The only thing better than buying a cool book is buying a cool book from an AWESOME bookstore...
-The Bookstores-
El Ateneo, Buenes Aires, Argentina
Originally a theatre...Now it's a bookstore! Bookshelves where the audience used to sit...Intact theatre boxes to read in...
Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France
This bookstore is famous for being the hangout of many famous authors like Ernest Hemingway and has been a landmark in Paris for decades.
Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice
GUYS. ITS A FLOATING BOOKSTORE. Every book is stashed in something that floats since the store floods every year. Imagine walking into a bookstore and finding your book in boats, washtubs, barrels...just floating along in the store.
Honesty Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
IT'S IN A "BOOK TOWN" SO THAT IS REASON ENOUGH TO GO
-The Libraries-
The New York Public Library
Its the third largest library IN THE WORLD
George Peabody Library, Maryland, USA
Kansas City Public Library, Missouri, USA
Look! A GIANT LORD OF THE RINGS!
*mutters* It should be a lot bigger...But then again it would throw off the symmetry if the Lord of the Rings was three times the size of the other books...
The British Library, London, UK
The largest library in the world. And look at how BEAUTIFUL it is!
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA
Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris, France
IT'S. SO. BEAUTIFUL.
*waits for COVID to blow over so I can GO TO ABSOLUTELY ALL OF THESE PLACES*
MK
BOOKS! THESE LOOK LIKE THE HAPPIEST PLACES IN THE WORLD! *happy sigh* That Kansas City library looks fantastic! All of these! I need them precious!
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with the KC library is that I would be so tempted to climb up on top and have a picture taken with LOTR.
DeleteThese are all awesome!! I've always been interested in the one in Wales. I find that a pretty cool idea, though the idea of all those books being exposed to the elements makes me shudder a little. But it still looks so cool!
ReplyDeleteAnd its not like it never rains in the UK! Maybe they take everything inside???
DeleteOh, these are so cool! I love the one in Wales, and the one in Venice, and aaaagh, the giant LOTR makes me sooo happy!
ReplyDeleteThe NYPL is really cool, although their children's section could use a makeover...
Also, have you ever seen the Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington? Look up a picture of the reading room...it's like something out of Harry Potter, but better!
Ooh! I'm looking it up now!
DeleteThe last one (in France) reminded me of HP
OH WOW!! These are definitely on my bucket list now!!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteNo problem! Glad you liked it!
DeleteWe tried to go to the New York Public Library in 2015 when we went to New York, but most of it was closed!! It was so sad! :(
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Oh no! (I honestly would have never thought about parts of libraries randomly closing when planning a trip, LOL)
Deleteoh, these places looook so cool! Even better they have books! Where do I sign up? :D
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Right?
DeleteIts taking a lot of self control not to give into the "I bet tickets are really cheap right now...I probably wouldn't die" urges :D
Trip around the world where we hit up every one of these? YES
ReplyDeleteSo we go to New York and then fly from there to London and Wales, then France and Italy then back to DC and Maryland where we jump on the train (which goes through Kansas City) and take it down to California/Western border where we hop on another plane in Argentina!
DeleteNow I want to visit all of these too! Beautiful!
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