Bookmark | Kinokuniya haul

I'm a library girl through-and-through and consequently my personal book collection is quite small in comparison to what I've read. Kinokuniya is my favourite bookstore and if I was being entirely honest, challenges Disneyland as the 'happiest place on earth'. It is so grand the book paraphernalia is managed into departments such as Graphic Novels/Anime, Young Adult, Children, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, etc. Each department has it's own iPad 'book finder' that navigates you to the book because the size of the entire book store it is quite easy to get lost. I visit Kinokuniya when I get the chance too, even if it's just to spend a few hours browsing the shelves. I can't wait to read the books I have picked out I always seem to find 'retail therapy' the best solution to a rough day.


I have been looking forward to reading The Diviners by Libba Bray for some time now. I am a fan of the authors and I believe her historical fiction stories are marvellous. This novel is set in 1920's America, following Evie and some strange fantastical elements around a murder. This edition of Lexicon by Max Barry is signed by the author and I find the description on Goodreads appealing. It is a YA fiction novel focussed on the power of language and the manipulation of behaviours. Allegiant by Veronica Roth is the third and final novel in the Divergent series, I would recommend reading the books before they hit the screen later this year. I've mentioned before how much I adore Neil Gaiman and his book The Ocean At The End Of The Lane was simply a purchased based on my admonition for him. This book won Goodread Choice 2013 For Fantasy and If you aren't familiar with the premise of the novel it's about a man returning to his childhood home and the stories he has missed. The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde was simply a purchase based on how beautiful this hardback, clothbound Penguin Classic's edition looked on the shelf. I own and have read this novel before and found it absolutely enchanting. The Princess Bride by William Goldman was another guilty bookcover purchase. However, I remember enjoying the movie in my childhood and can't wait to return to this fictional world.

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Kinokuniya Bookstore

Level 2, The Galeries

500 George Street, Sydney

(Opposite Town Hall & The Queen Victoria Building)

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