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Bookshop picks.

At a bookshop or library, each choose a book that might surprise the other and read the first page together.

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01 / UNITED KINGDOM

Go at your own pace.

A walk, a bookshop or tea indoors: British weather may change the plan, but it doesn't have to stop it.

02 / HOW TO DO IT

Here's how to do it.

  1. At a bookshop or library, each choose a book that might surprise the other and read the first page together.
  2. Ask whether you may read there.
  3. Choose books outside your usual genre.

If things go differently

No bookstore open? Use your own bookshelf or a library's online catalog.