This book is divided into three sections. The first are quotes
from people who have said weird things in Ripping Yarns bookshop where Jen
works, the second section featured quotes from other booksellers around the
world, and the final section includes weird things customer say at ‘Weird
Things’ book signings. It’s a bit of a tongue-twister but it’s hilarious.
As I mentioned last week, I read this one as a quick read while I
was waiting for my copy of The Bookshop Book (also by Jen) to arrive. I
started reading it in bed on the 2nd of October and finished it in the morning
the next day. I was up pretty early as that was the day I was meeting my Mum on
the mainland so it was nice to read something fairly light-hearted.
Just like the first one, I’ve got my favourite quotes that I
looked forward to. I’m not as familiar with this book as with the first so I’d
forgotten a few of them as well. Again I enjoyed the illustrations. Those are
done by the Brothers McLeod as with the first and I couldn’t help but wish for a
few more quotes to have illustrations because they really are quirky. I’d quite
like a couple of those on a t-shirt actually.
I copied out a couple of my favourite quotes into my book journal,
but many of them were just a little bit too long for me to include. This is
really just an excuse for me to keep it on my bookcase whenever I need something
to make me smile. My personal favourite will always be the woman who was
completely baffled that Jen was just signing her own book, not any others, like
the copy of Fifty Shades of Grey that the woman happened to be buying.
The insanity of it!
Next week I should technically be reviewing The Bookshop
Book but I’ve already done that and you can read my review here. If you’ve not read that one, you really should since
it’s a wonderful book.
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