Hello everyone, this is my entry out of competition, for the IYC 5 Contest. First of all, I want to thank @beeber very much for the great inspirational topic and for giving me the honor to be one of the judges at the contest this time. 🙂 That is why my entry is out of competition, but I am happy to join anyway and share with you a special place in my city where I enjoy going to read books and relax.
When it comes to books in Belgrade, you can find them in libraries, bookstores, on the street... Street vendors sell second-hand books, which owners no longer need.
It was never clear to me how people could give up their books because books never lose their value. But it is good that these books are not destroyed and that they can fall into other hands and continue to "live".
When I read the post, written by @irisworld, I was thrilled that the books could be found and read for free at the subway station in South Korea. I would like that to be the case in my city as well, but unfortunately, it is not. And the fact that we don't have a subway shouldn't be the reason. 🙂
There is one place in the city where I feel very relaxed. It's the Bookastore Cafe (with "a" in the middle, it is not a mistake 🙂). Here you can read books while drinking coffee or refreshing ice fruit juice from organic production and eating delicious cookies.
You can choose the book you want or some recommended by the cafe.
This time I chose the book "A Handbook for a Solid Life". The title was following my mood. 🙂
In this cafe, you can enjoy the peace upstairs and feel at home there.
In my city, you can very often see people in parks lying on the grass or sitting on benches and reading books.
When I talk about books, I have to mention one painful place. It is the National Library that was destroyed in 1941 during the bombing of Belgrade. Here it was before it was destroyed.
That is when the most valuable cultural treasure of my country was destroyed. More than 500,000 books. And that was the place where my citizens used to read the most in the past.
Keep your books and enjoy them. They will always be there for you.
Thank you very much for reading.
The images and writing are original and mine.
I invite @duvinca, @deviliclucifer, and @ifarmgirl to join this awesome contest.
Greetings!
Jelena
So cool those book places where to feel relaxed and travel with our mind to other worlds... I appreciate the invitation I saw that contest too but right now I don't have any photo or any inspirational place or book stores here, I know there are but it's a long time I passed by... maybe now they're closed who knows. If something comes up to my mind maybe I will join the contest.
You're welcome! 🤗 If anything comes up to your mind, I will be happy to read. I love your posts about Valencia.😊
Yay! 🤗
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I love the place. So many books to choose from 😁
I'm glad you like it. The place is very good for relaxation. 😊
Thank you for this great post :-) the more I see about your home, the bigger the interest gets to see more about it. So lovely this coffee book store!
I had a time when I moved very often and at some point I had to give away some books, because they were simply too many to carry them again and again :-) I just would need to have one single room only for books, a private library, this would be perfect ;-) !LUV
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Thank you for this inspirational topic! 🤗 It was my pleasure to participate. Out of competition of course. 😊 I understand that we cannot carry all the books with us when we move. I agree, it would be very nice if we had enough space for our private libraries. 😊
I wish to visit that book cafe! It looks so cozy!
'Book facilities' in Korea motivate to read more and more books :)
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Yes, that is very motivating. I wish it was the same in my city. 😊
Great pics! Thanks, @jelenaa!
A few times in life - because of place issues or a move across the sea - I had to get rid of some books. It is never easy. In fact, it is very hard.
It is nice to know that there are always people willing to give books a second life! !LUV
By the way, the Café looks very nice as well!
I understand why you had to get rid of some books and that is okay, I am sure they found their way. When I wrote this, I thought of the books I often see next to street garbage cans. It would be nice for people to find some other way to get rid of them than to throw them away. Thank you very much, I'm glad you like the place. 😊
Yes, that is very sad! 😔 Hopefully some of them find a good home after all, right?
Thank you very much for your posts, @jalenaa! Looking forward to your next publications!
Have a wonderful day!
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Vielen dank das war sehr interessant, ich liebe Bücher.
I am glad you found it interesting. 😊
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