Finally a post!!!!!

I know i know it's been ages that I even logged into my blogger account.My research kept me super busy that I hardly had time to keep up with anything around and with my mobile been lost I have been literally cut off from social networks as well. Books have helped me to keep up with my otherwise serious work, I failed to squeeze in  time to blog..Now that I have found some time to breath and relax I thought Ill do justice to my blog..
 That being said I was wondering why not a fun post rather than a book review for change..So here are some random facts about me..

1. I love my name and I love my parents for christening me Vibina Venugopal, but they hardly call me by it. I'm still figuring it out what it means.I use vb (vibi) in my blog.
2. Way back in school days I happened to visit a research lab with research buzz at its peak, staring at the research scholars in those squeaky white coats gliding around ,touched a string in me and here I'm, a research scholar doing my doctorate of philosophy in chemical-ecology.
3. I love reading so much that there are hardly few books that goes unread even if they do not fall into my kind of genre.For me its the process of reading that appeals, but then genre that I don't like consume more of my time.
4. I do not stick to my TBR list, I buy books by  hunch though nowadays I try to stick to the list.
5. My wishlist is piling than the list I have read..(err call it my disability to keep up!!!)
6. Though my mother tongue is Malayalam, I can't write it well when compared to Hindi that I learnt in school.
7. My efficiency with Tamil is the same as that of Malayalam.(okay now I'm trying to improve both). Though I learnt Sanskrit I'm not good at that either.
8. I have always wanted to learn Italian and live there at least for a month, Florence is my THE place to visit before I die.
9. I'm a coffee girl , kind of addicted to it.
10. I'm crazy about travelling, both for fun and for work.I can sit in a train and can go on forever.That is the reason I started my travel blog which I have not been able to update for a year (Its time that I'm banged for it).I love photography too but the the even the basic technical terms (like aperture, shutter speed, ISO) is greek and latin to me.
11. I'm not claustrophobic yet long dark and closed corridors scare me .
12. As a young girl I wanted to have pets but my parents refused (frown frown), how I wish to have a Persian cat someday.
13.  My reflex coordination is so great that if someone throws something at me 99%  of it it would land at my feet than my hand, and if I throw something to the bin it lands just aside the actual bin.
14. I love my food to be hot and I'm more inclined to Indian delicacy than any foreign cuisine though I do experiment also I eat fast and don't like to talk while I eat.
15. Though I cook my food, I wouldn't  call myself a good cook, cooking  is something I'm yet to explore and master.But my mom is a great cook.I hope I inherit her skills.
16. My favorite color is red, "My name is red" is one of my favourite books.
17. I love wind chimes, candles(scented or otherwise). I have many around my place, I keep changing my decor of my room just to beat the monotony , it could be even decor of the wall or the least  position of furniture.
18. I love gardening but living in the second floor of the apartment all I could manage is few potted plants in my balco.
19. I have a guitar in my place for sometime which I haven't been able to learn till day.
20. I'm not a fan of Harry Potter series though I loved the first two and liked the third , but my interest eventually faded with the subsequent books, anyhow I read all of them.
21. Same is the case with Twilight series.
22. I'm positive and a cheerful person 90% of the day.
23. I have many friends with  few close, whom I have been annoying right from my school days, but unfortunately all live far.
24. I can get along well with kids.
25. I hate to wait and I'm irritated when someone keeps me waiting. I don't go anywhere late that makes me anxious.
26. Cavin and hobbes used to be my favourite comic, Tom Jerry my favourite cartoon.
27. I love dark chocolates
28. I used to be and still am terrible in sports.
29. I'm spiritual and can be religious too.
30. I love to write but I have given up the habit of writing in my personal journal.I love non-fiction than fiction.
31. I love history and I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was in school.Though I did not become an archaeologist my love for history stayed. I used to be good in history than in science.
32. I love shopping ( ok now all girls do!!) be it for myself or someone else.I Love the sheer pleasure of getting dressed and going out for shopping rather than online shopping.
33. I always carry a pen, notepad, book, umbrella in my bag and I love bags over clutch. 
34. I can't keep up people's name(so bare with me if I recognize you still do not address you by your name) and dates, every time I have to record it in my lab log I have to check at least twice.
35. I'm  really bad with math.
36. I used to  name everything around me (for example my laptop, my bed, etc etc) call it weird or well just being  me.
37. Butterscotch is my favourite flavour and I hardly experiment with other flavours.
38. Suspense freaks me out, I don't mind watching a movie knowing its story line.
39. I love celebrating my birthdays.
40. I love tattoos but I don't have one on me.

