107 days! the London Bookshop Map App

I think the most amazing and beautiful thing i have come across in my research for our London trip has been the London Bookshop Map app.

 This app has every independent bookshop in London listed, and allow you to easily find a shop by either "specialism" or location.


Below I have an example of shop that is near the hotel we're staying in on Christmas night.

This app also features something extraordinary in it's "tell me a story" section. It randomly generates short stories (some that don't particularly make sense... okay a lot that don't), and then logs them here:

http://twentythreemillionstories.tumblr.com/

Here is one example of a story within the app:

I forgot to screen capture my favorite story created this morning; so here is the text from the Tumblr:

A successful artist, under a pseudonym, decides to ‘kill’ his creative alter ego to start a new life as a family man. Warriors and priests fight for power while people are dying.

I am so excited to use this app while in London, as during my first go round I didn't step foot in an actual bookstore the whole time i was there (i know, hard for me to believe too). Well... i mean i did go into Waterstones, but does that really count when you have so many independent shops there?