Posts tagged "life of a bookseller"
- Jenn: OH MY GOD MOLLY.
- Molly: What?
- Jenn: Did Sabriel and Touchstone just DIE?!
- Molly: I'm not telling you anything.
- Jenn: I am only 11 pages into Abhorsen! Goddammit.
- Molly: I almost named my cat Mogget, but then it seemed like a bad idea.
A woman came in asking today about books that include a Greyhound bus. After wandering fiction for about ten minutes together, I was like—You know what? I know where to look this up. And lo and behold, Greyhounds are a Thing on Small Demons, and we had a few of the books on the list, and that customer went away verrrrry happy. THANK YOU SIR.
- Jenn: I need to read THE SECRET HISTORY.
- Stephanie: I can't believe you haven't read it yet.
- Jenn: I know, it's awful; I'll read it next.
- Stephanie: You can't read it now!
- Jenn: What? What?
- Stephanie: You have to read it in the winter. At night. While drinking wine.
- Jenn: ....
- Stephanie: Really, anything you can do to make yourself feel insecure and 19 years old, is what you need to do before and then while reading that book.
- Jenn: ......
- Jenn: Okay, I'll put it on my to-do list for November.
- Stephanie: Good.
