MRW I try to read a fairly well reviewed book, just cannot get into it, then I go on Goodreads and find a lot of reviews not liking it for the exact same reasons as me7yr ⋅ DamnedLies ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW when I think I've still got 20 pages left of my awesome book...and I suddenly hit the afterword.9yr ⋅ 2bass ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW our once-a-year customers start showing up and are willing to wait until I'm available to help them because HalfAnOrphan knows what my grandkids like. (I love my job!)9yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I am finally reading a book again, after my depression not allowing me to8yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I find a book store that sells excellent paperbacks of my favorite authors for $0.50 each8yr ⋅ robocon12 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I realize I've not set proper boundaries and both authors and friends are constantly using my personal contact info to ask for bookstore stuff.7yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW the coworker from my previous posts and I have a shift together, then go to dinner, browse an Indigo store for ideas, hit a movie (Fantastic Beasts) and never run out of conversations ideas. We never connected like this at the old store: I think I have a new BFF! <3 (More in comments.)8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Me when I walk into a bookstore, especially after getting several books for Christmas9yr ⋅ merediththecat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW a local self-published author calls up to complain we didn't include her in an upcoming event, so we add her into all the literature only to hear back that she didn't know it was on [date] and she's already committed to another event.8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
When I have a bunch of books lined up to read but have to study and do work instead8yr ⋅ merediththecat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my boyfriend who doesn't like to read, asks me for scifi books suggestions9yr ⋅ DeathMoth ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
It Started With Normal Light Summer Reading, and Now, I've Added Books About Black Athletes and Politics and Comfort Women.6yr ⋅ 1Eliza ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW a guy tries to hit on me while I'm reading at the bar with this this opening line Reading is stupid. I hate reading. Why are you reading at the bar?...9yr ⋅ DestructorKitten ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my friend loved my book recommendation so much she bought a copy for herself and a copy to loan to her friends7yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my book gets 5 stars on a review site!!! I'm celebrating with brownies tonight, trolls! :)8yr ⋅ TheRealBaanri ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I get a callback that I got the job at a book store I have always wanted to work at!9yr ⋅ queenxlove ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I'm reading what I thought might be a fluffy erotica in one of my favorite series, but then it decides to emotionally destroy me.8yr ⋅ violetheart ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW on the second last day of the literary festival, a volunteer asks if she should unpack and display extra stock.7yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I'm reading the book The Thirteenth Tale, and I found this paragraph I thought the club would appreciate.6yr ⋅ Sariat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW the Powers that Be finally agree with me that we need to hire another part-timer for the bookstore!8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
When I googled a book I enjoyed and it turns out it's the first of a trilogy!9yr ⋅ krakens-daughter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I KNOW 'the other shoe is about to drop', and I don't know if I should read faster or put the book down and just breathe.9yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I finish a really great book and see that the next book in the series has already been published so i can continue the story right away!!!9yr ⋅ cptn_floopy ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
thought you guys might like this bookmark my friend made for me9yr ⋅ workinpr0gress ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I recommend a book to someone and they say the don't want to read it, then it becomes hugely popular and the recommend it back to me.10yr ⋅ MaxxtheWolf ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I Find Not One But Two Salinger Biographies at a Book Fair and Together They Cost Less Than 10 Dollars9yr ⋅ 1Eliza ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
They now have Reading Rainbow on Netflix!! Hopefully my daughter will grow up loving books like i did!9yr ⋅ twoob ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I finish The Handmaid's Tale and don't know what to do with that ending.8yr ⋅ Pufflehuffy ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I see that my favourite childhood book got a sequel after 20 years!8yr ⋅ ApocaLiz ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I can't show my face in the library because my puppy chewed up THREE books and I don't have the cash to replace them.9yr ⋅ Fizzy_Yellow_Bird ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
My resolution for the year was to relax and be less intense. But then my Goodreads reading challenge turned into a personal competition between me and other people who read for a living. So far I'm 3rd in my own made up competition.7yr ⋅ Bostonbooknerd3 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my friend and I agree to only buy one book each when going to our favourite used bookstore9yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I start reading an academic book for a paper and the writing is GORGEOUS9yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I finished Gone With the Wind. There was a frightening amount of familiarity in those pages.9yr ⋅ -leirea- ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my boyfriend comes home with a new book for me about a cat that runs for president10yr ⋅ AWildRisuAppeared ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I read the reviews for my new favorite book and they say perfect for Twilight fans9yr ⋅ Saaedra ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I've returned all my library books and I don't know when I'll be able to get more9yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I didn't even owe this much when I got evicted from my apartment. I need to sort my life out... and have a talk with the librarian.8yr ⋅ Hey-its-Shay ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Me Right Now: I found out today that one of my city's few indie bookstores is closing8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
