Near Craven Cottage there is a bookstore after my own heart. When I walked in, I thought it would be completely disorganized. However, I learned that they had the books divided into sections and spreadsheets for all the different sections, including authors, titles, and genres. I was pretty impressed. Unfortunately I could only browse since I was on my way to a football match and I didn’t want to lug any books around. But, I’ll be back!
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TB Markinson is an American who's recently returned to the US after a seven-year stint in the UK and Ireland. When she isn't writing, she's traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in New England, or reading. Not necessarily in that order.
Her novels have hit Amazon bestseller lists for lesbian fiction and lesbian romance.
She cohosts the Lesbians Who Write Podcast (lesbianswhowrite.com) with Clare Lydon. TB also runs I Heart Lesfic (iheartlesfic.com), a place for authors and fans of lesfic to come together to celebrate lesbian fiction.
50 Year Project 
That looks like Heaven to me and I love the sound of the spreadsheet.
This was a fantastic find for a book lover! And the organization was the cherry on top.
Wonderful! This looks like a perfect place for a tearoom.
Yes…I would love that!
Love books. I ave six large book cases full of them. Like how these are stacked.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
That is a lot of books. I only have five large book cases right now, but I hope to expand my library over the years. However, mine aren’t stacked this this. I’m trying to guess how many books you have, but I can only come up with a lot. Math was never my strong suit 🙂 I’m jealous!
ohhh I love book stores, Love love books 🙂
I’m with you Kristina!
Looks like a great place to spend a rainy day!
Yes! Add a cup of tea and it would be perfect.
What a great find! 🙂
I need to go back!
Reminds me of Powells bookstore back home in Portland, OR. Hope the reading is going well.
Dang! I was in Portland a few years ago and I missed Powells. I’ll have to go back!
OMG, books and organization – two of my favourite words in the english language!! Now you make me feel like reading! 🙂
I love books and I would like to be organized. I’m good at buying books, but I really struggle in the organization part. Maybe I could learn from this store.
Everyone in my family makes fun of me because my books are all in alphabetical order, but when you have as many as I do, you kind of have to or you would never be able to find the one you want. 🙂
Come on over! I’m organizationally challenged. Every time I figure out a system I decide to change it. I try to divide it up in sections, but then I can never remember how I came up with the sections.
Darn – too bad I don’t live closer!! I love a good challenge 🙂
How are you with sweaters? My clothes closet is also a disaster.
No challenge is too great!!
That looks wonderful; I wish that more used bookstores would be better organized. I went to a little used bookstore in DC yesterday, but it had almost no sci-fi/fantasy selection, and the books were stacked in such a way that there was a row of books behind the rows of books at the front of the shelves. Another customer tried to grab a book near the top of the shelf and unleashed a torrent of books onto the heads of everyone underneath. It was kind of awkward, lol…
Oh the poor customer! How embarrassing. I hope no one was hurt. This store also had books stacked up and I was a little nervous to touch them. But the guy offered to help me if I needed anything above my head. If I had more time, I would have taken him up on the offer just to see how graceful he could be.
I could spend a week in bookstores 😀 The past year I ve read 30 books, 3 so far lol I loveeee books 🙂
I’ve always wanted to own a bookstore, but I fear I would never make any sales. I wouldn’t be able to let go of them. Good luck reading this year!
I can smell the books… 🙂
🙂 It is a happy place.
Heaven! How I miss independent booksellers. They are disappearing so rapidly in the States.
I know. It saddens me.
I wish I could be there most of my time! 😀 Thanks for sharing, TBM!
You would love it there!
Whhoooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaw!!!! Impressive!!! 🙂 **
You said it!
A reader’s heaven!!
It warmed my heart!
what a fabulous bookstore to come across!
And I hope it wasn’t my last visit 🙂
Ow my…what a heaven for book lover.
I know a few people who would love this place 🙂
I wish I had a store like that near me. I love bookstores 🙂
I would for it to be right next door, but I may never leave.
Sounds amazing. And very impressive that they are so organized. Pretty rare for used bookstores. Can’t wait to see what you discover when you go on an actual shopping visit.
I can’t wait either! I was surprised. They were more organized than most stores I’ve been to.
Would love to browse around that shop! Don’t have very many near where we live. The few good ones are being torn down to make way for malls!
That is awful! I would much prefer bookstores than a mall.
Me too, but who can stop “development” ?
I know…sometimes I feel so helpless.
Now if only they provided beds so you never have to leave
The space was limited, but I saw in the backroom and I think I could find enough space for a cot 🙂
This is great. Made me excited… Thank you dear TBM, with my love, nia
Glad you enjoyed Nia!
Now this looks like my kind of place! When I traveled around Eastern Europe last year, I made sure that I visited their out-of-the-way bookshops and bought a book from each country. Also took loads of photos of those charming book nooks/ book corners – my favorite by far is not found in Europe but in San Francisco – Green Apple! I love that store, but I have a feeling that this new discovery of yours more organization what with spreadsheets and such. How awesome! 🙂 There is one book that I always look for when I visit book shops and so far I have not had the luck of finding it yet, Christopher Morley’s The Haunted Bookshop initially published in 1919. 🙂 Wouldn’t it be awesome if you find it there. 🙂
I’ll have to write the title down. I keep a wishlist of books in my wallet since I have a horrible memory. I would love to find it.
And now I want to visit the Green Apple! I also love to visit bookstores when I travel. It is a great way to get to know a place. To see the books that are popular and to get a sense of the culture. You can learn a lot. And of course I like to pick up some.
This makes me incredibly jealous and definitely makes me want to come back to the UK! While you’re there you should make a point of going to the Hay-on-Wye (book/literary) festival and take lots of pictures! I want to live vicariously through you.
Thanks Geoff! I’ll have to look into it. And if I go, I promise to take pictures. Thanks for the tip!
Mmm… so many books!
(Drools)
LOL…
Love the look of that store… it would grab my attention
I think it would!
This is my heaven! 🙂
Subhan Zein
Mine too!
Wow!
Amazing huh!