The Darkside Zodiac in the Bookshop

The Darkside Zodiac by Stella Hyde

"[T]he only luxury he allows himself is buying books, paperback books, mostly novels, American novels, British novels, foreign novels in translation, but in the end books are not luxuries so much as necessities, and reading is an addiction he has no wish to be cured of." - Paul Auster

 

The Family Reunion in the Bookshop

"A book may be compared to your neighbour: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early" - Rupert Brooke