NEW RELEASES
Maybe if you didn’t put the new Julia Quinn book out on Tuesday
The Sisters work in an industry where people spend a great deal of the time in a panic. Understand that this is self-
induced panic, not related in any way to any real life or death situation. This does not stop people in my industry and its periphery from FREAKING THE HELL OUT!
Sadly, we can be the most competent people in the world and when we sense someone’s freak out coming, and we know it’s gonna be bad, we turn into a complete jelly fish with a heart condition. It can’t be healthy. We’re 100% certain we’re damaged in the head for going back into this industry. There are days we’d consider doing almost ANYTHING if 
someone offered us a job doing it and we could get the hell out of where we are.
We’ve long had this fantasy of owning a book store. A lovely little shop with lots of windows, tables to sit at for hours, lots of outlets for your laptop. We’d have a shop cat, of course. Maybe a dog. Who knows. The place would smell of paper, bindings, coffee and pastries.
And you know what? We can’t imagine anything that would happen in a book store that would put someone in a panic. Except maybe a fire. There is nothing that occurs in a bookstore that anyone would freak out over. It’s a wonderful place. A womb with things to read and maybe a nibble. A place to be content.
Sounds like heaven.
I enjoyed having a used book store for a while, but it wasn’t a very adequate way to make a living. It used to be easier before the industry was taken over by the Big Boys who put most of the independents out of business, but of course, in my case, location was the issue. The town was too small and the book trades too few. Still, it was wonderful while it lasted… owing and operating a store called the House of Thoughts.