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bkschwartz's review
Honestly, the first book was adorable but this one is REALLY dated, and not in a fun historical way…
karlmarxschooloftaxefficiency's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
lydiawesome's review against another edition
5.0
Part action, part drama, part romance, part mystery, and completely book nerd's delight, this is one of the most fantastic books I have read. Seems hard to believe that this was written in the early part of the last century! If you love books, you will love this book!
mschrock8's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of book talk! Plus friendship and a mystery.
Borrowed on Hoopla through JCPL.
Listening length six hr
Borrowed on Hoopla through JCPL.
Listening length six hr
ipanzica's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like this book was more pretentious then the first book in the series and the romance sub-plot was weaker. The characters in the book were recently complaining about people only wanting to read Tarzan and other books that have a movie version of them in theaters. Though if they are really passionate about getting people to read, wouldn't they be happy that people are reading at all? I really dislike it when people try to shame others for not only reading high-brow books or if they are interested in popular books.
missbookiverse's review against another edition
2.0
2.5
Sehr stimmungsvoll gemütlich von Armin Hauser vorgelesen, aber die Story selbst fand ich unspektakulär. Während ich den Buchladenbesitzer Roger Mifflin und seine neue Gehilfin Titania sehr mochte, war mir Werbeverkäufer Aubrey unsympathisch und ich fand es doof, dass er
Sehr stimmungsvoll gemütlich von Armin Hauser vorgelesen, aber die Story selbst fand ich unspektakulär. Während ich den Buchladenbesitzer Roger Mifflin und seine neue Gehilfin Titania sehr mochte, war mir Werbeverkäufer Aubrey unsympathisch und ich fand es doof, dass er
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schlussendlich Recht behält mit seinen Vermutungen. Außerdem sind's am Ende leider "die bösen Deutschen" gewesen.xxfelixxreads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
foofers1622's review
4.0
This was a fun follow up to Morley's [b:Parnassus on Wheels|1001312|Parnassus on Wheels|Christopher Morley|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1416198831s/1001312.jpg|847161]. It has a great deal of early 20th century authors mentioned that were thought of as the best for the time. A little Anti-German, but that was the thought in 1919.
missbryden's review
3.0
I don't know how I acquired this but it's been in my book collection for some time, and currently off my to-sell shelves of books I thought I'd never get round to, didn't have knowledge about. But how could I resist this title, and at Halloween time thought it would be seasonal. I started to read on Halloween or earlier but then saw it starts in November so thought I would just wait a few days for November and a break in other books. This edition seems to be a very early one, if not a first. There's an owner's name, address and date of 1919, an author's note from April 28, 1919. Copyright page is printed "COPYRIGHT, 1918, 1919, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATIONS INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN"
It's very contemporary to its time, referencing the effects of the first world war.
It's self-referential: 'A young journalist came to see us once, with very unhappy results. He wheedled himself into Mrs. Mifflin's good graces, and ended by putting us both into a book, called [b:Parnassus on Wheels|1001312|Parnassus on Wheels|Christopher Morley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1465495291l/1001312._SX50_.jpg|847161], which has been rather a trial tome. In that book he attributes to me a number of shallow and sugary observations upon bookselling that have been an annoyance to the trade. I am happy to say, though, that his book had only a trifling sale.' 'I have never heard of it,' said Gilbert."
And now I really feel I should read the first but I'll finish this first.
I paused where I saw a "next day" and then when I picked it up the next day I saw that was too be Thanksgiving so I'm planning to resume then.
As one might imagine it mentions a lot of books and mostly of books that aren’t really known today, some of still famous authors but of less known titles. In chapter three when Roger’s preparing a little library for a teenage girl who’s coming to stay and work, i noticed it seemed to be exclusively male authors, until he included [b:Jo's Boys|372319|Jo's Boys|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632031105l/372319._SY75_.jpg|362258] for if she wants to relax (masculine sounding lesser known title of Louisa May Alcott without the author's name mentioned).
Roger's philosophizing and monologuing about the immediate post-war situation they were in is quite prescient now over 100 years later, but it wouldn't have taken that long to see the truth of what was worrying him. He mentions the Peace Conference as not yet happened. That occurred in January 1919. So this must be set starting in November 1918, the day(s) before Thanksgiving, which was on the 28th, so this is just a couple weeks after the Armistice. The book was published in 1919, so I wonder how much of Roger's thoughts was the author making him a little naive or hopelessly hopeful.
