Sinopse: From the hugely popular blog, a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments:
'Can books conduct electricity?'
'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok... isn't it?'

A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops' blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor.

From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?' to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year's weather; and from 'I've forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter' to'Excuse me... is this book edible?'

This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top 'Weird Things' from bookshops around the world.

 

 

 

 Sinopse: Customer (holding up a book): 'What’s this? The Secret Garden? Well, it’s not so secret now, is it, since they bloody well wrote a book about it!'

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place - from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them, to hunting for the best horse owner’s manual that has a detailed chapter on unicorns.

Customer: 'I had such a crush on Captain Hook when I was younger. Do you think this means I have unresolved issues?'

More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops has yet more tales from the antiquarian bookshop where Jen Campbell works, and includes a selection of ‘Weird Things...’ sent in from other booksellers across the world.

The book is illustrated by the BAFTA winning Brothers McLeod.  

 

 

A minha opinião:
 

 Li estes dois livros em formato ebook num ápice. Que delícia de livros.
São dois pequenos livros que juntam uma série de episódios tristes, cómicos, da mais pura ignorância por parte de clientes de livrarias de todo o mundo.

A autora é uma youtuber inglesa que sigo religiosamente.
Além de fazer vídeos maravilhosos, ela também trabalha em part-time numa livraria que vende livros em segunda mão, pelo que eu entendi será como um alfarrabista.
No seu trabalho, Jen Campbell, teve de aturar as pessoas mais sem noção. Existem episódios que me parecem inacreditáveis.
Houve mesmo um cliente que perguntou se a Anne Frank tinha escrito um segundo livro a continuar o seu diário, uma vez que o final do primeiro a deixou em suspense.

São duas pequenas pérolas que devem ser lidas por toda a gente. Sem exceção.

Dei ao primeiro livro 4 estrelas e ao segundo 3 estrelas.