I‘m a real mood reader - I can never choose my books too far in advance ..... Tonight I‘m ready for some chemical stories. It‘s been that kinda day! 🤣

I‘m a sucker for a pretty cookbook. This summer is going to be the summer of the veggie!

Guess I‘m not going to the post office for a few hours ! This box is kinda essential to my #summersantagoespostal2019 🤣🤣🤣

Things I learnt this weekend ..... summer comes in weird shapes and is hard to wrap neatly!🤣🤣🤣 #summersantagoespostal2019

One good thing about being away from home for a few weeks is there lots of TV to catch up on! Happy Friday night guys!

Really liked the industrial setting of this debut novel. The writing was really vivid and thoughtful, the characters complex, & reacting to life with both guts & a sense of desperation. Aliu deals with the immigrant experience, cultural misunderstanding & ethnic mistrust deftly. The political setting, both home & abroad gives the characters a real landscape to play out their domestic drama within. I'm not sure I was convinced by the rapid wrap up.

In another life - this is one of my dream jobs....

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/jon-gray-graphic-design-130519

When you get home from being away - and there‘s laundry to do, post to sort, stuff to do - but really what‘s more important than catching up with my reading first! A girls gotta have priorities right?! #bookishproblems

When you‘ve been travelling there‘s nothing better than getting home to your own pillow, the cats, a loving husband and Litsy Mail (in no particular order!🤣). #jb #litsymail

It‘s the small things in life that make me happy - like gazing at my new bookmarks! - And thank you to Litsy for giving me a place to say that out loud!

Great rugs in the new library (Helsinki!).

Starting this today. Don‘t be fooled by the sun - I‘m in Finland and have Thermal everything on!

Good job I brought my own reading material.... unfortunately no purchases made at this very large and well stocked Bookshop! That‘s a first! Maybe I should only shop in Finnish Bookshops...my bank account would like that! #bookishproblems

This is such a cool library - full of tech to use and ways to be creative. And books take up the whole top floor which is flooded with natural light. It‘s massive! Has 3 cafes, real trees and robots whizzing books around! Love it!

Finland recently celebrated 100 yrs of Independence. To celebrate they designed and built themselves a library. This is the top floor ‘book heaven‘. It‘s amazing. You can not just read, eat and meet - you can create a record in the recording studios, emboss, sew, drill, use the 3D printers, use the meeting rooms and office spaces. It‘s amazing!

The first purpose built library built in a Nordic country. Beautiful and serene today with open access. Finland knows how to do a good library!

This might be the safest bookstore I‘ve even been it. It‘s Finland‘s largest and I don‘t speak or read Finnish. Frustrating ! #bookishproblems

When you find yourself in a new country for work and rain stops play - this seems like the best option! #bookishproblems

Thrilled to have received an ARC of this from @bookculture as part of #independentbookshopday

https://crimereads.com/the-mystery-behind-harper-lees-lost-true-crime-book/

Dangerous free booklet that we picked up on Independent Bookstore Day. In just 16 pages I think I have at least 5 vacations planned! #bookishproblems

Small but really interesting exhibition at the NYPL exploring the influences on Whitman‘s work, and his literary legacy. On until July 27th if you‘re passing through.

This seems to be a new trend.. books as opera - not sure I‘m on that train...🧐

Has anybody seen this?

New York has voted...and the winner for One Book, One New York is Patti Smith ( my second choice.. commiserations to Jacqueline Woodson )

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/industries/1book1ny.page

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As the greenhouse and mini veg plot start to provide us with dinner - I‘m looking forward to using this new little cookbook. It comes from a series of ‘pamphlets style‘ booklets, each focuses on just one ingredient.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/may/how-robert-macfarlane-documented-und...

Super interest article featuring the travel notebooks that Robert Macfarlane used when writing his new book.

