All tagged European

A Review of The HMV Shop (Amsterdam)

Kalverstraat 8, 1012 NX Amsterdam, Netherlands

If we can be honest with one another, the truth is that this isn’t really a bookshop. It’s a media shop. Do they sell books? Yes. A lot of books? Some. More than a few shops I’ve reviewed. Did I buy some books? Hell yes, I did. So that’s good enough for me to call them a bookstore too.

A Review of Rizzoli Bookstore

1133 Broadway, New York, NY

Even after relocating from their 57th Street home to this new store in the NoMad neighborhood, just a short walk from Madison Square Park, Rizzoli’s claim to be the “most beautiful bookstore in New York” may not be far off the mark. With large floor tiles, towering columns, and expansive shelf space, Rizzoli Bookstore certainly caters to the more chic and stylish readers on Manhattan Island. Still, I found there’s plenty there for the more humble reader, like yours truly.