Bookdwarf

I’m here to report on what might be one of the worst customer experiences ever. And I mean “worst” from my store’s perspective. AssholeGentleman walks into the store and asks a friendly bookseller to help him find a book. Friendly bookseller finds the book for then customer who then asks if he can use the [...]

I was chosen along with some other booksellers from around the country to participate in a cookbook challenge. Our colleague’s at Vroman’s made their dinner last Saturday night, same as we did, and claim they won! Not so, my friends. The other participants are Third Place Books, Chapter One Books, Vintage Books, Watermark Books, Chester [...]

I’ve in a flurry of reading, finishing books left and right, all starting two weeks ago. I spent a Friday home sick which gave me a chance to finally finish Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood. I should thank whatever made me sick that night for giving me something so wonderful to take my mind off of [...]

I’ve got two great, unrelated links for you. First, Ann Kingman, sales representative for Random House was interviewed by Susan Henderson at Litpark. Do you want to understand how a book gets from the publisher into the store? Or why shopping at independents is so important? Then read the interview. I was particularly struck by [...]

Mr. Bookdwarf has been kind enough to write some thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s forthcoming The Girl who Played with Fire, the second in the trilogy featuring Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomquist: It’s a familiar pleasure to be engrossed in a novel of any size or scope. But Larsson’s novels, particularly The Girl Who Played With [...]

As mentioned in the previous post, I’m heading to Cancun on Friday for a week of vacation. Just in time too. We’re expecting a foot of snow tonight and I’ve about had it with Winter. As usual, I’m nerdily deciding on what books to bring with me. I want some Mexican literature, maybe some Carlos [...]