So these are few random facts about me, and see you around my my regular posts.

And its double century!!!

Now that I have overcome my procrastination and back in my track , I thought I should pat my back and celebrate....Drums roll and I am really happy that I have stuck this far okay now  let me stop being this important and just share why I am happy today...ITS MY 200th POST...

Though I have been an avid reader (though I may be right now) I have never wanted to pen down my views about a particular book....One upon a time not long ago vb was reading a book named Eat, pray , love by Elizebeth Gilbert (I know not the kind of book one expects) , I don't know from were it hit, but it just hit me hard and strong , and I started my blog, I m sorry to let you all down with a not so strong tale for starting this blog...Like many I have always believed that a book finds me rather I finding one and that is the reason  why I christened my blog as "books for me" and thus started my love affair with blog, blogging and my books....

There are  times when I have ignored my blog , but the truth is I have never fallen out of love...All these years I have mostly stuck to classics and history , but blogging has added dimension to my reading, it got me introduced to many authors whom I wouldn't have bothered to read otherwise..I also became open to books in general which in turn instilled a sense of excitement in my reading making it even more enjoyable...One more important facets of blogging is that , I got to learn about many bloggers who inspired me to read and to write for good...
 I have also had my instances of bloggers block (I don't know if something like that exists), still it has been real fun so far...I hope that with every passing day things would get better and better..

Jaipur Literature festival

I have been away from my blog for quite sometime.. I told myself that procrastination will only  lead to death of something wonderful that I managed to create over the past few months..I have tonnes of book news to be shared, though my work had kept me super busy for all these time I know there is no excuse for being away from something I have started to enjoy so much..Over a period of time my blog and blogging has become a part of my life , though I am still mastering the art of expressing my views , I see a a good journey ahead of me...New year has been good for me.. I love anything that takes me to books and reading.. Book festival, author talk, reading club list of book gains my interest no matter what...So breaking the self imposed exile, here I go with some news happening ..What better way of set go!!!

Jaipur Literature festival is believed to be a the grand extravaganza in Asia-Pacific as far as the literary front is considered..It is held every year in Jaipur (India). And of course there are loads of books, readings, talks, debates, workshops and of course Cricket (Drool ) oh yea I am talking here, nothing is complete in this country without Cricket ..The picturesque  Diggi palace (Heritage hotel) in Jaipur is one among the venue..This literary festival is in its sixth year attracting international authors and writing...I only wish that I could participate at least the coming year...My interest grew many folds when I got to know that William Darymple is one among the directors of the festival along with Namita Gokhale, the festival is produced by Sanjoy K.Roy , Seuli Sethi and Teamwork Productions...Some important points are:

Dates: 24 January- 28 January 2013 

Venue: Though there multiple venues Diggi Palace is one among..

What else?? Just show up, oh yea there is no entry fee.. for more details regarding the talks and the latest news click here..

Good day everyone!!!!!

Upcoming Releases

It's been a while I have browsed any online sites for shopping though I wouldn't buying myself books until I clear my stack the following allured me..

With many things happening around after BT's death there is one thing that would capture anybody's interest, his rise from ground zero to such a prolific stage..

BAL THACKERAY & The rise of the Shiv Sena by Vaibhav Purandare

How did a quiet, unassuming cartoonist at one of Indias leading newspapers transform into the fire-breathing chief of a militant political outfit? How did his essentially sons-of-the-soil movement take Mumbai by storm in the 1960s with its demands for the Marathi peoples employment rights and attacks on South Indians and the Communists? How did he make the shift from an aggressive Maharashtrianism to strident Hindutva to become one of the major players in Indian politics? What explains his control over Indias financial capital, his capture of power in Indias industrial powerhouse, Maharashtra, and his ability to win over the minds of millions and to strike fear in so many hearts? How did he and his Shiv Sena establish sway over the multi-crore film industry and, with its longstanding alliance with the BJP, become a subject of intense curiosity all over India and even in Pakistan?

