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As mentioned in my previous post, on a recent trip to DC I decided to create my own bookstore crawl. Here's the final instalment featuring Idle Time Books and Busboys and Poets. Enjoy!!! 

Located in Adam's Morgan Idle Time Books might have been my favourite of all the bookstores I went to as it had many of the things I love under one roof. It's got new, used and out-of-print books. There's also post cards, newspapers, vintage magazines, records and CDs. It was three floors of books, and even a chair by the window to look out while you read. What's there not to love?? Here is where I got Peter Abrahams Mine Boy.

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As mentioned in my previous post, on a recent trip to the States for a wedding/mini-break I decided to create my own bookstore crawl. Here's part 2 featuring Second Story Books and Books 4 America. Enjoy!!!  
 
Second Story Books is a really cool used and rare bookstore also in Dupont. I noticed a lot of first edition books, unique books, rare maps and a pretty good selection of fiction/non-fiction. Here is where I got Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen, Zakes Mda The Madonna of Excelsior, and Dave Eggers What is What. 


Such beautiful words. And they had it all ...

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A couple of months ago I was in the States for a friends wedding/mini-break. The wedding was in Virginia, I stayed in Maryland, and went down to DC a few times. On my first foray into DC, I went to Georgetown and while walking noticed a bookstore. By now it might have been established that I have a problem - I can't walk by a bookstore without going into it.  So obviously I walked in ... and might have bought myself a book. After Georgetown, I did go into DC a couple more times, but this was less book related and more checking out the city. 

A few days before I returned to London I realised DC had a lot of bookstores, but with very little time there was only so much I could do. So I decided to create my own bookstore crawl and check out some of the city's bookstores. I just focused on the ones around Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan. And luckily, the day before I left I met a friend for brunch at Busboys and Poets and had the added bonus of checking the bookstore out (ah! simple pleasures). I have to say the one thing I loved about DC was the number of independent bookstores it had and and I can't wait to check out the rest when next I'm there. (PS. I kinda took a lot of photos so I'm splitting these into a few posts).  So here's part 1 of my mini DC bookstore crawl featuring Bridge Street Books and Kramerbooks. Enjoy!!!  

Bridge Street Books is an independent bookstore in Georgetown. It's a cute little bookstore in a converted townhouse with books stacked from floor to ceiling, with so many genres. Here is where I got a copy of Chris Abani's Graceland.
Caught my eye as I was walking into Georgetown
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I've recently returned from a trip to a few places on the East Coast of America and Canada. While I was there I saw some gorgeous bookstores, which I just couldn't ignore. And I might have treated myself to a few books. 

So once I sort through my photos, I am going to feature the amazing bookstores I visited - from Bridge Street Books in D.C. to A Different Booklist in Toronto. Although I'm sad I didn't have time to check out any of New York's amazing bookstores (does MoMa count?), I was in book heaven. Let's be honest, I was like a kid in a candy store.

I am also so grateful to my friend, who showed me around Toronto and took me on what I am going to call a bookstore crawl. He even helped me out in searching for books by African authors in every store we went to. 
Can't wait to read my new and (mostly) pre-loved books
"For Ngugi wa Thiong'o" at the Museum of African Art, D.C.
MoMa Design and Book Store, NYC


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Founded in 2011, bookshy represents two things: the young me who was so shy I escaped through books, and the older me whose shelf is always one book shy of being full.

bookshy is a space where I celebrate, promote and recognise contemporary African literature - although sometimes I go back in time to commemorate the greats. It is about the books I love, the books I have read and the books that I am dying to read.

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