Customer: So do you like to read?
Me: Yeah, of course!
Customer: Have you read “Fifty Shades of Grey”?!
Me: *blink* No, I like to read.
(I sort of felt like a jerk. But not really.)
The Bookshop Girl
Title Page Notes
The things that land in my lap as a used bookstore clerk in Midwest College Town, USA.
Who's Who Q&A
July292012
July142012
My Real Job
Despite my extensive knowledge of classic literature and deep passion for the written word, I spend most of my time explaining our pricing system or telling people where the bathroom is.
Please just ask me anything other than the age of the cat.
The Bookshop Girl
July132012
Found on the title page of “Letters From a Nut” by Jed L. Nancy:
To: Mon Seenie
Love: The Blam
Christmas 1997
If you had a friend called “The Blam,” why would you ever give away anything s/he gave you?
The Bookshop Girl
June292012
Found inside of Albert Camus’ “The Rebel”:
To our
favorite rebel —
The Aberles
May 22, 2004
How do you like the shadow of my Palm Pre creeping on that page?
The Bookshop Girl
June282012
“The world is full of places to which I want to return.”
Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier (via bookmania)
4PM
Found inside “Inferno: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri”:
“Oh lord, what back that is
broken can form itself anew?
What hand and voice, save for
yours, can lead me back to you?
Whose hands that have been
crushed can form a fist?
And not even the strongest love
time can twist.”
Anyone know what this is from?
The Bookshop Girl
June262012
That Uncomfortable Moment
…when a lady walks into the store, and I immediately want to yell, “No, we do NOT have ‘50 Shades of Gray.’”
I’d always rather let people surprise me with their taste. But if you look like a “Toddlers & Tiaras” mom, and the whole store seems to confuse you, I’m pretty sure I know what you’re looking for.
And NO.
You know who did make me happy today? The girls who came in to put up flyers for their wizard rock show. Absolutely.
The Bookshop Girl
June192012
Small Victories
Call me a perfectionist, but I hate when I can’t find exactly what a customer asks for. I feel like I’ve failed them and they’ll never come back. (They usually do.)
Today, that didn’t happen. On two separate occasions, I happened to be holding the very book a customer came to ask about.
And I felt like a fucking magician.
The Bookshop Girl
June182012
Found on the title page of “The Story of Jumping Mouse” retold by John Steptoe:
Darling Cole,
May your dreams know no bounds
and may your journey to achieve them
be memorable. We love you!
Mommy & Daddy
The Bookshop Girl wants to know: why would anyone sell something this sentimental? (Consider this the standard Title Page Notes question.)
5PM
Found on the title page of “Queen Bees & Wannabes” by Rosalind Wiseman
Christmas 2002
Kathy & Tessa
Since Kids don’t come
with instruction manuals
I hope this helps! Love you Both!
Lisa
The Bookshop Girl wants to know: as a teenager, how would you feel receiving this as a gift? How about finding your mom reading it?
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