The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Bookselling Bliss What a joy this book was! I loved being invited into Shaun Bythell’s daily life as a bookseller in Scotland. His dry humor and deadpan observations had me smiling and even laughing out loud page after page. A couple of people I work with at the Well-Read Moose bookstore in Coeur d'Alene read it before I did and highly recommended it. They were so right! Good choice. Here are a couple quotes to entice you: · “As I was leaving [the barber shop], I met Mr. Deacon coming in for whatever treatment he has applied to his comb-over.” Pg 155 · Anna talked Shaun into going to Glasgow to see the Disney film Into the Woods. “This is my idea of hell: I dislike musicals and I’m no fan of Disney, so the combination of the two will unquestionably result in a film that is the cinematic equivalent of a week in the waterboarding wing of Guantánamo Bay.” Pg 285 · ...