8 Affordable Bookstore Date Ideas For When You Need A Spectacular Bookish Day
Looking for bookstore date ideas? Here is absolutely everything you need to know.
So you’ve found yourself in a bookstore because you LOVE books, and romance, and you decided to combine the two for the perfect bookstore date; but now you’re there you realise you are lacking in bookstore date ideas…
Your partners looking at you confuzzled as to why you dragged them out there, and you are drastically trying to find something cute and romantic to do. But, you don’t want to just pass the time, you want to make real memories, and have a super fun date.
Fortunately, my head is brimming with bookstore date ideas that I can’t wait to share. These are ideas I have either done myself, or will promptly be dragging my reads-only-on-occasion partner to do soon.
This post is all about the best bookstore date ideas that are fun, cheap, and guaranteed to create cosy memories.
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Bookstore Date Ideas
1. Find Your Desert Island Book
If you were on a dessert island, what is the one book you would bring with you. For some this may be Robinson Crusoe, or an instruction manual for how to build a life boat, or a copy of an old childhood favourite.
This is one of my favourite things to know about a person as it gives me a good idea of who you are. It is also a great discussion point, and a great way to learn more about each other.
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2. Choose Your Next Holiday Destination Just From The Travel Section
This sounds risky but also super fun, especially if you are on the adventurous side. The fun part about this is you can look at maps, travel guides, explorers accounts, history and so much more, and plan a wacky adventure together.
If you’re feeling extra perilous, how about closing your eyes and running your finger across the travel guides until your partner- also blind- yells stop.
This is something you can have so much fun with, and even if you never end up going, there is a lot of enjoyment that can be found in dreaming together, and talking. Although, I hope you do go, and have an amazing adventure.
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3. Childhood Book Swap
Head to the children’s section and pick up that book that defined your childhood, the one you sat up reading all night, the one that holds a special place in your heart.
Find THAT book for each of you, and spend some time reading to each other. I think you will find this is a super cute bonding activity.
4. Blind Book Challenge
Go off in different directions, and find a book for your partner to read. This should be a book that you think they will really love, and then go home and spend a cosy evening tucked away, reading together.
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5. Bookshop Café and Game
Bringing a pack of cards wherever I go has become a must, as you never know when you will find yourself in a café, with not a whole lot to do. Sipping coffee, chatting about books, and playing cards is a date in itself, and not to be underrated.
Sometimes, the best dates are the most simple ones.
6. Bookstore Scavenger Hunt
This is such a cute and fun idea. CLICK HERE to download the FREE scavenger hunt printables for adults, and spend the day completing the official bookstore scavenger hunt.
These printables are PERFECT for a bookstore date, or a girls day out. You don’t have to take my word for it, download for FREE and try it out.
7. Research Your Local Area
I’m thinking folklore, historical figures of note, unsolved mysteries, and everything in between. Become an expert on where you live, simply for the fun of it.
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8. Create a Shared TBR list
This is such a cute idea and it gives you so much freedom to walk around and discuss. The best part about book shopping is browsing and looking at all the covers and titles, and this gives you the PERFECT excuse to indulge.
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