This book tells the complete story of Bal Thackeray and the rise, fall and split of the Shiv Sena. It examines Thackeray the person and his intriguing political personality, his partys militaristic methods of operation, its controversial role at major junctures, the fight between Thackerays nephew Raj and son Uddhav, the end of an era in Maharashtra politics after his death in November 2012 and the future of the Shiv Sena without his imposing presence. A must-read for an understanding of contemporary Indian politics and the rise of the Hindu nationalist phenomenon.

I am a great fan of Dalrymple's work I was only too glad to see this one

Return of a king: The battle for Afganisthan by William Dalrymple
 

The story of the First Anglo-Afghan War, with striking parallels with what's going on in our neighbourhood and the world today.
A book full of literary treasures, it's even richer grander history than his bestselling The Last Mughal and The White Mughals. This is storytelling at its best, with an unforgettable cast of characters: Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja, Dost Mohammed ... and features jewels like the Koh-i-noor, among others.
In the spring of 1839 the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk.
On the way in, the British faced little resistance. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into violent rebellion. The First Anglo-Afghan War ended in Britain's greatest military humiliation of the nineteenth century: an entire army of what was then the most powerful nation in the world ambushed in retreat through the high mountain snow drifts, and there utterly routed by poorly equipped Afghan tribesmen.
The west's first disastrous entanglement in Afghanistan has clear and relevant parallels with the current deepening crisis; there are extraordinary similarities between what NATO faces in cities like Kabul and Kandahar, and that faced by the British in the very same cities, fighting the very same tribes, nearly two centuries ago.
History at its most urgent, Return of a King is the definitive analysis of the First Afghan War, told through the lives of unforgettable characters on all sides. With access to a wide range recently discovered sources - including crucial new material in Russian, Urdu and Persian from archives in South Asia, and using for the first time in English nine previously untranslated full-length contemporary Afghan accounts of the conflict, including the autobiography of Shah Shuja himself prize-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful and important parable of neo-colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris, for our times.

Top 50 reads..

I came across Top 50 favorite novels novels at Booker talk initially posted by Book riot on their site as popular votes from their readers ..I love list organizing and re organizing makes my day, but following it religiously is a long battle I fight..Anyways here is the list..

1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I haven't been much a fan of this one no matter how many times I read it, now I have given up on this)
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  (ahem ahem)
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (This is undoubtedly my favorite)
4. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (love the first liked till go
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien (Couldn't read it fully somehow it never gripped my interest)
7. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell ("Frankly dear I don't give a damn" I don't think anyone could have better immortalized this quote)
8. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (read my review here)
10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (should read it again)
11. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (loved this and his other love in times  of cholera was surprise to know that Fidel Castro edits his works)
12. The Secret History by Donna Tartt (TBR)
13. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Dry and slow with loads of complexities)
14. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
15. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
16. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
17. The Stand by Stephen King
18. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
19. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
20. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
21. Persuasion by Jane Austen
22. The PIcture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
23. The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
24. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (TBR)
25. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
26. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
27. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger(surprised to find this one)
28. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
29. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
30. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
31. 1984 by George Orwell
32. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
33. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
34. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
35. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
36. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
37. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
38. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
39. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
40. Ulysses by James Joyce
41. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
42. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
43. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
44. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
45. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
46. Dune by Frank Herbert
47. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
48. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
49. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
50. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (TBR)

I am so elated to find that I have read many in the list, but I also confess that I haven't even known some...What do you feel about list???

Booker Prize winner 2012

And the Man booker prize for the year 2012 goes to Hilary Mantel for her Bring up the bodies..She was my personal favorite too but that wouldn't be fair as I have only read two other books apart from Bring up the bodies.

