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BOOKS IN HAND • What Customers Bought in December 2018

January 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one!

During the last week of February 2018, I pondered about what type of post to make for “Books in Hand.” At first, I planned to discuss all the books customers came in asking for or buying, but that’s a bit too much because everybody came in asking for different books, and I didn’t remember all of them. My boss showed me a way to check our store’s best selling books, and I found out what we sold a lot of!

And that’s what this post is—seeing the top ten selling books of December (tis the season!).

FICTION

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | There There by Tommy Orange | The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris | Elevation by Stephen King

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BOOKS IN HANDS • What Readers Bought During Christmas 2018

December 26, 2018 Comments : 2

You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one, and I wanted to write about what books customers have been asking for during the holiday season. All bookstores are different, so the customers coming in ask for different things. These are just the books the customers in my area asked for during the past week leading up to Christmas 2018. This list isn’t a conclusive list; the books here are the ones that I’ve remembered because I’ve been asked about it a bazillion times or I’ve seen customers holding it.

The Overstory by Richard Powers* | Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat* |
Becoming by Michelle Obama* | Circe by Madeline Miller*

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The Novel Hermit’s Kind-of-Spectacular Sixth Blogoversary!

December 19, 2018 Comments : 2

Sometimes I wonder what the hell I’m doing with this blog.

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BOOKS IN HAND • November 2018

December 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one!

During the last week of February, I pondered about what type of post to make for “Books in Hand.” At first, I planned to discuss all the books customers came in asking for or buying, but that’s a bit too much because everybody came in asking for different books, and I didn’t remember all of them. My boss showed me a way to check our store’s best selling books, and I found out what we sold a lot of!

And that’s what this post is—seeing the top ten selling books of November. Let’s take a look. (Hint: it’s a very Michelle Obama month!!)

FICTION

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin | Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | Past Tense (Jack Reacher #23) by Lee Child | The Reckoning by John Grisham

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BOOKS IN HAND • October 2018

November 12, 2018 Comments : 2

You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one!

And that’s what this post is—seeing the top ten selling books of May. Let’s take a look.

FICTION

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan | The Reckoning by John Grisham | Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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TOO MUCH TBR • November 2018

November 7, 2018 Comments : 2

Too Much TBR has been on hold for a few months, but now is the time to bring it back! I’ve been caught up with work that The Novel Hermit and reading has been put on the back burner. No more! Let’s see all those books I’ll

For those who do not know, Too Much TBR is a way to help me see which books I really need to read and tackle them. It helps a lot seeing a visual of the books on my TBR pile.

Let’s discuss what I read last month, and what I’m reading this month!

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