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A review by kalira
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
3.75
There were a lot of fascinating stories - peeks at lives - of a wide variety of people across the USA and Canada who work with (and mostly also love) books; there were some sobering thoughts as to current events from the Covid19 pandemic through political attacks and tension, which made this both more sharply relevant and occasionally a little heavy to think about.
A few of the people came across very much as business/sales people - not book people. And they stood out jarringly, almost distant, because so many of the rest were very much not - even the ones who have been selling books and other things for many years.
I'm tempted to go through again just to make a list of all the books these folks mentioned! Some recommended, some mentioned because of stories with specific patrons, some that were old favourites and some just passing through.
A few of the people came across very much as business/sales people - not book people. And they stood out jarringly, almost distant, because so many of the rest were very much not - even the ones who have been selling books and other things for many years.
I'm tempted to go through again just to make a list of all the books these folks mentioned! Some recommended, some mentioned because of stories with specific patrons, some that were old favourites and some just passing through.