Most of us like to unwind with a great fiction book that transports us to places we've never been, into lives that are different from our own. While others love the shiver that goes up your spine when you open a creepy ghost story that makes you think twice before turning off the light when you go to bed. And no one can resist a juicy romance novel that reminds us that chivalry isn't dead! Even the best non-fiction books open our eyes to experiences lived far beyond our own perspective. Books can change lives, whether they're intended to be inspirational or just come to us the moment we need t ..read more

The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling is perhaps one of the best fictional magic series written in the last century. An incredibly imagined and planned fantasy, Harry Potter is a story that follows the prodigious boy wizard as he prepares to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and learns about his past as well as his destiny to fight Voldemort. The book features various other characters, both Muggles and Wizards, his two best friends – Ron and Hermione and the ever noble Professor Dumbledore. Let us read about the books in series of their release as every Potterhead woul ..read more

Used books have more advantages than new ones, especially when you buy them from online bookstores. To answer your big WHY on this, we’d like to tell you that pre-loved books from online bookstores such as Bookends come at a lesser price and are easily available online as a result of which you won’t have to go around looking for one at regular stores. You can access and buy your favourite pre-loved books online with just a simple click. Here are a few advantages of buying pre-loved books from online book stores: Advantages of Buying 2nd Hand Books from Online Book Clubs: #1 - Second Hand ..read more

There is a never-ending debate over second-hand books and new books, one which this blog aims to address. As you already know, we at Bookends are always team pre loved books! Let’s for a moment compare cars and books. This comparison is odd, owing to the fact that cars and books have nothing in common; neither physically nor aesthetically and functionally. However, when we talk about second-hand books and second-hand car models, there are certain similarities between the two. Firstly, we pretty much devalue a new car the moment we can drive off in it, the same with a book on opening it and tur ..read more

With the onset of summer vacations children have begun their tryst with fun, travel and enjoyment. While some might be visiting places with their family, some kids might be off to summer camps, each being a unique experience in itself. While every vacation activity is fun and keeps the children active, there is a saturation to each one of these and we witness children being restless especially when there’s a journey involved. Kids might get to explore new things while in pursuit of particular activities, it becomes difficult for them to kill their time later on or whilst traveling.   ..read more

The holy month of fasting has arrived! Ramadan is the month of abstinence from worldly pleasures and the month of pure intentions. Ramadan brings along the spirit of festive joy, and with Bookends you can double the joy of reading by buying a pre-loved book from our portal and gifting it to your loved ones this Ramadan. Why are books the best festive gifts? Reading books is a time consuming process and it is during this process that the person shall be benefiting from your gift. As a gift, books take longer to be appreciated owing to the length of time they take to read, hence having a natural ..read more

It’s Valentine’s month and love is in the air! Most of us have garnered our very first idea of love from romance novels we read as teenagers. Valentine’s is the celebration of love and love can acquire any form in your life, specially multi-paged, well written, engrossing books whose story and characters you fall in love with as you read page after page.  While gifts for one-self or your loved ones like flowers and chocolates are short lived, a book lives on forever in the reader’s memory. This rightly makes books the best Valentine’s gift of all times! To add to the joy of gifting and re ..read more

The best gift we can give ourselves on the eve of every New Year’s is a new year's resolution. One that can guide us towards self-help, progress and joy through tasks we pledge to do for our own betterment as we step into the next year. For every book lover as well as people who have just started getting into the habit of reading books, it is important to pledge to read books regularly in 2022, not just for the sake of finishing off the books you have but to keep learning and inculcating something or the other from books that no human can teach us the same way. Bookends is here to tell you why ..read more

There's been an endless debate surrounding old and new books since forever now! Some say new books bring with them the feeling of something fresh to begin with while some say old books are nostalgic and carry with them the true scent of a book. If you are someone who values books in any form, you won’t mind purchasing a used or pre loved book for yourself. On the contrary, new books are often priced higher than an old book owing to various factors of print and packaging. Unless being used as a gift, one should stick to pre loved books for themselves because while they’re just as lovely to read ..read more

Falling in love with a book is like falling asleep, slowly and then all at once… If you are a book lover, you will definitely know this line is a booklover’s rendition of ‘The fault in our stars’. However, it holds true for most of us and the people who used to love reading and haven’t had the time or schedule to read books owing to busy life and times. If you are trying to cultivate the habit of reading back into your life, we are here with a few tips that might help you. Few Tips To Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit: #1 - Set a Comfortable Time: To begin and inculcate the habit of readin ..read more