![]() ![]() ![]() I found myself smiling, letting out the odd chuckle and occasionally shaking my head in despair at some of the things people were asking. ![]() It’s a short read, the book itself is less than 150 pages, and the layout is quite spread out, with a selection of funny illustrations so it actually took me less than an hour to read late one night. This is just a quick review from me this morning, no plot, or characters to discuss just a collection of short conversations between a book seller and her customers. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshopsis a collection of witty anecdotes from two of the bookshops Jen has worked in, as well as anecdotes sent in by booksellers from all around the world. ![]() This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top ‘Weird Things’ from bookshops around the world. Title: Weird Things Customers Say in BookshopsĪ John Cleese Twitter question, first sparked the ‘Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops’ blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller’s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor.įrom ‘Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?’ to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year’s weather and from ‘I’ve forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter’ to ‘Excuse me… is this book edible?: here is a book for heroic booksellers and booklovers everywhere. ![]()
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