![]() When I asked Michael to share some of his suggested titles with me, I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer variety, but shocked that this self-professed book lover hadn’t heard of them before.Īs a woman, I know I can often be persuaded by the ‘classic choices’ with girlish themes, and as much as it is good to cover the old favourites, one can be too tempted to fill bookshelves with stories everyone is familiar with. Lucky for us, Michael has agreed to share ten not-oft thought of books that make a great starting point for your own library. Not one to let that stop him sever his passion and suspend his work with the book trade, Gibbs now provides a Bespoke Library Service whereby private clients can hire him to curate beautifully tailored libraries based on your personal tastes and reading preferences. Sadly this romantic ideal hasn’t been widely adopted by a younger generation of readers, and due to the rising popularity of Kindles, ebooks and online retail, Bolingbroke was recently forced to close. Independent stores like his are the stuff of Britain, iconic places that make a landscape more about community and integrity than economic monopoly. It was something out of one of those ‘London made charming’ romantic comedies. Former proprietor of The Bolingbroke Bookshop, Michael sold books in his charming Battersea cornerstore for over thirty years. There is no man who echoes this sentiment more than my friend Michael Gibbs. ![]() Lest we lose the joy of the paperback, not only should we bestow a love of real books on the younger generation, we must do all we can to preserve the industry and keep words in print by making the joy of owning and reading physical books an important part of our home life! My Morfar especially, insists on buying everyone a book for Christmas, he’s done this for as long as I can remember, and is something I have embraced when shopping for children’s birthday gifts ( this book helps with inspiration if you’d like to adopt the same idea). ![]() Adorning every wall is a living, breathing, wallpaper of glorious fiction and informative reading, ready and willing to cure all boredom, or answer any burning question. My Grandparents are bookworms, and though settled in a modest 1930’s semi on the outskirts of London, nothing akin to a palatial country house, it has nevertheless always been filled to the rafters with books. Not only does the humble book serve as an education, and respite from the world, but if you buy one right, it can be a most decorative and loved backdrop to the best ‘home’ memories. ![]() In the age of the Kindle and fast-paced living, never before has it been so imperative to fill ones home with the joy of books to balance the mind. Having admired many a quintessentially English house, both in person and in picture, I have come to notice that one is never truly complete unless it has an extensive and much loved library. ![]()
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