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A review by jensteerswell
Bookshops by Jorge Carrión
5.0
Reading this, I realised it's been a long time since I went into a bookstore purely for the pleasure of browsing. I don't even go in if I read a review of a book and decide I want to own a physical copy of it, I buy the book on the internet. In fact, there are now only two reasons why I go into a bookstore anymore: 1. To buy book-related items to give as gifts to my literary friends (I get books for them online!) or 2. I'm travelling and I sense there is a danger I will run out of things to read before I get to the end of my trip. This happens pretty often.
I suppose it's also a time thing: when I was a kid, I had no system for picking out books, so I just went in and picked out whatever piqued my interest. Now I have to maximise my reading time, so I have exactingly curated lists.
Hopefully this book will change that attitude, and I'll start going into the world's great bookshops for the experience, not just because it's a 4-hour train journey home.
I suppose it's also a time thing: when I was a kid, I had no system for picking out books, so I just went in and picked out whatever piqued my interest. Now I have to maximise my reading time, so I have exactingly curated lists.
Hopefully this book will change that attitude, and I'll start going into the world's great bookshops for the experience, not just because it's a 4-hour train journey home.