Following on from my last post celebrating my (very) immediate environment, I've had two exciting excursions outside the house, and they were both awesome! Last Christmas my wonderful sister gave me a Personal Shopper voucher for a bookstore in Galway, and during the week I had an hour-long personal shopping consultation with an extremely knowledgeable-but-not-at-all-intimidating bookshop member of staff. I was a little bit nervous as I wasn't too sure what to expect, but it was such an exhilarating experience! My consultant sat me down with a cup of tea (well, hot water; I only drink tea under extreme duress) and talked me through several piles of books he had picked out for me, based on a questionnaire I had filled out beforehand. This was so much fun and the hour absolutely flew by. I managed to whittle the selection down to seven, and I'm beyond delighted to have such an excellent repository of books to dip into over the next while. The books I went for in the end are shown below, but I was genuinely impressed with the overall selection presented to me - they all pretty much looked great. To be honest, I was kind of blown away by the whole process; my questionnaire answers were so erratic and all-over-the-place and yet a complete stranger, who had never met me before, was able to drill down into the rambling mess and find books from completely different genres that I instantly loved - seriously, what a gift! I've decided to start with Nina Stibbe as her book seems funny and inviting; I've been editing a lot lately and desperately searching for something friendly to read for winding-down purposes before bed. It really is the loveliest feeling to have a big pile of brand-new books that have been specially chosen JUST FOR ME (and look at that colour-coordination!)...
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