The store could be true
929729
I have to say that it sounds like the store is Amazon-ish.  Just amazing as to how similar they are in a lot of things.

The whole idea behind the book, I really like as it happens...I see it happening with my prescription insurance right now and how they are pushing out the small guy and want to do it all.  The idea of it happening on a bigger level with an even bigger impact on how we live is scary to think but, it is possible.

The one thing I was not crazy about was how some of the characters just did not feel really developed..like Megan. I understand after reading the entire book as to why it never went to say what she was typing or researching when they both in the attic but, I like to see things from both point of views.

The ending was not what I thought it would be as to who involved and to what extent.

I still enjoy JP books just wish he had a bit more input in the writing of this one.
1683322
Delaney is a very fortunate Kansas girl.  She has found a job working in a book store in Edinburgh Scotland.  And the Cracked Spine is not just any book store, it is filled with rare books and collector's items.  Delaney's job is to verify and catalog the rarest of items.

After Delaney has an evening at the pub with a couple of her friends who are medical students, she and her boy friend, Tom, go to the warehouse portion of the store.  She wants to verify the existence  of some antique scalpels.

The next morning, a medical student she met at the pub the night before is found murdered in the alley behind the store.  Edinburgh's age means that there are many stories and legends of murders from the past.  In fact the alley may have been the site of a burial ground.  History is everywhere.

Events begin to influence Delaney as she searches for the truth about the murdered girl and the murderer.  Between history and the secrets of the people involved there is a great deal to investigate.

This is a fast moving story.  Although it is the third book in a series, I could follow the action easily even though I have not read the first two books.

Delaney has an extra sense which allows her to channel literary quotes  which are appropriate for the moment.  One quality I did not admire is her sense that she is able to investigate on her own.  She is a bright young woman who has fallen in love with her new city as well as most of the people she has met there.  But, at times she seemed to be too willing to retain information which would have been better to be shared with the police.

The secondary characters are able to add to the atmosphere and action of the story.  Delaney's boss Edwin, and her fellow workers are very interesting  as well as supportive of Delaney.  In fact, nearly every friend is a supportive character who is willing to go the extra mile on her behalf.

I liked this book.  It is a well developed cozy mystery with a good plot and a strong central character.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley.  I am voluntarily writing this review and all opinions are my own.
3620705
It's a good start... it may be more helpful to shoppers if the book provided more specifics by brand/label, and endorsements from authenticators and fashion companies.
3532451
Good! Good! Good! The power struggle in politics is deadly.  You will love the misdirections and hidden secrets this store is rapped up in.
2704030
These three stores were pretty good. I enjoyed reading them.
3553849
Any book that successfully combines mysterious bookstores, cryptography, a secret society, Google, typefaces, meaningful numbers ($2,357 is brilliant!), and a museum of "Knitting Arts and Embroidery Sciences" gets high praise from me. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is definitely that book. Clay Jannon is an out-of-work art school graduate who finds a job on the night shift in Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Mr. Penumbra (a partial shadow, between regions of complete shadow and complete illumination) is interesting in his own right, but his store full of books from the Waybacklist stored on dusty, multi-storied shelves is where curiosity gets the best of Clay and he begins his adventure. He is aided at every turn by his techie acquaintances, but Sloan uses plenty of humor along with the technology so even those of us over thirty get it.

This is a well-told, fun story, one that made me think a bit and I even learned a few things. I learned that Aldus Manutius was a real Italian printer and publisher who helped develop italic type, and the use of the comma and semicolon. I learned that Griffo Gerritszoon is fictional. I also learned that Robin Sloan is a very clever writer who can tell a good story. My only regret is that I listened to this as an audiobook (Sloan does have a cameo on the audio version) and didn't read the hard cover with the glow-in-the-dark dust jacket!
4264371
Hope she likes. Its like buyin by catalog. You do not know what can happen.
870405
While I don't really support on-line shopping, and what it is doing to Main Street, Small Town America.  I must confess I was impressed with the turn around.  It was exactly what I wanted, the price was good, and they were here within 48 hours.  Hats off to a business that says what it does, and does what it says.
543385
Some great stories; some good stories; some just unbelievable but just might be true. The book  keeps your interest and educates at the same time.
2766086
Good story line and easy to read.  Unfortunately may turn out to be true.
4030100
this very shop was at a good price at the time.

works just as if you woud have gone to he dentist.

is represents a good safe of money
1727079
This book could be found at the local book store used but if it were in stock it would be at the full price of a new book.
2581518
the store does not take long to catch you up in it ware you just can not just. put the book down, love it
2747732
I guess  if the price is right. . A killer  would confess. .. Sounds about right...
1632845
At its most basic, Lynn Tillman's "Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeanette Watson" is an oral history of the life cycle of one independent bookstore, in this case Books and Co. in New York. Spanning the mid-'70s to late '90s, the book is a collection of reminscences by booksellers, writers, and patrons of the bookstore intercut with the "memoir" of the store's owner, Jeannette Watson. (In a strange twist, the memoir is written by author Lynn Tillman from interviews held with Ms. Watson, which is a little jarring. Maybe Ms. Watson had an aversion to taking credit for a ghost writer.)
The book chronicles years that marked a decline in independent bookstores around the country. It is fanciful and nostalgic -- anyone who has ever worked in either publishing or a bookstore will appreciate its accuracy and the affectionate tone. It is also full of suggestions for lesser known literary reads; a nice tear out list of 50 of the store's lesser known finds is found at the book's end.
I enjoyed the book without loving it. I'm sure many book lovers will find it a worthy escape from the usual.
555625
Bought at an excellent price. Order was then cancelled due to "technical difficulties." I look for bargains and clearances and when I find deals (even if they are mistakes) I expect them to be honored just as a walk-in retail store would.
1973452
Does everything asked; watch for warehouse deals since retail is a bit steep