She becomes only the third author after Peter Carey and J.M Coetzee, to win the prize twice, which puts her in the empyrean..But she is also the first to win the sequel Wolf Hall won in 2009 and the first to win with such a brief interlude between books. Her resusciatation of Thomas Crowell- and with him the historical novel.There is the last volume of her trilogy still to come so her Man booker tale may yet have a further chapter..You can also read long list nomination here and short list nomination here.

Book festival

October 2nd is a national holiday marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Father of Nation..There was a book festival (okay now that was no a big event ) ...I decided to have a bit of fun exploring around...I am not that good at my mother tongue Malayalam, though I can speak fluently reading and writing is always a task for me..What better chance to improve it..The Book festival was organized by Mathrubhumi (daily Malayalam newspaper based in Kerala), they also have their own publication ...

Books were of varied genre from classics to contemporary, fiction , non-fiction, educational and so on..BUt the language was  Malayalam...

Malayalam translation of major world classics were also there...

 

I found this one biography of Indira Gandhi..Isn't she beautiful!!!!

How could I get back without buying anything...I got myself these

• Selected stories by Madhavy kutty
• Perunkalliyattam -Its a book on Theyyam (I haven't been able to find good ones in English)
• Anushtanakala Rangapraveshnavum folklore - another book on Theyyam and other folklore..

Bloglovin...

I am currently in Bloglovin, you can also my updates in it by just clicking here...

Bloglovin is like a repository of blogs..You can follow your favorite blogs..You'll find endless blogs of all types ..Once in a day you'll receive the updates of all the blogs just like you receive your FB feed...

Shopping Haul

I have been busy enough, not to indulge in shopping,all I could do was online shopping lol....One advantage of online shopping is that books are at your doorstep and nowadays shipping is free, but then you miss reading few pages before buying them..Another point is I only buy what I desire not some more books that I end up buying while browsing for the book in my mind..So here are the book which I wanted to buy for sometime....I did keep my first aim to indulge in shopping only after finishing up  with the previous list but I couldn't do justice to the second aim to write all about it...May be next time...All the books were purchased from Flipkart.com..I have only listed the books inside information will follow as I write about them in my later posts..Here I go.....

Cleopatra: a life by Stacy Schiff

I was meaning to buy this book but then procrastination(oh yea even for shopping) got over me , but after reading a wonderful commentary by Brian Joseph of Babbling books I couldn't help but buy..You get out his commentary here. His commentary are absolute treat do check it out if you haven't so far..

A woman in the Crossfire:Diaries of the Syrian Revolution by Samar Yazbek, Max Weiss

This is another book I had been eying for this book  for sometime, after my mother spoke high of it..These are the books books I bought

Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor

 

Joseph Anton by Salman Rushidie

 

India's biggest cover up by Anuj Dhar

I am all excited about my purchase and I am sure I am going to love all of them...I hope to write about my last haul soon...

Interesting reading rooms

Do you have a reading room or pick up any corner or bed to crouch with a book.. Is there  any specific library, where you love to read???..I love libraries, the scent of books, the overwhelming  silence and I am wrapped in an aura of boundlessness...I have a soft corners to the reading rooms of library though after college I haven't paid enough time to the reading rooms of library , in other words I miss those wonderful  moments..In this post I bring , few reading space of library  that I found interesting...

First is the reading room of Suzallo library of the University of Washington in Seattle.This particular picture is the graduate reading room, it  is classic isn't , a look of grandeur with a touch of history..

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Theological library of Strahov Monastory boasts of stucco decoration (something like plaster)  check the ceilings and there are paintings of 1700's..I would love to stare at the ceiling for a long long time..The library has many religious and philosophical read.

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Royal Portugese reading at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a traditional library.Founded in 1837, it is listed in the State Institute of cultural heritage.The library also has the largest collection of Portuguese work.The reading room is quite spacious with a beautiful chandelier ..

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Old Library of the Dutch house of Representatives (Handelingenkamer) in Netherlands, has volumes of proceedings of the house of parliament... Being a government Law library , access to public is restricted to certain area..Built in the late 19th century, when there was no electricity the cellar is leaded to allow maximum light.

