me just to click on a lot of things. You can find the game here. Have fun!
If you want to protect the corners of your favourite hardcovers, this product might come in handy. It is a set of galvanised steel plate book corners. For 8,50 pounds you get 24 small ones, 24 medium ones and 12 large ones. You can order them here.
Thank to Irene for the link.
If you are ever in New York and you want to go out for a drink, go here! (And tell me all about it…) It is called the Library Bar, but do not take this too seriously. As they describe it: “Home of bad grammar, good music and adorable staff”. The only thing librarian about this bar is the staff, which kind of dress like librarians. Kind of: the wrong and over the top sexy way. As said, if you dare to set foot in it, let me know afterwards!
Or: bookplate. Personally, I hate it when people put bookplates in books. For me it is a real turnoff when I spot a second hand book and the previous owner glued one in. I feel the same when someone felt the need to write their name in a book. Why do people feel that need, I wonder? For collectors the books become worthless.
But… I do like the look of some bookplates. The art on them can be really nice. There is whole bunch of people who feel the same. Hence The Bookplate Society. Or this blog, by a self confessed ‘bookplate junkie’. The history behind these Ex Libris is actually quite interesting. You can learn about it here.
If you do like to put bookplates in your books, or collect them, I have a few links for you. Here you can find really pretty high quality Ex Libris. Also check out these
I recently wrote a post about the World’s best bookstore. You can find the post here. Michelle send me an e-mail about an amazing bookstore in Buenos Aires. It used to be a theatre and it looks fantastic. You can see an image of it here and more information on it here.
If you know of an amazing bookstore, that you think is the best of the world, please post it here. (You can also click the new category I made, named ‘bookstores’.)
Christina e-mailed me a You Tube link about this bookstore. Click here to see it.
I posted about bookish festivals before. Make sure you enter your local bookish festivals here! I found one that is worth a separate mention. Every year on April 1. the “Edible book festival” takes place in a lot of countries. “This festival is a celebration of the ingestion of culture and a way to concretely share a book; it is also a deeper reflexion on our attachment to food and our cultural differences”, the organisation writes on their website. You can find it here.
I have put a short cut to bookish festivals in the side bar. I would love it to grow out into a some sort of world wide database of festivals concerning books and reading. So if you have the time, please enter festivals concerning books in the comments of the article.
Weird?! Why should anybody house books without intending to read them? I have written about books for decoration only, but this… At this website, you can buy books by the foot. Yes, by the foot! Just because they look pretty. I’m sorry I have to say this, but… That’s so sad. And they do not come cheap too! I would rather spend the money to buy some proper reading material. Click here to be in awe.
I would like to find the best bookstore in the world. Or the most impressive one, or whatever you may call it. Of course, I need YOUR help with this. Whilst searching the web for the planet’s greatest bookstore, I came up with this and this. Visitors found that these bookstores were the best on earth. Also Powell’s bookstore in Portland, Oregon (USA), was mentioned quite a lot on the web as the worlds greatest bookstore. I also found this website: “Bookstore hall of fame”. I am sure you can top that! Let me know!
Please supply me with a link of YOUR favourite bookstore and some pictures. And tell my why you think it is so fantastic. This way, the other readers can benefit of it as well! This way, I hope to find the best bookstore on the planet.
If you love books, you love writers. Todays post about books on books is all about the people who produce our wonderful reading. Their lives, their thoughts, their inspirations. For instance: how do they live? You can find out about it in the book “American writers at home”, to be found here
There is also a book of beautiful portraits of writers. The pictures are very nice. The book is called “Writers: photographs”. You can learn more about it here
