Hello there! I am a self-confessed book junkie who has an eclectic taste in books and loves to explore book shops & libraries. Have a look around and hope you enjoy it.
The first time I went to Birmingham New Street was Christmas last year, and it was just packed with people because of the German Christmas Market. So last week, when I had a reason to go there (I attended a job fair at the Birmingham Council House), I told myself that it was a perfect […]
Read More Frolicking In BirminghamAn impromptu visit to Swindon, a town in the Southwest of England, allowed me a short rendezvous with Bassett Books. It may be quaint, but don’t let that fool you for this shop has been in business for 31 years. The shop takes its pride in its book ordering service. True enough, while I was […]
Read More Short But Sweet in SwindonFinally, we found a book shop that my husband loves more than I do! The Tree House Book Shop is another gem in Kenilworth for book lovers. Located at the high street, it is surely a shop that’s not hard to miss. What really caught our attention from afar were the books inside boxes that […]
Read More The Tree House Book ShopMy husband and I always look forward to the weekends because it’s the only time we can escape the grind of our job. This week, we headed to Kenilworth to check out the independent book shop Kenilworth Books. Following trusty Google Map, we drove about 30 minutes from our house towards the town of Kenilworth. […]
Read More Where Art Thou, Kenilworth Books?As my husband and I were strolling one windy Saturday afternoon in Stratford-Upon-Avon, a peculiar name of a book shop lured us to it. Chaucer Head indeed made us curious and tempted us in. You can easily judge from the outside that the building is quite old (as most buildings in Stratford are). But for […]
Read More Off With Chaucer’s HeadThough our visit up North has ended a month ago, I still have a hangover from visiting Barter Books. I cannot, I repeat, I cannot get over it! As it boasts to be one of the largest 2nd hand book shop in the UK, it is considered to be a tourist attraction in Northumberland. The […]
Read More The Wonderful World of Barter BooksArticles and experiences of East and South East Asians in The UK - a BCS magazine
A Filipina Scientist
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A Book Lover's Journey
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
A drop of poetry in a world of prose.
The Filipina Book Junkie 