A little after eleven this morning, a customer came up to me looking for the Harry Potter books. As I was walking away, I heard one of the midshift employees saying something, but all I caught was "Bradbury" and "died." I quickly directed the customers to Harry Potter and ran back to my coworker ( Read more... )

One of the joys of working in a used bookstore is you occasionally find amazing treasures. I have found several of James Tiptree, Jr.'s books and short story collections, which has delighted me to no end. About the only other place you could find her short stories (and a novella or two) were in Hugo anthologies. However, I've found The Starry ( Read more... )

You guys have got to read Scott Westerfeld. He is probably the best young adult author I've ever read. He has three series out, though I haven't read the Midnighters yet. The Uglies is all about genetic manipulation. On your sixteenth birthday, you're given a Pretty operation, but it makes you rather stupid (unless you end up in a job that ( Read more... )

I really need to get out of this job. If I don't sell the appropriate number of these stupid credit card things to customers, I'll get a verbal reprimand. Which, potentially, means I could get fired over not selling a fucking credit card. Also, it's not doing anything for my health. There are days when I can't even think about work without ( Read more... )

I finally finished World War Z. It was amazing. I thought the way the story was told was rather clever and well put together. It was set up to look like a non-fiction book (down to the author including his previous book, The Zombie Survival Guide as something that was used in WWZ). Instead of chapters, every few pages was from a different point ( Read more... )

A patron comes in to pick up some holds and I notice that one of her books is A Dirty Job.

Me: Ooo. Christopher Moore is one of my favorite authors.
Her: Really? I just finished Lamb and loved it.
Me: Very cool. Have you read The Stupidest Angel? It has Raziel, you know, from Lamb, and zombies. At Christmas ( Read more... )

There is one good thing to come out of the Watchmen movie. At least people are reading the book. JM's husband is a big comic reader and she was asking about the book (which I haven't figured out a short, concise explanation yet; it's either "a deconstruction of masked crime fighters" or a long, rambling explanation). When she went to put it on ( Read more... )

I am incredibly busy this week. Two days a week, I'm in classes, four hours each day. ASL is a very taxing language. After two hours, I just want to take a nap. The other three days this week I'm at work. Yay, hours ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is with people, but as soon as they learn that I'm a fan of sci-fi/fantasy, they recommend Eragon. Not in a "OH HAI Have you read this?" way, but in an "If you like JKR, then you must love Eragon!" way. And it's just not one or two people. I get this damn rec almost monthly. You can just tell that they think they're the ( Read more... )

I am god ( Read more... )