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January 6, 2015 by Exina Leave a Comment

REVIEW: More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

Title: More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Series: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #2
Author: Jen Campbell
Genre: Non-Fiction / Humor
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My Rating:

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Blurb

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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My Review

Like the first book, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops, it was a quick and entertaining read.

The story in the prologue about a children book getting back to its original owner after forty years is really heartwarming.

Conversations with kids are cute and funny, and the rest also made me laugh many times.
The things customers say in bookshops are not only weird, but insulting, sometimes ridiculously dumb…

CUSTOMER: You know, I go to this book club thing, but I really hate reading.
BOOKSELLER: So … why do you go to the book club?
CUSTOMER: I don’t know, really. (Pause). To make things easier, I bought a book called How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read.
BOOKSELLER: Yeah?
CUSTOMER: Yeah. (Pause). I didn’t read it.

… but also can be lovely and hilarious…

(Elderly female customer is looking at the chart) CUSTOMER: I can’t believe everybody’s reading this Fifty Shades …
BOOKSELLER: I know. I take it it isn’t your cup of tea, then?
CUSTOMER: Oh, no dear; been there, done that – no need to read about it!

Recommended!

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January 3, 2015 by Exina Leave a Comment

REVIEW: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

Title: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Series: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1
Author: Jen Campbell
Genre: Non-Fiction / Humor
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My Rating:

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Blurb

This Sunday Times Bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments:
‘Can books conduct electricity?’
‘My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that’s ok… isn’t it?’

A John Cleese Twitter question [‘What is your pet peeve?’], first sparked the Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller’s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor.

This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top ‘Weird Things’ from bookshops around the world.
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My Review

A very entertaining collection. My favorite is the one with the Twilight-Wuthering Heights-Harry Potter mix. Hilarious!

“I tell you something, you must get some odd requests, working here.”

Highly recommended!!

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Filed Under: Humor, Non-Fiction

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