It had me ready to book the plane tickets right away. Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel. I hope you are well. Here I am, fabulous and ready to slay. Since we've been stuck inside in lockdown, I've been running to go out more than ever and what I've really missed doing is going to book stores. And it got me thinking that I wanted to make a bookstore bucket list. And so these are the bookstores that I want to go to so bad one day. They are all across the world. I just think independent bookstores are something to be celebrated. I keep thinking about my video where I went and this is an independent bookstores in London. And I just want to live that life again. Like sometimes I want to watch that video just to live vicariously through it and know what it's like to visit a bookstore again. Today we're going to talk about ones in different countries that I want to visit. Like I think it would be so cool to visit bookstores in other countries. Even if they don't stop English books, I think it'd be so cool to discover the culture of a place through the bookstores that are there. I am going to be using some footage from other videos on YouTube and I will make sure to credit all of them on screen and also be linked below if you want to go check those videos out. The first one on my list is Shakespeare and Company in Paris. Now this, like I could not make this video and not have it on the list, this bookstore is every book lovers dream. When I think of a bookstore, this is the kind of place I think of. The place feels like it has so much history behind it, you know, with all of the classical authors that I link to it like Anis Hemingway. The building that it's in now used to be in Monastery and stuff like that, where there is history behind the place I just love. From the videos I've seen, it looks like it has so many nooks and crannies. It looks like it has a lot of old editions, alongside some newer editions. They actually have young writers, you know, the people who have been published yet, they were trying to write their first book, come and live in house, above the bookstore and then they sell books during the day and then they try and write their books while they live there as well, which I think is a really great way of supporting up and coming talent and making sure that you are nurturing young writers in the community. I think it's such a cool part of it. They carry a lot of beautiful copies of books and whenever you buy a book there you get a special stamp, which I feel like is part of the appeal, like getting that stamp. I want to buy a book, so oh my god, I feel like they probably mark books up so high just for the stamp. Like you're paying probably like £5 for the stamp. And yeah, this bookstore to me is like the ideal bookstore. That's exactly what you imagine when you think of a bookstore and yeah, it's just a dream for me to be able to go there. The next one on my list is a little bit of a cheat but this is like the first thing that came into my mind when I thought of this video and it is the Strathold Library in Prague. So this isn't a bookstore but this is a place I want to visit so bad. I first saw a picture of this on Lucy Richards' Instagram. She also has a booktree channel which I will link below. I saw the picture of this library and I fell in love. I literally turned to Tom straight away. I was like, Tom, what have you ever thought about going to the day in Prague? Just like a good is one library. It had been ready to book the plane tickets straight away. This is a dream personal library. I mean, that's never going to happen. This is 100s and hundreds of years old. But when I envisage my dream personal library, it looks like this. I wish. I wish. Again, in this case, it's the history of the place that draws me into it. A lot of the books housed here are from the 1500s for 1800s so a lot of first editions. And I just think it's architecturally so so beautiful. It's one of the most beautiful libraries I've ever seen. And places like this to me just seem like a real celebration of books, which I love. I love when books are really appreciated. And to me, a place like this is really showing that appreciation for books. Next is the El Ateno Grand Splendid in Brenos Aries. Brenos Aries is called the bookstore capital of the world. There's more bookstores per 100,000 people than anywhere else in the world. I think it's something like about 30 per 100,000 people. So that is a crazy, crazy number. And this bookstore actually used to be a theatre and they've kept all of the original features and it is just gorgeous. It was then turned into a cinema after and then it became the bookstore that it is now. I think I'd love to go to Brenos Aries just as it all of the different bookstores and just get lost in them. Every day I'd be like, Right, yeah. We're going to be the good stores. This has been voted the most beautiful bookstore in the world. And cis, like I can see why. I love bookstores that have a completely different vibe. Really repurposed the old into the new. I also love bookstores. I'm getting on this list, but like are in old churches or stuff like that. I just think it adds a completely different vibe to the books and the bookstore. And I think it's just cool to go and visit places like that. Next is to tie a book in Tokyo, Japan. I'm talking particularly about the one in the Ginza 6 Shopping Mall. Japan has always been a dream holiday for me. Like I have to go to Japan in my lifetime pretty soon. But like it's the kind of holiday I want to do really well. Do you know what I mean? Like when you go to Spain or Italy, you can kind of, you know, you can do it. Not on the cheap, but like affordably. But Japan I want to go all out. Please watch my ads. I need money to go to Japan. This bookstore is kind of actually like an isolation when I saw it. It's completely different to the other ones I've had on this list, which are kind of a bit older. I've got that antique feel. This is completely modern. And it's an art installation. So it has exhibition part of it that shows art. It has an art gallery and exhibition space. It's floor to ceiling windows. It seems so bright. And I would love to go there and buy some manga. I really want to get more into graphic novels and manga kind of thing. And I would love to go and get some of that there. I think it's really cool to visit books with the different kind of vibes. You know, like I love antique feeling. Like the floor is kind of up and down and lighting is kind of weird. And there's loads of like knicks and crannies and dodgy shelves. But then I also love visiting a place like this where it's got a really bright new modern feeling as well. And the last one on my list is books on magic in New York. I'm sure we have all seen the Instagram mural. Instagram also told that everyone takes their photos in front of. Yes, I want my phone in front of that. Books of magic seem so welcoming and friendly and warm. It also seems really community orientated, which is so important with bookstores or independent bookstores. Your customer, you need them to return so you need to build a relationship with them. And you need to serve the local community in this place. This bookstore seems so orientated towards the community. They've also got a great kid section when there's loads of places for the kids to play as well. Which I think is so important in bookstores because you need to encourage kids reading. You need to make it seem fun. Like it's something that they can really enjoy. Like it's something for them. I love going to the library as a kid because there's loads of interactive stuff at the library. More chain bookstores won't really have that option for young kids. Whereas independent bookstores, it's really the place that reading comes alive for kids. It's also a very aesthetic bookstore. And I feel like they just kind of have books I like. Do you know what I mean? You know? Sir independent bookstores won't kind of kind of bookstory like and some will. I feel like this bookstore is very in the know about curating a collection of books that people like me want to read. And yeah, oh my god, I would kill it to go to books on magic. Whenever I watch like a New York booktuba and they go there, I'm so jealous. Also, okay, don't judge me. This isn't part of the list. This is down. But I would kill to go back to Barnes and Noble. Girl, that! Because what you talking is nice, it's girl. There's something different about that place than Waterstank. I do love Waterstanks. But the big thing for me is this is going to sound so stupid. I love how in Barnes and Noble you have like the carts of books, the rows of books, right? But Waterstanks is often in the walls and I like being able to walk through the rows, like the aisles of books more than I like the books being on the walls. Does that make sense? I have had it. And I'm so jealous. I want to go to a half-price books. I want to go to a half-price books. Whenever I see Riley, Riley goes to all the time. I get so jealous. I get so jealous. I want to go to a half-price books. This sounds so stupid because people who have half-price books are pretty like it's just half-price books. But in my head, I'm like, that is the best place. Oh no, I just want to be there. So there we have it. That is all the bookshops on my bookshop. Bucket list. Make sure you let me know down below any of yours. I'd love to know more bookshops around the world that I could one day visit and go on my bucket list. I hope you enjoyed this video. Make sure you subscribe and ring the bell if you did. And I will see you very, very soon in another one. Bye.