More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
by:
Jen Campbell (author)
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre...
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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place - from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them, to hunting for the best horse owner's manual that has a detailed chapter on unicorns.Customer: I had such a crush on Captain Hook when I was younger. Do you think this means I have unresolved issues?More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops has yet more tales from the antiquarian bookshop where Jen Campbell works, and includes a selection of 'Weird Things...' sent in from other booksellers across the world. The book is illustrated by the BAFTA winning Brothers McLeod.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00CATDS3K
Publish date: April 9th 2013
Publisher: Constable
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Series: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (#2)
Short, cute and entertaining, though it did make me wonder about people...
Reminiscent of I Work in a Public Library (but with fewer masturbators).
bookshelves: newtome-author, nonfic-nov-2015, nonfiction, tbr-busting-2015, e-book, ipad, autumn-2015, amusing, books-about-books-and-book-shops, published-2013 Read on November 15, 2015 Apparently I'm a dyed-in-the-wool librocubilarist - who knew!Very short anecdotal read on human fallibility ...
More Weird Things is much like the first book, but shorter. There were also a lot more warm, fuzzy conversations, especially with children in the various stores.It feels like all of the best material went into the first book, though - the section dedicated to the author's store was much smaller, for...
Working in a bookstore this book never fails to make me chuckle, a good hearty chuckle. Some people are just so....