I absolutely love this book! I love the irreverent humor, the characters, the stories of the strange happenings and the somewhat bizarre customers of I absolutely love this book! I love the irreverent humor, the characters, the stories of the strange happenings and the somewhat bizarre customers of the Bookshop. I worked in retail so I could definitely relate to the unusual and somewhat ridiculous questions of the customers. I love the somewhat snarky humor and the zany interactions between the owner, Shaun, and his employees. People who didn't like this book must not have any understanding of what retailers have to put up wih or they don't seem to get the differences in humor in countries other than the U.S.A. I chuckled, chortled, and laughed out loud all throughout this book and I am looking forward to reading the next book by Mr. Bythell....more
This is a very interesting story of the LosAngeles Public ibrary. It tells of the struggles of aetting up a library without a building and the progresThis is a very interesting story of the LosAngeles Public ibrary. It tells of the struggles of aetting up a library without a building and the progress of the library under various directors. It tells the financial difficulties they withstood to strengthen the library and to eventually move into their own building. The devestating fire that burned in the library and the many items destroyed in the fire and the despair of the Librarians and the patrons and how they all worked together to save as many items as they could helped bring the community and library together is a good portion of the main theme....more