![]() Browsing through the shelves, I spotted A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé, translated from French and published by the small company, Europa Editions. With a coincidence of chance and purpose, my most recent bookstore visit has left me in that very situation. So while the bookshop may present a magnificent threat to your pile of current reads, it is also a place of endless potential – where every trip brings the real possibility of stumbling upon your new favourite novel. Because, without the bookstore, discovery of hidden gems and accidental finds would be a near impossibility. Yet it certainly proves the principle upon which my A Book Buyer’s Guide post was based. This is, I think, both the peril and pleasure of the bookstore. One bookshop trip later, a number of ongoing reads have been cast aside, usurped by new books of demanding presence. ![]() ![]() ![]() After committing to working my way through my most recent book acquisitions before making further purchases, I caved. ![]()
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