Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. Another delightful book from Shaun Bythell. I am a sucker for a book set in a bookshop and with this book I get bookshop cosiness and bookseller confessions all told in Shaun's engaging and humourous manner. I loved reading about what goes on in bookshops and all the types of customers you meet and the requests you get. A must read for booklovers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐#shaunbythell #confessionsofabookseller #tea_sipping_bookworm #netgalley #amazonkindle #booklovers #bookstagram #bookqueen #litsy #goodreads

A must read for anyone who sells books or knows someone who works in the service industry.  I found myself relating all too often with Shaun and his observations about his customers as I have the same type who come to my store.  Wonderfully written and I look forward to reading more from him. Thank you for putting into words what I experience on a daily basis!

I thoroughly enjoyed Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell.  It features a set of diary entries for one year through which the reader learns about what it is like to own and run a book shop.  We also meet a cast of characters (both employees----I'm looking at you Nicky" and customers-----Mole Man, who made me laugh out loud.  My husband kept asking me what I was reading that made me smirk and chuckle.  Thanks to Netgalley for this free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I read The Diary of a Bookseller when it came out and really enjoyed it. Shaun is hilarious and some of the stories he tells are just beyond funny. I feel like Confessions of a Bookseller went a bit deeper than DOAB in the sense of Shaun's private life. He was relatively open in his first book but I feel this one was a little more raw. 

Had a blast reading this and I look forward to anything else Shaun may come out with in the future.

The author reveals less about himself than about his companions, and much of the book is about the minutia and grind of being a used bookseller. I found it fascinating nonetheless. A looking-through-the-eyes experience.

I absolutely enjoyed this diary in a life of a Scottish bookseller. Some day soon, I would love to visit Wigtown and hopefully see the store in the flesh,

I absolutely love his books!  Laughed out loud many times at him, Granny and especially Nicky.  

Look forward to when it is published in Canada so I can order for our store.

I was unable to read and review the book by the publishing date due to other commitments.  I will update the review immediately upon completion of the book.  Thank you NetGalley and publisher.

I appreciate having had an opportunity to read and review this book. The appeal of this particular book was not evident to me, and if I cannot file a generally positive review I prefer simply to advise the publisher to that effect and file no review at all.

A lovely sequel to The Diary of a Bookseller, and as with the first, Shaun's light-hearted humor and wit shine through. 

I think as a reader of many, many books. I have often thought (as I'm sure many of us do!) that it would be wonderful to run a bookshop. What Shaun does wonderfully, through funny anecdotes, is show us that it is not a piece of cake. 

I would recommend this to anyone that has ever fantasized about running a bookshop!

This is the sequel to Diary of a bookseller. I didn't enjoy this one as much because it didn't feel quite as light hearted though it was still funny and witty.

Unfortunately I just couldn't get into this story. I enjoyed the writing well enough but there was not enough of a plot for my liking.

Shaun Bythell owns an antiquarian bookshop, in Scotland’s book town, Wigtown.  This is Shaun’s account of running that shop. This humorous book looks at; the shop, the people who work for it, the people who shop there, and the community that surrounds the shop.  It is an exploration of a life lived surrounded by; books, beautiful scenery, and the eccentric individuals who love these things.  It looks at the pains and pleasures of running a bookshop. Above all, it is a painfully honest picture of the author’s life.

I enjoyed this sequel to Diary of a Bookseller. I enjoyed hearing more about the people who were featured in the first book and getting a first-hand look at what it's like to operate a book store. As someone who loves to read, I've often fantasized about owning a book store, but Bythell has convinced me it's not as much fun as I'd imagined it would be.

Follow up to The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell, owner of The Bookshop in Wigstown, the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland. We see first hand to the ups and downs of being a second hand bookseller, with a special light on the affect a certain online retailer has on small businesses. I love how blunt and wry Shaun is when it comes to customers and their questions and requests. Having worked briefly in a bookshop myself, you'd think I'd be well versed on some people's stupidity ('I'm looking for a book, can't remember the name but it has a blue cover') but reading this I couldn't believe the added cheekiness that comes with selling in a second hand bookshop! Haggling on already fair prices, spending hours on in shop without buying anything, swapping price tags on books. 

The book is a diary that has an entry of some sorts for every day of the year, including the number of customers and the till taking at the end of the day. Not every day is a thrilling adventure, we see the every day mundane and regular chores (buying and listing stock, cleaning the shop, posting the book club books) as well glance behind the scenes at the Wigstown Festival (I particularly liked the story of the picture that Shaun bought years before at auction). 

The stars of the book however are the people. We see the return of part time staff Nicky and Flo, with the new addition of the Italian woman that agrees to come and work for bed and board, nicknamed Granny as well as Shaun of course and Captain the cat. The book is funny but I found it tinged with sadness at times, which just added to the human element of the story and highlighting the fact there's people behind small businesses. Like most people who read and enjoy this book, I hope to one day visit the shop in person.

Being your usual booknerd, loyal supporter of indie bookshops, fan of dry humor, and text book introvert, it came as no surprise that I enjoyed Shaun Bythell's first book "Diary of a Bookseller", and was very much looking forward to "Confessions of a Bookseller" to find out more about Captain, the fine folks of Wigtown, to get some more book recommendations (I bought 3 books after reading the diary), and more #FoodieFriday and bizarre (in a most excellent way) conversations with Nicky. Aye.

Confessions didn't disappoint. It's one of those books where you feel like you're reading about friends you haven't seen in a while: some super nice, some a little peculiar, some a bit rude, all unique characters you can laugh and cry with... and complain about customers and Amazon with ;-). Oh, and the cover is fab (illustration by Bill Bragg). In the February "chapter", Shaun talks about libraries not taking away business from booksellers, as many readers who get to know and love a certain book via a public library, are very likely to buy that book for themselves. YES, and not only libraries, but also #netgalley, apparently. You guessed it, I bought my own copy of "Confessions of a Bookseller" from my local indie bookstore shortly after reading it. 

A book for those who love books, independent bookshops and bookstore cats...and those of us who need some laugh-out-loud witty reading material until they can get their butts to Wigtown themselves. 

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Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for the early copy!

I recommend checking out this well-done nonfiction novel!

An entertaining read about life in a bookshop - perfect for bibliophiles everywhere. Full of heart and humour.

A hilarious insight into the weird and wonderful world of bookselling. Fortunately I did not recognise myself in any of the stories! I'll be recommending this to my fellow bibliophiles.

This wasn't as good as Diary of... the tone was darker, there was less comic relief and the shock of the low sales had passed. There's a lot that could be covered in a book like this, what sells, why, the trends of that year (for example, I'd read pages of his experience with EL James and Dan Brown donations!) A lot is lost because of the gap between writing and publishing, which they seem to want to disguise. The new "characters" were less jovial and the jokes as their expense seemed more cruel.