The weekend after we got back, the library told me that it was finally my turn to read the much anticipated Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.
Let me just tell you right now: This. Book. Was. Fantastic.
Mr. Penumbra's was the perfect post-San Francisco read. Set in San Fran and surrounding areas, I was able to picture the city as it is and even occasionally knew exactly where the characters were. While a perk, it is not necessary in order to enjoy the book.
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| Cute puppy not required either, but it doesn't hurt the experience. |
I won't go into too much detail (no spoilers), but the story starts out with the main character taking up employment at a mysterious 24-Hour bookstore. What follows is a charming, enchanting, techie, noir-ish tale. It blends the old and the new in perfect symbiosis. The newest technology of old meets the newest technology of now, and the story unfolds so organically, it feels like technology intertwining is the way it was always meant to be. And really, I think it is the way it was meant to be. Old meets new, and the presence of one makes us appreciate the other more than we already did.
It's a quick read that will leave you sighing contentedly. You can check out the first chapter of the book on Amazon.
Hi Bethany! Based on this review I read long ago, I decided I really wanted to read this book, but it didn't come out in the UK until August. I looked for it in the airport in Chicago in May with no success, and then I found myself in San Francisco for a conference in June, so I thought I'd look for it there, having already forgotten that the book had anything to do with that city. However, San Francisco is completely lacking in bookshops--I was astounded! I even went to tourist information after I never came across any in my wanderings, and they could only think of two little shops in the city. I didn't have much hope, but I found one of them, and they had the book! I started reading it when I got back to the UK, and lo and behold it was set in a bookshop in San Francisco--that made me ridiculously happy (like I scared people I told about the amazing parallelism). And I thoroughly enjoyed the story as well, so thanks for the suggestion. Just wanted to share that with you. Hope you're doing great :) -- Karen
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