But some of his philosophizing goes on long.
The move into Aubrey's investigations is less entertaining. And for all they seem to mock the popular films (Tarzan is named, one of the first movies was out in 1918), Aubrey Gilbert's adventures turn into almost a film plot, the father of the teenage girl I think even refers to the events he missed out on as a film.
It's very contemporary to its time, referencing the effects of the first world war.
It's self-referential: 'A young journalist came to see us once, with very unhappy results. He wheedled himself into Mrs. Mifflin's good graces, and ended by putting us both into a book, called [b:Parnassus on Wheels|1001312|Parnassus on Wheels|Christopher Morley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1465495291l/1001312._SX50_.jpg|847161], which has been rather a trial tome. In that book he attributes to me a number of shallow and sugary observations upon bookselling that have been an annoyance to the trade. I am happy to say, though, that his book had only a trifling sale.' 'I have never heard of it,' said Gilbert."
And now I really feel I should read the first but I'll finish this first.
I paused where I saw a "next day" and then when I picked it up the next day I saw that was too be Thanksgiving so I'm planning to resume then.
As one might imagine it mentions a lot of books and mostly of books that aren’t really known today, some of still famous authors but of less known titles. In chapter three when Roger’s preparing a little library for a teenage girl who’s coming to stay and work, i noticed it seemed to be exclusively male authors, until he included [b:Jo's Boys|372319|Jo's Boys|Louisa May Alcott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1632031105l/372319._SY75_.jpg|362258] for if she wants to relax (masculine sounding lesser known title of Louisa May Alcott without the author's name mentioned).
Roger's philosophizing and monologuing about the immediate post-war situation they were in is quite prescient now over 100 years later, but it wouldn't have taken that long to see the truth of what was worrying him. He mentions the Peace Conference as not yet happened. That occurred in January 1919. So this must be set starting in November 1918, the day(s) before Thanksgiving, which was on the 28th, so this is just a couple weeks after the Armistice. The book was published in 1919, so I wonder how much of Roger's thoughts was the author making him a little naive or hopelessly hopeful.
But some of his philosophizing goes on long.
The move into Aubrey's investigations is less entertaining. And for all they seem to mock the popular films (Tarzan is named, one of the first movies was out in 1918), Aubrey Gilbert's adventures turn into almost a film plot, the father of the teenage girl I think even refers to the events he missed out on as a film.
metmaedl's review against another edition
3.0
Ok, ich hatte eigentlich ein Fantasy-Buch erwartet. Mir war auch nicht klar, das das Buch bereits 1919 (?) geschrieben wurde.
Stattdessen bekam ich einen mit vielen Anspielungen auf Bücher gespickten Kriminalroman.
Die Krimi-Elemente sind aber schon sehr dezent, der Protagonist stolpert recht planlos durch die Geschichte. Das hätte mich gar nicht so gestört, aber die Charaktere fand ich hauptsächlich nervig.
Aubrey stolpert planlos seiner Angebeteten hinterher, Roger ist ein schrecklich arroganter Buchhändler und hat Bildung quasi für sich gepachtet.
Die Anspielungen auf Bücher konnten es für mich leider nicht rausreißen, bedingt durch das Alter des Buches kannte ich schlichtweg kaum welche.
Da der Fall eigentlich ganz nett war, gibt's noch 3 Sterne.
Stattdessen bekam ich einen mit vielen Anspielungen auf Bücher gespickten Kriminalroman.
Die Krimi-Elemente sind aber schon sehr dezent, der Protagonist stolpert recht planlos durch die Geschichte. Das hätte mich gar nicht so gestört, aber die Charaktere fand ich hauptsächlich nervig.
Aubrey stolpert planlos seiner Angebeteten hinterher, Roger ist ein schrecklich arroganter Buchhändler und hat Bildung quasi für sich gepachtet.
Die Anspielungen auf Bücher konnten es für mich leider nicht rausreißen, bedingt durch das Alter des Buches kannte ich schlichtweg kaum welche.
Da der Fall eigentlich ganz nett war, gibt's noch 3 Sterne.