It’s been a busy day at The Story Cellar, and it seems like people saw the message about this week’s changed opening hours, so I seem to be putting them in the right place! Lots of new titles on the shelves this week – and for next week four generous donations from the lovely crime-fanContinueContinue reading “New Titles in Stock”
Category Archives: Books
Substack Saturday
Big day for The Story Cellar and for summer! This is the first Saturday this year where I have been able to have the door open and the lights off! The temperature took a dramatic upswing yesterday (good for all those people sitting in parks listening to political speeches – would have been even betterContinueContinue reading “Substack Saturday”
Easter Eggs Books
It’s Easter Saturday and today’s customers came to buy Easter Egg Books for their families. I love that idea. You can choose three, as part of your Easter Egg. Oh, and let’s get one more for Daddy. One day, when The Story Cellar is a real shop and not just a part-time dream in myContinueContinue reading “Easter Eggs Books”
A Book Seller’s Saturday
Today was one of those days that make everything about opening The Story Cellar worthwhile, and make me believe that I could actually – one day – do this full time. This morning I had barely got the sign out before the first customer appeared, eager to see if the cosy crime novels I hadContinueContinue reading “A Book Seller’s Saturday”
Three Fictional Women Who Inspire Me
Today is International Women’s Day which got me thinking about the female protagonists who have inspired me over the years. Scarlett O’Hara has always been at the top of my list because, when the world she was raised to be part of is wiped out, and she is faced with either sinking into bitter povertyContinueContinue reading “Three Fictional Women Who Inspire Me”
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
I doubt there’s a question a child learns to hate more, which is why I make a point of never asking it. Nothing stomps on your dreams and brings on any insecurities faster than a well-meaning adult trying to guide you as you navigate those early aspirations. I want to be a doctor – that’sContinueContinue reading “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?”
Comfort Books
No doubt this has been one of the most peculiar weeks I have lived through. It started with fear and ended in anger with a small respite in between. I think this week was like that for a lot of people. It had been my plan – and still is – to read some ofContinueContinue reading “Comfort Books”
And (almost) 500 more
It’s been a few months since I posted that The Story Cellar now had five hundred titles on its shelves. I haven’t quite doubled it yet, but we have rounded the eight hundred mark! And I think that’s worth celebrating. I started The Story Cellar six months ago with just under two hundred titles. AndContinueContinue reading “And (almost) 500 more”
Down the Pipe
There’s something special about the days between Christmas and New Year. For me, they’ve always been days that seem to exist outside of reality, in their own strange little bubble. There should be no work, no homework, just a week filled with books, good food and playing with the toys you got for Christmas. SpeakingContinueContinue reading “Down the Pipe”
When Cheap Means Cherished
The last time The Story Cellar was opened, two wonderful woman came in to donate books. Last Sunday, I loaded boxes and bags into my car, brought my mother along to help carry, and we drove out to a small village where another wonderful woman was donating all the English books that her and husbandContinueContinue reading “When Cheap Means Cherished”