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Title: The Diary of a BooksellerAuthor: Shaun Bythell
Published: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
Shaun Blythell is the owner of Scotland's largest second hand bookshop and this is his diary, spanning over about a year, giving us a look into the running of the shop, the book trade and dealing with eccentric customers and colleagues.
Review:
I think a lot of book lovers appreciate a good book about books, and that's exactly what this is.
This is a charming and funny account of a booksellers life, and it was a very enjoyable read. I really loved getting to know the ins and outs of the shop, getting to know the owner and the people working there and seeing the streams of odd people coming into the shop. I also thought it was interesting how the book comments on how the book world has massively changed in the past twenty years and how tough it is to deal with those changes.
It did take me a bit of time to get into this book though, I'll admit, but when I was about fifty pages in, I was hooked. It does get a little repetitive after a while as well, but that's what life gets like sometimes so it makes sense.
Overall, very enjoyable and I loved the grumpy, slightly pessimistic tone it has throughout (some of which I think anyone working in retail can relate to, at least I did).
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