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I love secondhand books.   Well I’ve been selling them for over 25 years and I’ve been reading and collecting them for even longer, so I would say that. There’s just something about used books that appeals to me. They have a certain smell that is different from a new book.

I’ve been asking you all about your reading preferences so I thought I’d better tell you about mine. When I was young (about a million years ago) I only really read things that were written in the 19th Century. I loved Jane Austin, Mrs Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Thackeray.  Then quite

image by Annie Spratt via Unsplash Happy International Women’s Day I thought I’d do a little post about some of my favourite women authors to celebrate.   Jane Austen – I’ve loved her books since I had to read Pride & Prejudice for my Higher English.   My favourite is

Let me introduce myself. I’m Pat and I run The Gently Used Book Club. We’re a subscription service for monthly boxes of pre-loved (gently used!) books. I’ve been working in the book trade for many years, starting off as a secondhand book dealer way back in 2001. Somewhere along the