The Bookshop Book: Jen Campbell Hardcover – 2 Oct. 2014

Jen Campbell's writing is perfect. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves reading. A perfect way to spend your afternoon is looking though the interesting stories that can be found in here.The book is a beautiful blue/green hardcover which I can display proudly in the center of my bookshelf.I am a big fan of Jen's and watch her on you tube all the time because she has fantastic book recommendations. I would also recommend picking up her other books because they are very good too!

This is a wonderful book for all those who enjoy reading and handling real books. An enjoyable book becomes a friend, in many cases perhaps a life long friend. Read until it eventually falls apart to hopefully to be replaced by a newer edition., The Bookshop book will take you around the world visiting bookshops large and small. This is a book not to be missed and will possibly introduce the reader to unknown corners where books are revered. Don't read it all at once. Enjoy a chapter, then savour it before moving on. You won't be disappointed. A unique work written by a true bibliophile..

This book is fantastic - a great journey round some interesting, unusual and just generally really good bookshops! Written in an easy to digest way with some interesting insights from authors and bookshop owners. I have made a list of bookshops to visit round the country based on the content!

For anyone who loves literature and has favourite authors, this book is a treasure. The grumpy persona (or perhaps real character) of the writer as he describes his trials with purchasing from odd owners and selling with recalcitrant staff in his Scottish bookshop is fascinating.

There is something wonderful about the anticipation of reading a great book about books. I chose this book without reading much about it other than the reviews sounded positive so. on arrival, didn't know what to expect. The cover gives the book a feel of a light romance novel but the blurb and contents show it to be much more intriguing and genuinely about bookshops.Initially, I was intrigued and found some of the stories fascinating. The bookshops that are explored are often recommended through "chats" with authors and other involved in the book world which works well.Jen Campbell seems to want to cover bookshops all around a world but that doesn't work as nearly half the book covers shops in the UK before she even goes to France. Then the other continents are dealt with very swiftly - maybe she could have kept the book in the UK and covered the shops in more detail?I like the "facts" and the "wonderful things" but I got bored with the descriptions of the shops - there were too many that had similar stories. I'd have liked more detail about some of the shops and to have less bookshops covered.

Present for my daughter at Christmas..had a sneaky read of the first few pages and wanted to continue reading...really easy read but so interesting..told her to pass it over after she finishes it lol...

1. Bookish! Through all of the anecdotes and facts which must have been so intriguing to research, it was so fascinating to discover so much about a variety of bookshops worldwide. There was so much diversity in the bookshops that Jen Campbell described. It’s a book that has really persuaded me to travel to so many new places I’d never thought of before. I've visited a few of the bookshops mentioned, such as Blackwell’s in Oxford, but I need to visit more!!2. We can see the magic of bookshops, particularly independent ones, and we can see how they thrive even in the darkest of times as the digital age threatens booksellers and people turn to reading e-books. I feel like this book really encourages people to support physical bookshops because of the incredibly unique and important things they have to offer. Every physical bookshop has character and stories which allow people to fall in love with them.3. I loved the bookish facts and the beautiful pictures that appeared throughout the book! It was nice to see what some of the bookshops actually looked at and how bookshops in different countries compare.4. A lot of famous writers and booksellers/bookshop owners contributed to this book and I found it mesmerising to read about their views on the importance of reading and the importance of physical bookshops. Of course they all have very bookish views, and I loved the way they expressed their opinions and how they discussed how books changed their lives for the better.5. I think I probably prefer fictional books about books as opposed to non-fiction just because the stories tend to have great mystery and excitement, and I prefer the way that the messages are revealed. However, this was still incredibly intriguing and I absolutely loved learning so many bookish facts despite the slightly different approach to what I've read before.

A really enjoyable book. So interesting. And after one has raced through it to learn about the various shops, it works very well as a bedside table book. A dip into this book before sleep leaves a lovely picture in one's head to influence dreams!