The Little Bookshop (Cookham)

I am blogging again about The Little Bookshop in Cookham, just because. I had been wanting to visit it since since 2020, I finally got to do it last month, but haven't been back there since. Purchase-wise, it makes sense: I have more than enough books to read for now and for a long time. All the same, I love quaint little bookshops (it truly deserves its name) that are yet full of treasures, so I am hoping to revisit it soon. I need to find an excuse to go to Cookham and convince my wife.

Reading Mugs at The Little Bookshop

You may remember that I bought a "Go away, I'm reading" mug back in 2017. Well, I was happily surprised to find the same mugs in The Little Bookshop in Cookham, during our first and so far only visit there. I know they are available online as well, but it's nice to know we can buy reading accessories in the bookshop as well, and invest in an independent business without hoarding books. Now I won't buy more, because our cupboards are even more crammed than our bookshelves. That said, if my mug breaks, I know where to go to replace it.

"Summer Books"

I took this picture during our visit to The Little Bookshop in Cookham. I really like the retro display. Anyway, as you know, I loathe summertime. I try to survive it, through various means. Among them, of course, is reading. I loathe summertime, but I do read seasonally, because I enjoy summer books, paradoxically. So I always eagerly pick up this free seasonal leaflet from Books Are My Bag. It always has something in there that is worth reading, or at least buying. So yeah, I picked one leaflet, checked it, and bought a book listed in it. Because for me, summer can only be tolerable if I lose myself in a book.

The Little Bookshop

I have been wanting to visit it since 2020. Yesterday, I finally got my wish granted: we went to The Little Bookshop in Cookham. I think I'm in love, it's like the perfect quaint village bookshop. As it was also the first day of Independent Bookshop Week, I decided not to behave, I spent like a drunken sailor and I bought myself five books. I would have bought more, but Wolfie didn't find anything he liked and my wife did not dare, fearing rightly I might go on a hoarding spree. Then again, I thought I would spoil myself as it is today Father's Day. Which the bookshop advertised quite a lot, so it's all fair. Anyway, we will not go back to Cookham any time soon, so I think it's okay to make the best of our short visit. Until next time.

The Little Bookshop in Cookham

Sometimes, I find things by chance. Or my wife does and tells me. Anyway, she found out recently that there is an independent bookshop in Cookham, which is not too far from where we live. It is aptly named The Little Bookshop and indeed seems quite small and cosy in the pictures I saw online. It has been open since November 2018. I think last time we went to Cookham was some time in March 2018. In any case, I intend to visit the bookshop as soon as possible. So there is something else to look forward to.