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Sadly, Covid killed off some my favourite bookstores that I would have loved to include in this list, so I decided to pivot to fictional answers instead.
1.Women & Women First from the television show Portlandia
Why I’d Want to Visit: the owners were humorous and memorable characters. I loved seeing the absurd lengths they took some of their beliefs.
2. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore from the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Why I’d Want to Visit: It has ties to a secret society. What could be cooler than that?
3. The Travel Book Company from the film Notting Hill
Why I’d Want to Visit: I’d forgotten travel books were ever a thing! It would be interesting to see an entire store dedicated to them.
4. The Village Bookstore from the film Beauty and the Beast
Why I’d Want to Visit: Beauty and the Beast was set in the 1740s. I don’t know what the literary trends were back then, so I’d be curious to see what sorts of books were available to average citizens.
5. The Android’s Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop from the television show The Simpsons
Why I’d Want to Visit: It seems pretty similar to real-life comic book stores (wacky Simpsons physics and logic and such aside), but it would be cool to make comparisons.
6. The Magic Box from the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Why I’d Want to Visit: To see what they had to offer. I wouldn’t touch anything, and I’d make sure I was safely back home before dark when the vampires and other monsters started causing trouble.
7. A. Z. Fell and Company From the novel Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Why I’d Want to Visit: Because Aziraphale had invited me to stop by. It would be neat to see what sorts of things he’d collected over the millennia. Other than that, it seems like the sort of place best avoided due to how much it bothered him to have visitors at the private collection of materials he kept there.
What a fun twist on the topic! (As a bonus, I’ve now added a couple of the books you mention to my TBR.)
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Oh, how fun! I’ll come over and say hello.
I like that yours are fictional! I couldn’t think of many at all. Should have gone your route!
Thank you. 🙂
Yes! The Magic Box was so cool! I’d also like a poke around Giles’ library.
Ooh, for sure!
I love what you did with the topic! After reading your thoughts, it makes me want to visit them too.
Thank you very much!
This is such an awesome list!
Aww, thanks!
Great list! I had forgotten about the bookshop in Notting Hill. That would be a really interesting shop to see — definitely niche, but I wonder what places you could visit without ever leaving the shop?
I went a different direction this week, and posted some more quotes about books: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2022/10/04/top-ten-tuesday-more-quotes-about-books/
That’s a good question. I’ll be there would be some fantastic places to visit there.
I saw this comment just moments after commenting on your post. 🙂
I’m sorry some of your favorite book stores didn’t survive the pandemic. This twist on fictional bookstores is pretty fun though! Top of my list would def be the Cemetary of Forgotten Books from Carloz Ruiz Zafons quartet novels. Don’t know if I would dare to take a book home though…
Thank you!
And I hear you there. Some fictional bookstores would be fairly dangerous places to visit.
Not Hogwarts? Good list.
That’s a good one to include. 🙂
I see some on your list here I’d love to visit. This is a great twist you put on the topic.
Thank you.
It’s so sad what COVID has done to our world. All the deaths are hard enough to imagine and then you throw in lost businesses, jobs, houses, etc. I’m glad you were able to pivot. I also love some of your choices! They made me smile. Thank you for stopping by! 😀
You’re welcome.
And, yeah, Covid has been awful for so many different reasons.
Love your twist on the topic! I’d love to visit The Magic Box too. And the bookstore from Beauty and the Beast would be interesting indeed!
Thank you!
I’m really sorry to hear some of your favourite bookstores didn’t make it through Covid, the sheer level of damage that it’s done to the world is still difficult to get my head around to be honest. Anyway, on a less downbeat note, I love your picks! I’ve never seen Portlandia, but Women & Women First sounds like the kind of shop I’d love to go into. I also loved the sound of Aziraphale’s shop in Good Omens, maybe he would be more willing to have us there if we promised we only wanted to chat about books rather than buy them?
Thank you.
Portlandia is a wonderful show. I hope you like it if you watch it.
And, yeah, Aziraphale might go for that. 🙂
A great list. And so many that I want to visit too!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/04/top-ten-tuesday-favourite-bookstores-or-bookstores-id-love-to-visit/
Thank you. Have a good week, too.
Yeah, Covid killed off a lot of good things. Nice tweak to this week’s prompt!
Thank you. 🙂
I love learning about all these fictional bookstore this week. Looks like there are a lot of books that feature them that I need to pick up.
It was so much fun. Happy reading!
I love that you went with fictional shops and bookstores for this week’s TTT. I know what you mean about Covid killing off some of your favorite stores. Sadly, my two favorite bookstores are gone now, too.
Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. And thank you.
FAbulous!! Yes to the Magic Box!! (But per Giles’s warning, we must remember not to speak Latin in front of the books). And I”d love to check out Belle’s village bookshop too!
Yes, totally. No Latin allowed. 🙂
What a fun twist on this! Love your list!
Thank you.
I mean, as Belle is the ultimate (or one of them) bookish fictional characters, anything she loved visiting is a must. 🙂 Also… I watched Notting Hill not too long ago. Totally forgot about that store. Thanks so much for visiting my website, Lydia!
You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked my picks.
Love your twist on this topic, Lydia. I forgot The Simpsons had a bookstore. I loved the one on Buffy. And ties to a secret society? Sign me up.
Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog today.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked my answers.
Yeah, I doubt #4 is very true to life! Still, little village bookshops just seem so quaint, don’t they?
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Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Ha, I’m sure you’re right about that. But they sure do.
Ooh some good choices on this list, my two favorites from your list would be Women & Women First (Can’t go wrong with Portlandia), and the bookstore from Beauty and the Beast!
Thank you! Yeah, Portlandia was great.
This was fun! I want to go to The Travel Book Company from the film Notting Hill too!
🙂
A great twist on this week’s topic. Thank you for stopping by my blog earlier.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/nine-favorite-fictional-bookstores-libraries/
You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked my post.
Oh, now that was a great twist on this week’s choice for bookstores. I love it!
Thank you. 🙂
What a lovely idea for a twist. Yes, I also would love to visit the travel bookstore from Notting Hill. From Beauty and the Beast, I’d love to go to the library in the beast’s castle. Doesn’t it look amazing.
In any case, I really enjoyed your trip around the fictional bookshops.
Thanks for visiting my My TTT this week which is on books about bookshops which is only partly similar to yours because a lot of them exist.
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What a great spin on this week’s topic! I’m especially drawn to the bookstore in Beauty and the Beast. It’s one of my favorite movies. 🙂
Thank you!
THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME TWIST ON THE THEME! I love it! ❤️
Aww, thanks!
Fun post! Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore would definitely be an interesting one to visit.
Thanks. I’m glad you think so.
I loved your take on the topic this week. Neat idea!
Thank you very much.
A.Z. Fell and Company was one of the few fictional bookstore I thought of before I decided to do libraries. But I don’t know if I could even count it since I’m not a huge fan of Good Omens. XD It felt like cheating to use it.
I hear you there. I think you could still use it if you wanted to, but I understand your hesitation. 🙂
A.Z. Fell and Co. would be a real treat!
I know, right?
Oh my God, I would love to visit the Notting Hill bookstore! What a fun list.
Thank you!