Comments on: Booking Through Thursday

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:43:58 +0000

I too prefer browsing in small second hand book shops. Sometimes one ends up with treasures!

By: carol

carol — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:52:23 +0000

I agree that those small independent book stores have so much more to offer than the book store chain stores. Thank you for the tip about library thing. I will check it out. I have left a little something on my blog for you. Take care, Carol

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:06 +0000

Thanks for all your comments. And Angela I’m looking forward even more now to seeing if Bath Place is as you remember it.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:29:30 +0000

I lived in Taunton 15 years ago and can recommend this book shop. I remember buying dozens of Virago books there. I think you`ll find that Bath Place has a lovely selection of independent specialist shops (that`s if things haven`t changed too much since I was last there!). Enjoy!

By: JLS Hall

JLS Hall — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:07:12 +0000

The Little Fleece Bookshop sounds absolutely perfect! I do think the small, independent book sellers are really the most fun. But they’re getting harder and harder to find in the US these days. Now that I know about LT’s “local” feature, I intend to use it to try to find some interesting new bookstores when I’m out and about.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:13:05 +0000

I can’t agree with you more. I always look for bookstores with titles of local interests. In Malaysia, I found W. Somerset Maugham’s travelogue of his journey from Burma to Singapore, called The Gentlemen in the Parlour, a book that I haven’t had any luck in the US. These bookstores are also great resources for local history. That said, I buy books when I travel, lots of them. I usually run out of books to read so I have to re-stock. I brought back 15 books from Hong Kong in the recent trip!

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:45:15 +0000

I bought a couple of books when I went to England, but I forgot to mention that in my post.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:27:28 +0000

I always buy a few books on vacation. Like you, I try to find small bookshops and love it when I can find a really nice used bookstore. Last year, I came home with bags of books! I usually try to find a book about the area and its history and if the book also concerns women’s history in the area, that is a plus. I’m don’t buy many trinkets or such on vacation, so I don’t mind spending on a few nice books. Oh, and I usually buy a Christmas ornament that is representative of the area. My Christmas tree has things from all over.

By: Confuzzled Books

Confuzzled Books — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:45:23 +0000

I didn’t know Library Thing had a listing of bookstores I will have to check that out.