The Book Thief

'She was home, amongst the mayor's books of every colour and description, with their silver and gold lettering. She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.' A quote from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
We ate at Zizzi's in Cambridge yesterday and there were these amazing shelves of old books, mostly in pristine condition. We couldn't help dipping into a few of them. Sadly they weren't for sale. I'm busy reading The Book Thief at the moment, and thought this quote was very appropriate.

[Lorna]

I recognised this straight away as I read 'The Book Thief' with my local book group recently. I was very moved. This is a beautiful display.

[Shirley Banford]

Nicely done. I bet her books were more ornate though.

[Sarah Bremner]

Lovely heart warming photo! And I've just started 'The Book Thief' too! It may be some time before I get through it though......school reporting time and lots of other reading too. I love all the red books together. I used to do that when I was young.....I knew exactly where to find any title as I knew the colour of the book as well as the titles. And my daughter has just done that in her flat in Edinburgh......her flat mate isn't so sure if it's a good system....yet!

[Margaret Pengelly]

What a great shot complimented by the frame. Looks like just the spot for a coffee and chat.

[Karen Sylvia]

Were they all arranged by color! Nice shot. Looks like a great place.

[Elma Richmond]

great picture! Great place to have a coffee!

[Judith Johnson]

@karens68 Yes, there were yellow ones, blue ones, green ones, I couldn't easily photograph them all.

[Lois P]

Wonderful shot!

[Jennifer Jones]

I love old books and would have been in my element here! 'The Book Thief' is obviously the book of the moment - I read it recently too!

[Judith Greenwood]

I think those must be new as I don't remember seeing them there before - a good excuse for another trip! I loved The Book Thief - a really interesting perspective on some very brave people.