Book Blogger Hop: Owning a Bookshop

It’s Friday, so it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop again, hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer. I’ve made my own image from a stock photo (credit: Anna Shvets) to avoid adding images created via generative AI to my blog. Feel free to use it too if you would like! This week’s prompt is a what-if: Imagine you owned a bookstore—what would it feel like? Oof, probably quite stressful! Managing stock, dealing with customers, handling rent and taxes and paying any employees… yeah, I can’t help it, my brain jumped straight to the practicalities! Running any kind of business is way more stressful than cosy fiction likes to make it seem. Much as I love my cosy stories, that’s the first thing that came to mind! But… if I did… I imagine that there’d be some amazing moments, too. Getting to know regulars and being able to hand them the right book in the right moment. Knowing my shop would be a nice escape for people from the busy high street or whatever’s going on in their heads. Handling all…

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