Reviews

The Care and Feeding of an Independent Bookstore: Three Instructive Essays by Ann Patchett

whitmc's review

5.0

All this did was feed the fire of my desire to own my own bookstore. And added dogs to the list of mandatory features.

tanyxscreams's review

5.0

While not exactly a step-by-step manual for opening a bookshop, the author reminisces about her time opening and working in the bookstore.
It's a lovely little booklet for readers, but the 6-figure costs of opening one is somewhat discouraging for someone who dreamt about a bookshop on and off and has been in poverty completely on.

drewsof's review

5.0

deeeeelightful. and now I want to own a bookstore.

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chriswolak's review

5.0

I purchased this pamphlet back in 2016 at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT and read it before bed last night. It’s a beautiful nonfiction bedtime story for adult bookworms that’ll give you sweet dreams. 😉 Update: wrote a blog post about it https://wildmoobooks.com/2018/10/14/the-care-and-feeding-of-an-independent-bookstore-by-ann-patchett/

raehink's review

4.0

Two essays tell how and why Patchett got into the independent bookstore business. Includes a list of recommended titles. Delightful. And short.

ursamajor's review

5.0

Patchett's preaching to the choir, of course, seeing as I read this book on the train ride between two independent bookstores on Independent Bookstore Day 2016, but delightful and hilarious foibles that put Nashville's Parnassus Books on the map for me to visit someday.

wiggleallaround's review

4.0

Adding this "book" to goodreads is basically cheating since it's only 2 essays (and I'm pretty sure I read one of them before) and a list of books Ann recommends. Plus it's like 30 something pages. I don't care. Ann Patchett's my fave and I work at an independent bookstore. Also, I'm from Nashville and worked at the Borders she mentions in the first essay. So obviously this lil' pamphlet book was made for me.

Love you, Ann Patchett. Come hang out in SF.