If you find yourself in Abingdon, then I recommend you sample the old-world charm of Stert Street and drop in to Mostly Books.
Run by Mark Thornton and his wife Nicki, Mostly Books opened last August. It also sell saucepans due to an unusual leasing arrangement.
The shop is a welcome addition to The Bookstore, the town's other independent, and if you take Abingdon's superb library in The Charter into account, you don't have to walk far to find a good read.
Mark is an affable and well-informed host, and since opening he has done everything possible to involve the local community in the store's evolution.
There are frequent author events. Tim Pears, the Oxford-based author of sexy saga Blenheim Orchard, is talking about his new book on Wednesday, April 25 at 7.30pm, following a recent appearance at the Oxford Literary Festival.
The shop now also boasts two book groups, which meet regularly in the store.
If I play my cards right, I might even get invited to one of them, although I will make sure I am better prepared than I was for my tutorials, when I would crib the plot of a romantic novel like Jane Eyre from a Brodie's Notes, before bluffing my way rather badly through a nailbiting 90 minutes.
Mostly Books stocks an interesting blend, ranging from crime novels to the latest in literary fiction.
There's a well-stocked children's section in a separate section at the back of the store, and you can grab a coffee inside the shop, or in the courtyard during warmer weather.
Stert Street will be besieged by roadworks this summer, but I will fight my way through them to get to Mostly Books.
I wandered past the other day, and here is a sample of their latest window display:
Blenheim Orchard by Tim Pears
Beatrix Potter, Artist and Illustrator by Anne Stevenson Hobbs
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
Charlie and Lola's Opposites by Lauren Child.
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