Books in the Wild: Waterstones Piccadilly

A year ago on Friday coming, I went for a wander around Waterstones Piccadilly on my way down the the Mall to look at the tributes to the Queen. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was starting shingles and it was the start of a really rotten time. But a year on I’ve been back in to have a look at what I think is the best romance section in central London.

Say hello to the hardbacks and for once I haven’t read many of them beyond Happy Place, although it does remind me that I do need to read some Jilly Cooper at some point.

I could have spent so much money, but lucky I managed to bear in mind the fact that I had limited space in my suitcase and rucksack. Anyway, here in the wild we have all sorts – including Bromance Book Club, a stack of Mary Baloghs and Trisha Ashleys – fun fact, this is the store Trisha has her meet ups, which is where I met one of my best friends in person for the first time! Books, bringing people together!

This next phot has the Alexis Hall selection, plus the Emily Henrys, some Jasmine Guillory and a Louise Hare that I have waiting on my kindle.

I mean I could go all day with the pictures and analysis of the romance section – because it has definitely got bigger. There’s more than I e shown you here – tables as well as the bookcase and the double sided half displays you can see at the bottom here. It’s honestly a delight, although it hasn’t got the level of air conditioning you would like when it’s 30 degrees out.

What did I buy? Well, you’ll have to wait and see. Next weekend, I promise! Meanwhile, have a bonus picture of the downstairs fiction table, complete with Lessons in Chemistry, Before the Memory Fades and Whalebone Theatre which Readers in My Family tell me I need to read, fast, and Jonathan Coe’s Bourneville, which is apt because I’m due to go there this week coking!

* which is why the post didn’t go up until a few weeks after the visit!