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A review by ljrinaldi
Book Towns: Forty Five Paradises of the Printed Word by Alex Johnson
4.0
I am the kind of person who goes to Portland to spend time at Powell's City of Books. I am the kind of person that when I ran out of room in my luggage, when I was in Australia, shipped as many of the books home, as I could. I'm the kind of person that, when I can, stuffs my suitcases full of books, no matter what city I visit.
So, when I saw this book about book towns, town that are gearted to lovers of books like me, I though it would be fun to read, and so it was. I knew about Hay on Wye, the city that decided to build its legacy on books, and i have been meaning to visit it for years. The cool thing is that according to this book, there are now 44 more areas across the globe, that are trying to recreate what Hay on Wye has done.
From South Africa to Canada, from New York to Featherson New Zealand, book towns have appeared all over. The book covers each one with a nice photo spread, and a story of the book stores that can be found there, as well as information about book store related festivals.
The only one I found a little stretched was the one about the "Gold Cities" in the Gold country of California, which is stretched across Nevada City and Grass Valley. The one is only sort of in existence, now and it seems strange, for a travel book, to be talking about what was, rather than what is.
Still, this would be a good starting point for finding cities in the area you want to travel to, that just happen to have book festivals.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
So, when I saw this book about book towns, town that are gearted to lovers of books like me, I though it would be fun to read, and so it was. I knew about Hay on Wye, the city that decided to build its legacy on books, and i have been meaning to visit it for years. The cool thing is that according to this book, there are now 44 more areas across the globe, that are trying to recreate what Hay on Wye has done.
From South Africa to Canada, from New York to Featherson New Zealand, book towns have appeared all over. The book covers each one with a nice photo spread, and a story of the book stores that can be found there, as well as information about book store related festivals.
The only one I found a little stretched was the one about the "Gold Cities" in the Gold country of California, which is stretched across Nevada City and Grass Valley. The one is only sort of in existence, now and it seems strange, for a travel book, to be talking about what was, rather than what is.
Still, this would be a good starting point for finding cities in the area you want to travel to, that just happen to have book festivals.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.