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

3.0

If there is a book that more precisely describes the content already in the title, please let me know. It is a diary of a real bookseller from Wigtown, Scotland, introducing us to the realities of managing a bookshop that deals in second-hand books. I'll admit that I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. Maybe because I already knew the more interesting bits from the reviews of my book club buddies. Maybe because I'm in a bit of a reading slump, and a book with no real storyline wasn't going to cut it. Or maybe because I simply didn't find it that original (you get weird customers everywhere, trust me). The writing was witty but not hilarious. I gave up on trying to follow all the friends' names around the middle of the book because we will never get to know more about them. I sacked Nicky in my mind about a hundred times, at least. But I'm sure I'll visit the place and buy some books when I finally get around to going to Scotland (or going anywhere abroad for that matter). I'm also putting some new books on my TBR list (e.g., Jose Saramago's Blindness). So, it's all good in the end.