Books Are My Bag: A Celebration of Bookshops!

Right up until Christmas the Books Are My Bag campaign is running to celebrate bookshops; our bookshops are under threat and it would be simply awful to see them all disappear from the highstreet. I have so many incredibly fond memories of visiting bookshops with my mama when I was small, being allowed to choose a book, which took me a while each time - I was very particular and the story I chose at the time had to be just right, taking it to the till and proudly carrying the bag out of the shop & all the way home. This is something I hope I can do with my own children one day, when the time comes. We visited the local library often too, but there was something extra special to me about the books that I owned, they were mine and I still have the really special ones to this day.

I've seen so many of my favourite book-tubers mentioning the campaign and I really wanted to get involved! I popped to my nearest Waterstones (which is admittedly not particularly local - one downside of living in the countryside!), wandered around for a little while and I bought some books, taking full advantage of the buy one get one half price offer. I do love a bargain and sure, I probably could have found them for less money online, but this time that didn't matter. There were so many books I could have bought but in the end I went for A Question Of Identity by Susan Hill and The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

A Question of Identity by Susan Hill (£5.99)

A Question Of Identity is a book I picked up initially because I really love the cover, with its dark & moody colours and the street light illuminating the snow covered scene. It looked like a book I would like and I think I will because I've been wanting to read a few more crime/mystery books. This sounds like it has a bit of an extra twist, when they find someone they think could be a suspect, he doesn't seem to exist! From what I've seen online this is the 7th installment in a series (although the books stand alone) and I'm excited to start reading, I've never read anything by Susan Hill & if I love it I have a feeling I'll try to track down the other 6 books in the series. I might save this one for the end of the month, for Halloween.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (£5.99)

For my second book I was inspired by the quote on the Waterstones bags; 'A book worth reading is worth buying' and I couldn't agree more. I first read The Perks of being a Wallflower when I was in my early teens and like many, it was a book that really resonated with me. In the intervening years my copy got mislaid, or someone borrowed it and never returned it, I'm not sure, but either way I wanted to have it in my growing book collection & to read it again. Well, I read this again yesterday in about three hours and I was instantly transported back to my teenage years. This is a book I will always read with a hint of nostalgia but I loved it as much as I did the first time around, all those years ago!

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Love, Jennie

xoxo