currently reading: Gene Wolfe, Storeys from the Old Hotel

826 National is a non-profit that teaches kids creative writing. Each chapter features a themed store straight out of childhood fantasies complete with an assortment of fake products. Among these are the Pirate Shop, The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co., Brooklyn Superhero Supply, The Monster Union, and The Boring Store (a spy shop). We need more organizations like this in the world!

30 creative bookshelf designs. Allow me to add the staircase shelves and the bookseat.

Organizing books by color. Looks amazing, but it'd probably be maddening in practice.

When I visited London, one of my favorite places ended being the British Library. Right as you enter, there's this giant wall o' books that contains the entire collection of King George III. Aside from the hugely impressive collection of books, the architecture was also rather stunning. It seems like every great city always has a great library. I'm looking forward to checking out this collection of library photography the next time I'm at a book store. Slate has this slide show of some newer buildings, and Deputy Dog has also pointed out these two unique libraries.

This book store in a converted Dominican church won an architecture interiors prize. Everything about it just looks so right. Kids Republic is a rainbow colored book store in China.

The top five most stolen books are apparently used like a form of underworld currency.