A review by evefaith
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

funny informative lighthearted slow-paced

4.5

After reading Jen Campbell's book 'Weird things customers say in book shops' I was keen to read more accounts of booksellers and this seemed the perfect read! I really enjoyed it and I think it has changed the way I shop in second hand book shops eg take time to look at the different genres and any weird and wonderful finds! It also made me more sympathetic towards booksellers and gain an appreciation of what they have to deal with in a daily basis! I enjoyed the characters particularly eccentric Nicky! I also appreciate references to similar books, a couple of which I have already added to my to read list. The only things stopping this from being a 5 star read for me is it got quite repetitive at parts, and could have done with cutting out the days where nothing really happened and focusing on days that did! Also I lost track of who was who as there a lot of staff members, customer's and friends names mentioned and I couldn't remember who was who! Overall I really enjoyed this and can't wait to read more similar books!