Weird things customers say in bookshops quotes by jen campbell. Weird things customers say in bookshops is a collection of ridiculous real life conversations between customers and booksellers which provides light entertainment and many laugh out loud moments. She enjoys reading, writing and discussing all things book related. Jen campbell, an aspiring english writer, maintains a blog where posts examples of the bizarre things that customers at.
Ebook weird things customers say in bookstores as pdf. Jen campbell started her blog weird things customers say in bookshops three years ago. Some are laughoutloud funny, some are unbelievably cheeky or bordering on criminal. For bookshop customers, booksellers, librarians, bookworms, bookhoarders, bookworms and librocubicularists those who like to read in bed. I know im a little behind, but im still confident i will finish 50 books before the year is over. She graduated from edinburgh university with a masters in english literature.
Buy a cheap copy of more weird things customers say in. The weird things customers say in bookshops blog grew over three years into one booksellers collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. Jen campbell is a poet, short story writer, and bookseller. And the occasion is that this is my 400 th post on bookword. Apr 05, 2012 buy weird things customers say in bookshops 1st by jen campbell, the brothers mcleod isbn. Read download weird things customers say in bookshops pdf. Those arent the only ones that made me laugh out loud, just a. This is an actual quotation from weird things customers say in bookshops. Weird things customers say in bookshops read online novel.
She currently works at an independent bookstore in north london. Weird things customers say in bookshops hardcover international edition, april. In a way, the catalogue of unfortunate exchanges in weird things people say in bookshops is a testament to the power that books have in our lives, and a huge compliment to the restorative atmosphere we have come to expect from the places in which they are sold. Filled with fun and quirky illustrations by the awardwinning brothers mcleod and featuring contributions from booksellers across the united states and canada, as well as the authors native uk, weird things customers say in bookstores is a celebration of bookstores, large and small, and of the brilliant booksellers who toil. But it figures, since the customers that are visiting bookshops are often equally weird. Its a collection of dialogs and a fun amusing read, but not something you have to read covertocover. Weird things customers say in bookstores by jennifer campbell. More weird things customers say in bookshops is a fun little book that will appeal to book lovers, as well as anyone who has ever worked in customer service. Buy weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell. Weird things customers say in bookshops and the bookshop book. An illustrated miscellany by jane mount when books went to war by molly guptill manning id rather be reading by anne bogel the library book by susan orlean weird things customers say in bookshops by jen campbell the diary of a bookseller by shaun bythell. Fiction inkheart by cornelia funke the book thief by.
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Confessions of a common reader by anne fadiman bibliophile. Bravo to jen campbell for actually collating all of these and releasing the quirky little anecdotes. I always, always nurse the forlorn hope that a bookshop might be able to sell me a tiny hat. The book is a real eyeopener about working in a bookshop and the customer queries featured range from the slightly strange to the completely. Within a matter of pages i was chuckling away to myself, eliciting funny looks from family members as i tried to be social for me that is sitting in a room reading rather than sitting. Jen campbell weird things customers say in bookshops. I am elated to find something on my list but almost always discover fun, new books. Weird things customers say in bookstores was a london times bestseller in its uk edition, with rights sold in germany, finland, and sweden. This sunday times bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar. Today i am blogging about books set in bookshops i am celebrating two things that add great pleasure to my life. I, for one, absolutely loved this collection and will be buying the sequel more weird things customers say in bookshops. Perhaps working in a bookshop has sullied the authors interpretation of the word, more. Weird things customers say in bookshops proves just that.
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