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Bookshop visit: Óbidos Part 2

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Last week I said there was more from Óbidos and so here it is!

This is the Livraria do Mercado, which is a bookshop and an organic market. I have no idea what the proportion of books to produce is when it comes to sales, but in terms of the look of the place, it’s mostly books!

I also have no idea what how the prices for the produce stack up compared to in the other stores, but it seemed to be good quality and I know I’d be happy to buy my veggies in a bookshop – after all I’ve done my fair share of book buying in supermarkets over the years, and this is definitely the better way around!

It’s mostly Portuguese books (obviously) but they have also got a section with foreign language novels – including lots of Portuguese authors in translation and, in English at least, some very random secondhand books!

You’ve already seen this one, but this is the book exchange – and this is all English books (or the vast majority anyway). It’s run by volunteers who have moved to the area and raises money for local charities. As you know, I picked up a few books while I was there!

And that’s it! Have a great weekend and I hope you have a comfy spot and a good book to read in it!

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Bookshop Visit: The Hedgehog Bookshop, Penrith

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Were we in the north recently? Did I find a bookshop to visit? Did I make a purchase? Yes on all counts. And it was a delightful bookshop so of course I’m writing about it!

The Hedgehog Bookshop has two floors of lovely books and goodies. The first floor has kids books and stationery and all that sort of thing. But upstairs is where the good stuff is on a book front from my point of view.

In one room there’s a nice comfy sofa with a hedgehog cushion where you can sit and peruse your choice from what seemed like a very thoughtfully curated selection of fiction, with something for practically anyone I would have thought.

There are best sellers, BookTok picks, recent top sellers, modern classics, evergreen picks and a big old selection of crime and mystery of various types. This was not the only crime bookshelf…

And in the other room there’s an eclectic mix of non-fiction, again with something for pretty much anyone across history, celebrity memoir, cookery, the whole lot.

My purchase was a book about the history of cathedral architecture which you could see in the bonus books incoming the other week. Have a great weekend.