Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

  • Started on: 2018-04-21
  • Finished on: 2018-04-21
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Humor

In the run-up to Bookstore Day (celebrated in The Netherlands on April 24, 2018) my favorite bookstore ABC hosted several online competitions, one of which was “show a picture of your bookshelves”. I am immensely proud of and happy with my bookshelves, so I couldn’t resist. I didn’t win the main prize, but especially for me they created an extra prize. I guess they couldn’t resist my shelves either, the enablers…

Anyway, I got a wonderful goody bag with two books (Fortune Smiles, Adam Johnson’s story collection and this book), a bag from the ABC, a bag from Philip Pullman’s latest book The Book of Dust, and a gift card. Very generous!

I couldn’t resist reading this book right away. It contains short conversations between customers and employees of bookstores, conversations that are funny and sometimes quite unreal. It’s a funny little light read, that makes me wish to visit my bookstores again soon. Five out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2018-04-21
  • Finished on: 2018-04-21
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: *****
  • Genre(s): Humor

In the run-up to Bookstore Day (celebrated in The Netherlands on April 24, 2018) my favorite bookstore ABC hosted several online competitions, one of which was “show a picture of your bookshelves”. I am immensely proud of and happy with my bookshelves, so I couldn’t resist. I didn’t win the main prize, but especially for me they created an extra prize. I guess they couldn’t resist my shelves either, the enablers…

Anyway, I got a wonderful goody bag with two books (Fortune Smiles, Adam Johnson’s story collection and this book), a bag from the ABC, a bag from Philip Pullman’s latest book The Book of Dust, and a gift card. Very generous!

I couldn’t resist reading this book right away. It contains short conversations between customers and employees of bookstores, conversations that are funny and sometimes quite unreal. It’s a funny little light read, that makes me wish to visit my bookstores again soon. Five out of five stars.