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OldVictorianQuill

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops | Jen Campbell

Customers were mean today, but I have a Captain Jack, so really, I win. #booksellerproblems #literarycats

Jess7 I‘m sorry they weren‘t nice! Hope you have a good book to read to take your mind off it! 8y

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Liberty

Case Histories: A Novel | Kate Atkinson

Ah, yes, the life of a bookseller. Thanks for the reminder, Facebook. Sometimes I really miss bookselling, and sometimes I really don't. 😂

Gnora Oh lordy! 😂 8y

Shvonne How bloody and gory is In The Woods? (edited) 8y

Prairiegirl_reading People are just the worst sometimes. 🙄 8y

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KassKho 😂😂every time a customer comes in saying they want one kind of book and you give them a list and then they decide to get a book that has nothing to do with what they asked for #booksellerproblems 8y

MrBook ????????? This happens to me at the library sometimes. I'm the unofficial resident book recommender, so I get the occasional lecture about "yes, I *did*'say that, but I didn't expect this". ??‍♂️? 8y

MrBook @Prairiegirl_reading Some people just can't be satisfied, lol. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 8y

MrBook @KassKho Yesss! 😆👏🏻🙌🏻 8y

Liberty @KassKho I once had a guy come in to buy Fifty Shades for his mom because he had seen it on the NYT list. When I explained what it was about, he turned scarlet, asked for suggestions, and then bought it for her anyway. I've always wondered how that Mother's Day went at their house. 😂 8y

Liberty @Shvonne Well, it opens with a kid drenched in blood... 8y

Sweettartlaura 🤣🤣🤣 8y

drokka Scottish thrillers are nothing if not detailed. They're not called Scottish noir for nothing 😂😂😂 (I've not read Tana French, but presume equally messy and detailed)? 8y

CouronneDhiver Oh, customer service. * sigh * People are ridiculous 8y

balletbookworm Ugh, customers, such a necessary evil. We hates them, preciousssssssaaaa 8y

Shvonne @Liberty I'm sold. 😄 8y

Mommamanzi Lol now I've got to read it so I know how "bad" it is hahaha. 8y

elkeOriginal It sure is nice to look back on bookselling days - and not be living them anymore! LOVE your 50 Shades story too @Liberty 😹😹 8y

DGRachel I guess I need to reread Case Histories because I don't remember it being that bad and certainly no worse than Tana French, but what do I know? I recommended Rules of Prey by John Sandford to a coworker who LOVES James Patterson, especially his Women's Murder Club, and she told me I had ruined her vacation because the book was so disturbing she couldn't relax on the beach or even finish it. 🙄 8y

Liberty @Mommamanzi It's fantastic! I love all her books. 8y

Bette Maybe that Fifty Shades guy was using his mom for as an excuse and really just wanted to read it and you blew his cover. 😂 8y

Amandajoy Yep, now I'm going to have to pick up Case Histories 8y

Dragon I loved Case Histories and read the rest of the series with great enthusiasm. I also loved the British TV series starring Jason Isaacs. That was a solid recommendation.👍😀🐉 8y

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WordWaller

Night Sky with Exit Wounds | Ocean Vuong

Got another #bookhaul today! Excited for these and three of them I got on the sale wall! #booksellerproblems

Caryl Goon Squad! ❤️ And I've got Night Sky w/Exit Wounds on my August TBR stack. 😎 8y

HardcoverHearts That Annotated Pride and Prejudice!! 😍 8y

LeahBergen I really need to check out those annotated Austens one day! 8y

Balibee146 Nice haul. I'm reading Goon Squad this month ❤️❤️❤️ 8y

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WordWaller

The Bookstore | Deborah Meyler

Today's the Uptown Art Festival and here I am hiding in the breakroom balcony eating cheese curds I snagged right outside. Win! #booksellerproblems #indiebookstore

BookishFeminist 😂 I would be hiding too. 8y

mabell Cheese curds, yum! 👍 8y

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WordWaller

Exit West: A Novel | Mohsin Hamid

When in doubt about book shelving dilemmas, read! Wish this could be the model at the bookstore bc right now we have sooooo many books that need to be shelved. Slowing working at it tho #booksellerproblems #bookwormproblems

aeeklund I wish this were the model at my bookstore, too!! I do stop to read a lot of synopses/blurbs as I shelve, though... 😏 8y

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Jen_Reads

Geekerella | Ashley Poston

Working in a bookstore has had me buying a book every other shift. These are my latest. #geekerella #tellmethreethings #booksellerproblems

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Jen_Reads

One Of Us Is Lying | Karen McManus

When one works in a bookstore it's hard not to give in to the books that taunt you daily with "read me". #oneofusislying #booksellerproblems

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TheLondonBookworm

84 Charing Cross Road | H Hanff

When you're surrounded by stacks of books but you can't buy them all #bookshop #bookseller #booksellerproblems

Suet624 💕💕💕 8y

Kalalalatja But you can touch them, and that's still something! 😍 8y

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johnnie_cakes

Lady Audley's Secret | Mary Elizabeth Braddon

When new versions of your favorites come in and you have to fight the urge to buy a 5th or 6th copy. #booksellerproblems

LauraBrook I always just buy it - otherwise it haunts me and I can't sleep well until I have it. 9y

balletbookworm Doooeeeeeeeeettt. (This is how I have 6 copies of Pride and Prejudice and 4 Jane Eyres 😜) 9y

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WordWaller

Justine | Iben Mondrup

#TuesdayTBR which also happens to be my #SeptemberTBR ;) I will probably stray, as I always do, and obviously ebooks/eARCs aren't featured, but these are some that I've been meaning to get to or NEED to get to! Well, plus like 50 others... Send help! ;) PS: THUNDERSTORMS TODAYYYY ⛈⛈⛈ #TBR #September #ARCs #booksellerproblems

britt_brooke Impressive! 👌🏻👌🏻 9y

[DELETED] 2232195534 It - start with that one....😱 9y

WordWaller @kaysreadinglife I'm actually in the middle of it! But it's so slow so I keep it on these TBR stacks so I don't stop. Right around page 500 right now... So long!! 9y

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