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The State library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, has a vast collection of about 2 million books. It was opened in 1854. First reading room was the queen's reading room, but this one in its octagonal shape and dome with white interior looks splendid...

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The Philological library, is situated in the campus of  free University Berlin, Germany..It was built in 2005 in the shape of human brain, sometimes it is referred to as "the brain of Berlin"... This one has a modern air to it...It holds around 700,000 volumes..It looks cool isn't...

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These are few wonderful reading space that I loved , I hope that someday , I get to explore them  as well...

Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore

Do you like to buy books from a bookstore,or is it the online shopping you are into???..For me though I love to spend hours in a bookstore exploring new books reading a random page or two, touch, smell and be happy at the sight of tonnes of books piled neatly,I get most of my books from online sites as all good bookstores are far away from I live,and online sites are easy when you know what book you want to buy..
But I came across this bookstore recently while browsing..I couldn't help myself from sharing it with you...Its the "Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore" in Maarstricht, Netherlands...The awesome bookstore has been designed by Merrkz +Girod Architecten..
At the outset this is how the bookstore looks like, isn't that magnificent!!!!!!!!!The church has not been a place of worship since 1794 after Napolean's army's confiscation..

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Ever since, the church space has been used for various purposes even for parking bikes..What an idea!!!

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The amazing thing about the book store is that the architects haven't ruined the original set up of the church., they retained the vintage look and aura to the whole church adding a dash of modernity ..The bookstore is a part of Selexys chain consisting of books of all genre, magazines and highest stock of English books in Maarstricht...

The whole bookstore is three-stored and architects haven't even drilled a single hole to the wall..and the result is this..

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Walking through , I believe one would get to see the mural in close up.. I read  that while restoration, many  murals were uncovered..

To add a religious touch there is a cross shaped table..

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Walking through the aisle of books must be an experience in itself..And I couldn't take off my eyes from the grandeur of the ceiling., it looks so good..

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Altar is replace by coffee corner and ironically Bible is no more the most sought book here..

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This  bookstore is a hit among architects but how good it appeals a book lover is something I would loved to find out myself..Hope someone reads this and funds me..LOL!!!

Happy book shopping and reading...

Teaser Tuesday : Earth and high heaven

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be.
Anyone can play along!

- Grab a book you are reading.

- Open to a random page and pull two sentences.

- Post the book title, author, and page number.

- No spoilers, please.

Here goes mine its from Earth and high heaven by Gwethalyn Graham..this is not my current read but todays somehow I was reminded about read it completely..

"It's this feeling of being ccompletely helpless, of having to watch people suffer, through a combination of bigotry and stupidity and sheer backwardness, without ever being able to do anything about it."
Another one
"You see, the trouble with me is that I'm like everybody else- I don't realise what something really means until it suddenly walks up and hits me between the eyes... I can be quite convinced intellectually that a situation is wrong, but it's still an academic questiion which doesn'r really affect me personally, until, for some rreason or other, it starts coming at me through my emotions as well.." (pg 31)

Shopping haul........

Shopping bug has been itching me for sometime, So I decided to indulge in some shopping..Here are what I bought myself...

Chasing the monsoon by Alexander Frater

The blurb

The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon.

A complete guide to Hoysala Temples

by Gerard Foekema

I had plans to visit Halebid and Belur in Karnataka, India.. thought some research would be handy...Even though the book is not a recent publication, still I found this book to be the best available about these temples ..How much it helped me!!! well,my journey would say it all..

A Road Less Travelled by Pradeep Chakravarthy

I used to look forward for Pradeep Chakravarthy's colum Road less travelled in The Hindu newsdaily every week ..It got me super excited when the book got released but I guess I am only late to pick this up..

Great short stories by Anton Chekhov

I am really not in a habit of reading short stories., but with my participation in reading challenge of short stories I thought I should give it a try..

Zorba The Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

Heard so much about the author's work., finally with  mom's recommendation I decided to buy this one...

