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Confessions of a Bookseller
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?"
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms.
Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasions during the Wigtown Book Festival and Granny, his neurotic Italian assistant who likes digging for river mud to make poultices.
The Diary of a Bookseller (soon to be a major TV series) introduced us to the joys and frustrations of life lived in books. Sardonic and sympathetic in equal measure, Confessions of a Bookseller will reunite readers with the characters they've come to know and love.
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- Gem92
- 22-01-20
The narrator for the first book was better.
The narrator was better for the first but still really enjoyed this one. Think this narrator missed Shaun's sense of humour.
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- Chris Stanfield
- 24-05-21
I loved it
I bought this after buying and enjoying the first book. It may appear to some people, to be a mundane subject, but is a warm and funny book. The writers' observations, particularly regarding his customers, and actually life in general, caused me to laugh out loud so many times. Buy it!
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- gravitywave
- 02-08-22
Very enjoyable, although narration seemed rushed.
An engaging account, slightly marred by the often gabbled narration, as if the person had somewhere else to be - last orders, perhaps? Consequently, some words and sentences were unintelligible to me; a good speaking voice, however...just slow it down a bit in future.
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- leanne beadle
- 23-12-20
Great review for a great book
this book is really funny, it actually makes me want to run my own book shop. Nikki must be my favourite character, she is witty. Granny was a barrel of laughs as well
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-11-19
Accents
Granny's Italian accent came out anything but Italian, but other than that both the book itself and performance are excellent.
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- Emma
- 12-06-20
I loved this book!
It's the first audio book I've listened to that made me laugh. I've worked in bookstores all my life, chains and second hand, and recognised so much of what Shaun refers to, it really made me smile :)
I've listened to the second book first by mistake, but it hasn't affected my enjoyment, I don't think it really matters if you listen to them the wrong way round. I'll listen to the first one in a week or so.
My only criticism is that the narrator speaks as if someone is holding a stopwatch up to him. But if I slowed it, it sounded a little odd. But it didn't spoil it. But that could just be me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-12-22
A good light and fun book
Nice easy listening for an audio book.
Easy to pick up at many intervals and still follow
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- Betsy Stokes Stokes
- 11-12-19
Nearly as good as The Archers!
Loved it ! Easy to listen to. Inspiring. Adored Granny. Some real LOL moments. I hardly ever write reviews but this one deserves it . Story soaks you up.
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- Garth
- 06-09-19
Sweet, gentle read
I love this follow-up. Really draws you in to the life in the Scottish region and the bookshop. Does feel odd listening to it rather than reading it... but audible does not get the same treatment as kindle in the book.
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- Lisy_Lou_86
- 12-05-22
Loved it!
This is the second book in The Diary of a Bookseller series. Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland’s biggest second-hand bookshop, with 100,000 books for sale. In this diary, Shaun records his everyday working life in and around The Bookshop. He shows us a very humorous and entertaining glimpse into the world of bookselling.
I think I love this just as much as I love the first one! Shaun is still probably one of the most hilarious people I’ve ever witnessed. Again, he tells us all about his customers and employees, and the funny things that they say and do, from some old favourites such as Sandy the Tattooed Pagan, Captain the shop cat, and of course the legend that is Nicky, to some new faces such as Bumbag Dave and Emmanuella (or Granny as she so affectionately becomes known). I don’t think there was any particular story that stood out for me, but everything that Emmanuella did or said was either downright entertaining or absolutely hilarious! I especially enjoyed every time she called Shaun a “shitty fucking bastard!” Shaun tells all of the stories with wit and sarcasm, which makes for another very hilarious read (or listen in my case). The narrator Peter Kenny wasn’t as dry as Robin Laing (narrator of The Diary of a Bookseller) but I still think he did a great job.
There is literally nothing that I don’t love about this book. I was entertained throughout.
This audiobook gets 5 out of 5 stars from me! I absolutely thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish and I can’t wait to see what comes next in the series. Surely this can’t be the end?
I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves nonfiction memoirs, entertaining stories, epistolary novels, books about books, sarcastic humour, and insights into the book trade.
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