Always remembered. Never forgotten. Loved forever.

When my next read matches one of my favourite photos which also matches the setting of the book!!! A full circle bookish moment right there!

📕 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

#booksky

Saturday 10.30am

Morning all!

The sun is shining, it’s a beautiful day and we’re here until 4.30pm!

It’s still dark pretty early so plenty of time for multitasking later 😜 #booksky

“Friday” book quote of the day

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

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#qotd #bookquote #Edenglassie #melissalucashenko #booksky

Morning all! I think the mist is going to burn off into the most beautiful sort of books out blue sky day!

My body is reminding me I’m an old lady today

We are here until 4.30pm today (and I will absolutely be going home at closing time for once!) and then we are here Saturday 10-4.30!

Midnight WORLD BOOK DAY

That’s lights out on an 18 hour shift for World Book Day!

Big thank you for everyone who came out or connected online and we will see you all bright eyed and bushy tailed at 10am tomorrow!

9pm WORLD BOOK DAY
Hour 15 of 18 hours open!
Missed a few hours due to customers! The after school then after work rush were amazing and made my wee heart happy!
Peppermint tea and joobjoob biscuit right before the after school rush! Thanks to the guarandian angel who arrived with it!

3pm WORLD BOOK DAY
Hour 10 of 18 hours open!
(I only missed 1 & 2pm because there was customers in, not because I was sleeping in the corner!)
Did you know we have a beautifully twinkly tree with hearts made from pages fallen out of books because there’s no such thing as too many twinkly lights!

Midday WORLD BOOK DAY

Hour 7 of 18 hours open!

Did you know we have 2 trolleys absolutely chock full of classics. Old classics. New classics. Beloved classics. Lots and lots of classics. Except Wuthering Heights. Because the whole world is reading Wuthering Heights at the moment! #booksky

11am WORLD BOOK DAY
Hour 6 of 18 hours open!
Did you know that if you come to visit in person you might just meet a crazy book lady with her crazy book dresses Today you might just spot the Gruffalo, the tiger who came to tea, Elmer the elephant and the hungry caterpillar. #booksky #worldbookday

10am WORLD BOOK DAY

Hour 5 of 18 hours open!

Did you know our stock is donated to us? We accept donations of books, CDs, DVDs, vhs, games and jigsaws and we take anything and everything! We’re absolutely not fussy at all!!! And we never ever turn away any donations!
#worldbookday #booksky

9am WORLD BOOK DAY

Hour 4 of 18 hours open!

Did you know we have a super cosy comfy snuggle chair in our kids corner with snuggly blankets where you can curl up and read some time away? I might be having wee snooze in it later!

8am WORLD BOOK DAY

Hour 3 of 18 hours open!

Did you know we have a window of bookish curiosities that have been donated to us by various lovely people over the years! Every single quirky item has some sort of book connection and we love to see how it makes the people passing smile!
#booksky

7am WORLD BOOK DAY

Hour 2 of 18 hours open!

Did you know we love to put a quote to make you smile in our window, and you can even sponsor the window and have your own message in there for special days!

“We’ll see if tea and buns will make the world a better place”. The Wind in the Willows.

6am WORLD BOOK DAY

Morning all!

LIGHTS ON 6am on world book day and hour 1 of our 18 hours celebrating! We are here until
MIDNIGHT for all your bookish wants and needs!

Come see us!

WE CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR WORLD BOOKS DAY PICTURES! Tag us so we can smile!

#booksky #worldbookday

“Early March” book quote of the day.

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura translated by Yuka Maeno

amzn.to/4aKas9r

#thevanishingcherryblossombookshop #TakuyaAsakura #yukamaeno #bookstagram #qotd

“Tuesday” quote of the day

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

amzn.to/3MWd4bi

#qotd #bookquote #Edenglassie #melissalucashenko #booksky

When the outside world is such a mess sometimes the only thing to do is dive into your comfort reread with some sourdough toast. I love how pretty the Wordsworth Classics are!

Here’s the link that benefits Guid Reads too

amzn.to/3ODIMdZ

#booksky

Bookish book quote of the day (because books are for life not just for Christmas!)

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

amzn.to/3MlDLWA

And after some investigation I think this has to be the book they were reading…

amzn.to/3OJKbiV

#qotd #bookquote #thechristmasbookshop #jennycolgan #booksky

Bonus book quote of the day for all the people pleasers out there…

Wild About You by Sophie Loxton

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#qotd #bookquote #wildaboutyou #sophieloxton #booksky

Beautiful family book quote of the day (because books are for life not just for Christmas!)

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

amzn.to/3MlDLWA

#qotd #bookquote #thechristmasbookshop #jennycolgan #booksky

Friday quote of the day

Wild About You by Sophie Loxton

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#qotd #bookquote #wildaboutyou #sophieloxton #booksky

Just woke up from the weirdest dream that not only did I bump into @ianrankin1.bsky.social at the Trail West gig tomorrow night in Stirling but he was telling me he loved their song Tipping It Up to Nancy so much that he was mentioning it in his new book!!! Weird dream or premonition??????? 🤣🤣

February book quote of the day…

The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

I had to have a reread because I have such lovely memories of this book being read to us in primary school!

amzn.to/4asuDJ3

#qotd #bookquote #thediddakoi #rumergodden #booksky

Wednesday bookish book quote of the day (because books are for life not just for Christmas!)

The Christmas Bookshop by @jennycolgan.bsky.social

amzn.to/3MlDLWA

#qotd #bookquote #thechristmasbookshop #jennycolgan #booksky

As soon as I saw the spectacular shimmering flames on this cover I instantly thought of this amazing The Laurettes song.

An imagining 16th Century Scotland described in a way you will never forget.

amzn.to/3Oeaw8P

#theburnings #naomikelsey #scottishbooks #booksky

Went for fruit. Came home with a book reading gnome. Obviously!!

Love Asda! #booksky

Tuesday quote of the day

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

#qotd #bookquote #Edenglassie #melissalucashenko #booksky

Monday book quote of the day

The Quality of Silence by @rosamundlupton.bsky.social

amzn.to/45KUPMa

#qotd #bookquotes #thequalityofsilence #rosamundlupton #booksky

Sunday book quote of the day

The Pharmacist by Rachelle Atalla

amzn.to/4bK4jeq

#qotd #bookquotes #thepharmacist #rachelleatalla #booksky