Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

Campbell, Jen. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores. 2011. 188p. ISBN 978-1-4683-0128-1. Available at 381 CAM on the library shelves.

Everyone who works around books has them: stories about people and the strange things they say about books. Campbell has compiled a delightful list of questions and comments the customers who come in the various bookstores she has worked in have said to her over the years. From literary pursuits to unknown titles with unknown supporting details, this short read covers it all and will be sure to elicit a chuckle at the weirdness of people and serves as a lesson that what makes sense to someone often doesn’t make any sense at all.

My personal favorite from my career as a library media specialist: A high school student who had never checked out a book before and who browsed the shelves for about 30 seconds before throwing the towel and announcing that she couldn’t find anything to read. We have over 11,000 books on the shelves...