I Love books. A little fussy about it because I love fiction. The masala and the mindblowingly impossible things like....O well! like the CIA planning an assassination of some one to prevent another assassination, the adventures of a guy who manages to lose his memory yet retain his skills and O my! what skills they are! shooting jumping, sky diving etc etc....
For a bibliophile like me, I miss books. I miss the variety and spice that books bring in my life.
In a city like Mumbai that's teeming with life, movies rule. But books, alas! these are so scarce!
I miss buying books from the street. I miss buying and selling books. If a book is trash I can read it once, and resell it, too!
An amazing concept. Its a moving library. Buy, sell, resell....buy another one...Hmmm, sounds like my heaven. I can keep the books for as long as I want. I can also sell them if I am tired of them or if i deem them completely unreadable.
Mumbai, for a city that proclaims to cater to everybody's likes and dislikes, unfortunately, puts the bibliophile aside :(
There is one street in Fort which has the book bazaar on the street but it is so faar away from the suburbs! Also, it is a little on the expensive side. Reading, as a habit, is quite an expensive hobby in this city.
I wish I could get some books with more varied authors...different titles, a place near by that will allow me to exchange books, read them, savour them and talk to other people who love books. I miss talking to people who know where to get books, the libraries the places to go read in peace....
In a city where space is premium, this kind of luxury is not only unheard of, but unthought of!
I actually miss London where the bibliophile is pampered with choices. The number of different authors, the variety of literature, its something I miss about that city. It has a classic collection of books that keep getting churned out every year and surprise a reader and help you get out of your comfort zone in reading genres. On the other hand, it also helps you to read more in the genres that you are comfortable in. Works both ways!
For, the number of bookshops are more. So the variety of books are also more.
So does that mean that Mumbai has less nuber of readers? And is it that most of them reside only in the town side? Aah well, my bad that lesser mortals like me reside in the far away suburbs :'(
For a bibliophile like me, I miss books. I miss the variety and spice that books bring in my life.
In a city like Mumbai that's teeming with life, movies rule. But books, alas! these are so scarce!
I miss buying books from the street. I miss buying and selling books. If a book is trash I can read it once, and resell it, too!
An amazing concept. Its a moving library. Buy, sell, resell....buy another one...Hmmm, sounds like my heaven. I can keep the books for as long as I want. I can also sell them if I am tired of them or if i deem them completely unreadable.
Mumbai, for a city that proclaims to cater to everybody's likes and dislikes, unfortunately, puts the bibliophile aside :(
There is one street in Fort which has the book bazaar on the street but it is so faar away from the suburbs! Also, it is a little on the expensive side. Reading, as a habit, is quite an expensive hobby in this city.
I wish I could get some books with more varied authors...different titles, a place near by that will allow me to exchange books, read them, savour them and talk to other people who love books. I miss talking to people who know where to get books, the libraries the places to go read in peace....
In a city where space is premium, this kind of luxury is not only unheard of, but unthought of!
I actually miss London where the bibliophile is pampered with choices. The number of different authors, the variety of literature, its something I miss about that city. It has a classic collection of books that keep getting churned out every year and surprise a reader and help you get out of your comfort zone in reading genres. On the other hand, it also helps you to read more in the genres that you are comfortable in. Works both ways!
For, the number of bookshops are more. So the variety of books are also more.
So does that mean that Mumbai has less nuber of readers? And is it that most of them reside only in the town side? Aah well, my bad that lesser mortals like me reside in the far away suburbs :'(
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