Overheard at an Indie Bookstore

We hear a lot of things in our bookstores. Things that make us laugh, cry, and most often, facepalm.
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Did you hear something hilarious or facepalm-worthy in an indie bookstore? Send a DM, tag us, or use the hashtag #overheardatanindiebookstore! Doesnt even have to be book- or bookstore-related -- anything goes! 📚

[Quail Ridge Books @quailridgebooks]

Overheard in the bookstore: "Lately I've been retreating into fiction, because stories fill my soul."

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@max_ruthless This book got me through some dark pandemic days

[Borderlands Books @borderlands_sf]

Overheard in the store: "A customer just asked for Slim Shady novels, when he meant Sandman Slim." @overheardindie

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I prefer watching the launches of independent bookstores. They’re a lot more entertaining. And they actually occupy space.

[Harvard Book Store @HarvardBooks]

😬😬😬

[Michelle Hazen / Nika Grace @michellehazen]

My local women’s shelter invited me for a tour and y’all, they are DYING for kids’ books. This is a shelter for survivors of violence and the kids staying there have few entertainment options.

Does anyone have spare ARCs or author copies of MG or picture books to donate?
Pls RT

[Borderlands Books @borderlands_sf]

Overheard:"When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
"I wanted to run away & live in the library, like the kids who lived in the museum in 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'. But living in a bookstore was my second pick."@overheardindie

[Karen Young @karenleigh74]

@jchristie @MarindaReads Other customer: Do you have the book about two guys wandering around looking for work, and one of them kills bunnies.
Clerk: ...?
Me: ... Of Mice and Men?
Clerk: Oh! I was thinking of something by Palahniuk!

[Capitol Hill Books @chbooksdc]

Customer: Do you have Being & Time by Sartre?

Us: You mean Being & Nothingness?

Customer: No. Being & Time.

Us: By Heidegger?

Customer: Heidegger?

Us: Yes. The author of Being & Time.

Customer: I'm looking for Sartre.

Us: Ok, we’re gonna have to ask you to leave.

[Brooke @bibliobrooke]

@jchristie Customer: I'm looking for a recent bestseller with "stars" in the title. I don't know the author.
Me: There's a few! Could you tell me more about the book?
C: I think it's about the Dust Bowl.
M: "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah?
C: That's the one!

Stars?!

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@saz_wingrove @jchristie Close enough

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@DiamondGallery2 @artalexander Sometimes it's not the innovation we hate.

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Bless you

[Jennifer Sternick @jensternick]

Overheard in the indie bookstore:
“Im looking for that book you have in the window”
“Which book?”
“I don’t remember “
“Who was the author?”
“He’s German. Or Finnish”
Reader, they found it!

[Ang @ang_dova]

Overheard in a bookstore yesterday someone asking how long it would take to get a book. The bookseller said it would take 3-5 days, and the response was, "Nevermind, I'll just Prime it." Really? Why would you do this? Ugh. USE YOUR INDIE BOOKSTORE PEOPLE, THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS!

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@markandersonrun @EmilyKoch This makes me weep

[Capitol Hill Books @chbooksdc]

No, we don’t have any of the recalled Dr. Seuss books and why are you suddenly trying to buy them now that you found out they have racist imagery, you weirdos.

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RT @panantheisteye1: “I’m quite a catch, but you’ll need both hands!” Overheard in a coffee bookshop today. 😝

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RT @TridentBooks: "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler" was a formative book for me. Unfortunately, when I expressed my desire to move to a museum my mother pointed out we lived in the suburbs and there was no way for me to get to one by myself