When you finish a really amazing book... And have to wait for the next one in the series to come out9yr ⋅ merediththecat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MR: Yet another publisher is pulling the hot title we can't tell you anything about but you seriously need to order a bajillion copies method of promotion.8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW when trying to decide what book to request from the library and everything on my list is either not appealing to me right now or waitlisted9yr ⋅ DamnedLies ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Bookseller Blues: MFW I hear about a new book by a beloved author and request an ARC three months in advance, then just when I've given up hope, it arrives four days before publication and it's over 700 pages long. Wish me luck.8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I often pick on (bad) self-pubbed authors, but this is MFW a local, successful SP-author just sent me a galley of his next book asking for feedback.8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my small local library actually has the newly released book I want to read.... aaaaand there's 142 holds on it.10yr ⋅ FLRocketBaby ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I'm reading an excellent book and suddenly the author devotes 2 pages to describe women as disposable9yr ⋅ robocon12 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I read and enjoy my first book in the language I am trying to master9yr ⋅ pusheen_the_cat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Bought myself the perfect book, 'Tequila Mockingbird, cocktails with a literary twist'. Thought you guys might like it.9yr ⋅ ruthsart ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I am certain I got another 20 solid pages in the book I am enjoying, only to find out, after flipping a page, that it's all notes and acknowledgments.9yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Another good library find that I checked out today (still to read the others in my last post but the title and cover art of this one grabbed me)7yr ⋅ GlitterTitan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I tear through the fifth book of a series in two days, it ends of a cliffhanger, and the sixth hasn't even been announced.9yr ⋅ kandoras ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Actual footage of me trying to decide which books to bring on my trip abroad7yr ⋅ merediththecat ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MR for a week since I've finished reading “Lord of the Flies”.9yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I have read 1500 pages in the last week. I might have a problem...9yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I'm reading a book I thought I would LOVE but I am not enjoying it at all.9yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I say I want to read a book a movie is based on and my aunt says why? You already watched it?10yr ⋅ SugarTiiiits ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW the prof asks who has read One Hundred Years of Solitude and only one other person raises their hand10yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
The titles that grabbed me at my latest library visit. Hope to be good reading 😄7yr ⋅ GlitterTitan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I start a book expecting not to like it, but it turns out to be pretty good instead9yr ⋅ DeathMoth ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW reading “Blindness” by by Jose Saramago... i have to take frequent breaks...8yr ⋅ CrazyCatLady108 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW every time book I've been handselling hits the local bestseller list. (It happened again today!)8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
My kindle collection of shirtless men. I made this one sleepless night7yr ⋅ Bostonbooknerd3 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I use two audiobooks over a 24 road trip to introduce my mother to Discworld, and she laughs at every pune.9yr ⋅ kandoras ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I suggested a book for my library to purchase... and they just notified me that they're purchasing it and it should be in the catalogue by next week!9yr ⋅ vivacascadia ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW an newbie author shitting on a popular fantasy author by claiming never heard of them. Google doesn't exist on your side of the realm?8yr ⋅ Bostonbooknerd3 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW I decide to submit the original version of my YA Fantasy Novel and PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY READING IT!9yr ⋅ Larrygiggles ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I start the third book in a series I haven't read in years and the recap in the first chapter is poor/nearly nonexistent10yr ⋅ DamnedLies ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Me pretending I'm not tired when I have to wake up before the kids to write.7yr ⋅ TheRealBaanri ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I have been reading My Brilliant Friend By Elena Ferrante. Book so good you want to hug it.8yr ⋅ bostonbooknerd2 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I might have to stop reading one of my favorite series because of this.9yr ⋅ ReallyBadAtSpelling ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW reading two intense books at the same time. I don't know how people handle this.10yr ⋅ MaxxtheWolf ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I smash Equal Rights by Terry Pratchett, after downloading Audible.9yr ⋅ EelSkinBeatrice ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW when I read two excellent books and everyone else is just living their lives (and I got paid to do it!)10yr ⋅ MaxxtheWolf ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Just finished reading Ready Player One. MRW reading the mechas picked by the characters and the eventual fight scene.9yr ⋅ ChickenSizzler ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I find a fantasy series with deep LGBT characters that's well written but it's not the focus of the plot.10yr ⋅ altacct3 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
HIF getting more comfortable reading the erotica my girlfriend recommends9yr ⋅ ChickenSizzler ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Off to get tons of freebies at the Penguin Random House fall preview! HIF9yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
I'm hella stressed so I'm reading Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind to try to chill out. What are your favourite stress-relieving books?8yr ⋅ HeatherMarMal ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I get an email that my favorite library sale is happening again next week.9yr ⋅ kandoras ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW my drunken, playful whining on Twitter that I can't yet read an about-to-be-released book results in the publisher UPSing me an early copy!9yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I go on a date with someone who told me that they loved books, and I find out they have only read 1 book in the past two years (Twilight)10yr ⋅ robocon12 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
Did Madge give Katniss the mockingjay pin as an already established symbol of the resistance?8yr ⋅ lizzardx ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MR after I get two Neal Stephenson books today. He's one of my favorite authors9yr ⋅ mongoosedog12 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MFW a self-pubbed author seems to have slipped his books onto the shelf and even got a half-completed consignment form into our files. (More in comments.)8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
My teenage niece and I have a shared love of reading. MRW she tells me she has no interest in ever reading Harry Potter.9yr ⋅ intj_gray ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW a customer passionately tells me about how they enjoy great books, dream of their own library, and since they loved the first one where can they find 50 Shades book 29yr ⋅ WeeOtter ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
When someone else has already read the book, and you yell at them because it's at a really stressful part.9yr ⋅ bsmith84 ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW yet another indie author asks for my help pricing their book, AFTER they've finished publication9yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
New book in a series came out today. Finished it in a couple hours. Now I need to wait a year or so until the next one.9yr ⋅ lizzardx ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
MRW I see that Edelweiss has opened requests to get e-galleys of the forthcoming Michael Chabon8yr ⋅ HalfAnOrphan ⋅ r/TrollBookClub