This really is one of the best places to spend an hour or three! Amazing books and each weekend local authors roam the store playing the role of ‘guest book sellers‘ Loved it ! (Centre for Fiction, NYC) ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Ottessa‘s top ten. Back to the Future made the shortlist!

https://www.artforum.com/print/201905/ottessa-moshfegh-79509

Cool - there‘s a Shakespeare edition!

http://www.openculture.com/2019/04/trivial-pursuit-the-shakespeare-edition-has-j...

Recently I‘ve been reading #onenonfictionamonth and been loving it. This is my #bookhaul from #nyc. Didn‘t realise just how non fiction focused my book buying was this week!

Home from #nyc unpacked and enjoying cuddles with the cats whilst gazing at our holiday purchases! Left stack mine. Right stack Mr Ks!

Yeah - I made it to 11 bookstore on my list - would have made it 14, but it was Avengers opening weekend and I had to keep Mr K happy! 🤣. Had a blast - until next time 😘

It‘s been a great few day in NYC - made it to 9 bookstores! This is the final one - MacNally Jackson, full of beautiful books, particularly good cookbook section 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

...when you just buy a book, walk out of the shop and realise you‘re on Lafayette Street! 🤣🤣🤣

I could easily live in this shop ! Falling in love with Stand bookstore ❤️

A great reading month for me - and they all seem to have a touch of coral on the cover! I‘ve started reading pairs ( 1 Fiction and a linked non fiction) that‘s been great. So this month I‘ve cried with Luiselli and Rao, been stranded in the North Sea, taken a trip west via horse and a trip down 5th Avenue in heels. The only disappointment was The Binding. Which started so well but didn‘t live up to the premise. #aprilwrapup

So, Mr K isn‘t a reader! He‘s recently got into audiobooks - but he grew up on and loves TV. However, on this book themed trip at New York he‘s bought three books and brought a book to breakfast! Who is this man??? 27 years together and he‘s still throwing curve balls! ❤️

Flying home today - drawing out the day with an early breakfast wiling time to slow down.

Staying on Library Way, Manhattan tonight, with a rooftop view down to the NY Public Library. These cool brass sidewalk plates celebrate all that is fun and diverse in the world of books and reading.

Spent the day awe inspired by amazing architecture, intrigued by the ‘book train‘ and relaxed with a book in the reading rooms. I might just have exited through the gift shop too !

The real Pooh - he was lovingly watching over the children‘s department at the New York Public Library - not a bad place to spend your retirement.

Saw this on the subway today - think the tagged book gets my vote!

Thanks for the tag @CouronneDhiver
☀️Scottish Highlands
☀️something fresh and fruity!
☀️pottering in the garden, swimming and hiking
☀️Dr P - much like my winter drink!
☀️Drinks bottle and ice!
☀️In the garden, or in the middle of nowhere floating in the canoe!

Over to you @wanderinglynn

This library is so gorgeous. Three balconies with hidden spiral staircases, a book vault and a priceless collection of rare texts and first editions. Need to expand my home library design I think 🤣

Part 2 of my #bookhaul from Strand. I‘ve been listening to this on audio and really enjoying it. So I‘m going to start reading - it‘s a chunkster! And of course - not only must I coordinate my book and book mark, I really needed the matching socks too!

Part 1 of today‘s #bookhaul from Strand. A book I‘ve not seen before, two I‘ve been looking for, some cute postcards, notebook and Handmaiden pin along with the obligatory bookmark. 👏🏻❤️👏🏻

Oh my.... I‘m never going to be able to stick to the holiday rules of one book in each bookstore we visit! Rules are made to be broken !

Oh my goodness - before I‘ve even got to the books I‘m over whelmed by bookish socks! This is going to be an all day affair! #bookishproblems @strandbookstore

I want to live here! Amazing space with so many readerly touches ( little notices on the cafe tables to read but no working on laptops, amazing book lined event space, walls and walls of amazingly curated books and different local authors in bookstore every day as ‘guest booksellers‘ recommending reading). But the best bit - pay a yearly subscriptions s you get access to the reading lounge - quiet comfy space to read in silence ❤️

My poem from the gumball machine - very profound thoughts from little Hilary-Anne Farley❤️