Bibliomaniac
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- Author：Robin Ince
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Summary
Why play to 12，000 people when you can play to 12？ In Autumn 2021， Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic。 Rather than do nothing， he decided he would instead go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops， from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate。
Packed with anecdotes and tall tales， Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books。 It is the story of an addiction and a romance， and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme。
Packed with anecdotes and tall tales， Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books。 It is the story of an addiction and a romance， and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme。
Reviews
Donna Scott
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This is a very rich one-year memoir of Robin Ince accepting the challenge to do a tour of 100 independent bookshops， but being a bit of an obsessive， he actually visits many more than that。 Most travelling gets done by train， and the vehicular cardiganned Robin crams his bags with treasures from almost each shop， subsisting on biscuits， or possibly cake。 What a life！I am extremely jealous of Robin's year。 Can you imagine anything better than this being your job， to read books， visit lovely books This is a very rich one-year memoir of Robin Ince accepting the challenge to do a tour of 100 independent bookshops， but being a bit of an obsessive， he actually visits many more than that。 Most travelling gets done by train， and the vehicular cardiganned Robin crams his bags with treasures from almost each shop， subsisting on biscuits， or possibly cake。 What a life！I am extremely jealous of Robin's year。 Can you imagine anything better than this being your job， to read books， visit lovely bookshops in lovely towns， accumulating wonderful books， and then talking to people about science， books and art？ And being fed cake？ I get to do a tiny bit of all this， but no， not to this level of perfection。 What can I say。 Here I am， working on books and smashing my non-work- related reading target。。。 And a few times a year I get to talk to people about books in a similar way。 But Robin is making me feel like I could be doing this more; better！ I am simultaneously jealous and inspired。 I absolutely zipped through this。 It's just a delicious read。 Now， to tackle my tsundoku and sort my life out。 。。。more
Jonny Brick
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Book addict and national treasure traipses across UK in celebration of bookshops and readers。 A perfect Christmas gift。
Heather
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I can't recommend this book highly enough。 It's just wonderful。 Very funny， it reminded me of Notes from a Small Island。 It's a travelogue of Britain but via independent bookshops。 And lots of asides about books， if you want book recommendations well there are more than you could imagine。 Anecdotes， interesting characters and mostly just a sense of warmth and goodwill。I laughed out loud quite a bit reading this and related to Robin's anxieties， love of cake and eccentricities。 I can't recommend this book highly enough。 It's just wonderful。 Very funny， it reminded me of Notes from a Small Island。 It's a travelogue of Britain but via independent bookshops。 And lots of asides about books， if you want book recommendations well there are more than you could imagine。 Anecdotes， interesting characters and mostly just a sense of warmth and goodwill。I laughed out loud quite a bit reading this and related to Robin's anxieties， love of cake and eccentricities。 。。。more
Mike Sumner
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To every bibliophile （most of us surely） all I can say is buy this book！ Robin Ince really likes books。 Books fill his house; he cannot stop buying books。 Reminds me of myself although not to the same manic extent！ He responded to publishing his last book by visiting over 100 bookshops in 100 days。 It's a rollercoaster journey that takes us around Britain's bookshops。 He is a fine travel writer and his book is wise， witty and， at times， very funny。 You find yourself wrapped up in books and meeti To every bibliophile （most of us surely） all I can say is buy this book！ Robin Ince really likes books。 Books fill his house; he cannot stop buying books。 Reminds me of myself although not to the same manic extent！ He responded to publishing his last book by visiting over 100 bookshops in 100 days。 It's a rollercoaster journey that takes us around Britain's bookshops。 He is a fine travel writer and his book is wise， witty and， at times， very funny。 You find yourself wrapped up in books and meeting wonderful bookshop owners。 It's a joy to read and not to be missed。 。。。more
Hally
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Ironically for a book about bookshops。。。I read this on audio。 No regrets， as talking is as much Robin's thing as literature is。 Robin's chaotic chatty style works really well for my brain， and I appreciate the niche book references because predictability in this area depresses me。 Robin is so funny and warm and lovely and I enjoyed every minute of this。 Ironically for a book about bookshops。。。I read this on audio。 No regrets， as talking is as much Robin's thing as literature is。 Robin's chaotic chatty style works really well for my brain， and I appreciate the niche book references because predictability in this area depresses me。 Robin is so funny and warm and lovely and I enjoyed every minute of this。 。。。more
Liz
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This went from two stars to three by the end。There’s nothing really wrong with the book， it just didn’t interest me that much。 It almost became a list of shops and their owners， interspersed with lists of books bought。 Almost all of these seemed to be non-fiction and hardly any of them had I heard of。 This is about the only interesting thing of note to take from this book， as I volunteer at a charity bookshop yet none of them have I seen in it。I did enjoy the description of my local train statio This went from two stars to three by the end。There’s nothing really wrong with the book， it just didn’t interest me that much。 It almost became a list of shops and their owners， interspersed with lists of books bought。 Almost all of these seemed to be non-fiction and hardly any of them had I heard of。 This is about the only interesting thing of note to take from this book， as I volunteer at a charity bookshop yet none of them have I seen in it。I did enjoy the description of my local train station， the suggestion being that it was made from leftover Airfix parts， though I’m obviously disappointed that he didn’t pop into our shop on the way to Wotton。 。。。more
Sebastian
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A book for book lovers， by a book lover。 Robin Ince is the bibliomaniac I both aspire to and fear becoming。 （Anyway， I'm going to proactively order some new bookshelves now。 You want to be prepared when bibliomania hits in full force， after all）。 A book for book lovers， by a book lover。 Robin Ince is the bibliomaniac I both aspire to and fear becoming。 （Anyway， I'm going to proactively order some new bookshelves now。 You want to be prepared when bibliomania hits in full force， after all）。 。。。more
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