H.G Wells Selected Stories

Another one into the category of short stories....And finally

Ashoka by Charles Allen

This was in my wishlist for long... So got that too..

Review would follow soon..I have pledged that until I review all the books in my list I won't shop for books again..heheh!!!!

Walking around with fragrance of books

Fragrance in old..Well I was referring to the fragrance of old book... being surrounded by old books feels like heaven isn't.. Personally I can spend my life  surrounded by them and every time I drop into an old library  is to get myself into the mesmerisng  fragrance of it..I feel as though they are whispering all their deep secrets treasured in, through their mystic fragrance..Now what if you can smell like an old book all day ????  I wasn't really kidding.,  there is indeed a perfume that makes you smell like an old book...It is called "In the Library"

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Now I don't have to say anything about "CB I hate perfume" ain't I!!!! okay to those once  ignorant like me, CB-Christopher Brosius who is world renowned for making the fragrance so perfect to the strange labels.. His  bestsellers are soaked earth(that smells like dirt), snow, Mr.Hulot's holiday and many more... There are two formulations available in this range water and absolute..

The company note:

"This scent is for those who can’t walk past a second-hand bookstore without coming away with at least one additional volume…that special smell of an old book you find buried in book store and you open it and breathe in…wonderful! In The Library is a subtle scent, and it’s not so much the exact recreation of the musty, antique smell of the pages of old book as much as it is the entire book…a hint of worn leather bindings, a whisper of the frayed cloth and the wisp of wood polish from the shelves it sits on and even a bit of sweetness we can’t place. In The Library is comforting and warm with soft, worn edges and no single obvious note…it never screams musty old parchment or crisp new leather, it’s more like a faint memory rolling around in your mind and inspiring you to dream of a long afternoon in an old leather chair curled up with a novel. Its inspiration was an old, signed first-edition book that Christopher found one lucky afternoon in London."

There are more to the book lovers "Paper passion perfume" by Geza Schoen in collaboration with publisher Gerhard steidl  and wallpaper magazine ,released in May 2012...Unlike "In the library" this perfume smells of fresh printed books..

The perfume is in book case with texts by karl Lagerfeld..That is a beautiful packaging for people who love books at the same time want the luxury of a perfume in it....

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Thats a way to go isn't....The inspiration came from his own studio and printing facilities in Germany.. Now Schoen has created a niche in the world of perfume with Escentric 01., which with its heavy dose of woody Iso E molecule that when get mixes with one's pheromone creates an unique fragrance for every person, now that I would call an innovation...

Other perfumes inspired from book fragrance are:

• Paper back by Demeter Fragrance Library
• Opus II-Library collection by Amouage
• Hamman Bouquet by Penhaligon's
• Sacre Couer by Ego facto

If  e-readers feel that they are left out of league there's one for them as well..Its "Smell of books"..It is an aerosol e- book enhancer ..Company claims that it is compatible with e-readers  with 100% DRM (Digital right Management) compatibility..Now don't avoid e-book just because they don't smell right LOL...

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Will all these revive the passion for books.. That is something we will have to wait and see...So enjoy the days all out there...

Sanctuary Bookshop and booklover's B&B

Browsing through various websites, I came across this place and instantly fell in love with it..I wish I could saty here..It's an absolute book lovers paradise were antique book to famous books are packed in together as though fighting for its place in it..It is a hotel in south coat of U.K run by Bob and Mariko..Just enjoy the pictures like I did..This hotel is on top of Sanctuary book store..In basement they also have a bargain section were books are sold less than  £1..Just for curiosity sake I searched in Trip Advisor for reviews and all were positive and makes me to wish for it even more...

I would just love to have books racked on in my bedroom just like these..

These book would be the guest's property for the period of stay wow isn't that cool..I was wondering how do they manage to keep the books so dust free ...

And there goes the stairway...I would love to climb up and down all the time if I owned something like these..

                                         There's something in for dining too or just to sit and relax...

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I wish I just could back my bag and live here for ever....And this is the book shop which will lead you to these rooms the site says there are separated stairway as well..Its a great way of creatively stacking books...

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