This week I’m sharing the books that I bought because of work. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.
If you didn’t know already, I’m a bookseller. I have been for nearly 4 years now. So for a few days of the week, I spend my day in a bookstore selling books. It’s literally my favourite thing to do. But I don’t just “sell” books. I process books, I order them and well sometimes, I end up buying them. Today I’m sharing the books I bought because of work.
I haven’t read all of these yet, but I’ve read a good handful of them. That is the problem with working in a bookstore. I can get books just so easily. There are also books on here that aren’t my usual jam on this list. Customers are sometimes very perspective as well as sometimes these books don’t get on my radar on their own. Anyway like always these are in no order.
The Love That I Have by James Moloney: I would have probably picked this book up eventually, but it was my works ‘Book of the Month’ so it jumped right out me and I bought it. And I ended up adoring this book. It was hard to read don’t get me wrong. However, it was also gorgeous, heartbreaking and beautiful.
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton: This one here is a combo of working and the general bookish community especially here in Australia. This one really flew off the shelf and then it started to win all the awards and it made it even harder to have any copies in the store. But it wasn’t just because people were buying, I was hearing absolutely fantastic things about it. I have still yet to read it, but I will very soon.
The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh: Now I had heard of Fiona McIntosh before I even started working, but I never really picked her up. I always felt that I was ‘too young’ and nothing really caught my eye. And then The Pearl Thief came out and it was right up my alley. So I bought it and well, it was fantastic. I always love reading as many books as I can about the second world war and this one really stood out to me and it was heartbreaking but breathtaking.
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) by J.R. Ward: Now this one caught my eye here and there before I even thought about picking it up. I had so many customers rave about it to me and well I wanted to see what it was like. So I bought then the first one, and then the second and well. I’ve nearly read the whole series. I can’t stop! I love it when customers recommend me books and I end up loving it!
Dragon’s Lair (Wind Dragons MC #1) by Chantal Fernando: Another one of my buys that was influenced by my customers. Customers just kept on recommending to me, at this point I really hadn’t read too much MC books. So I gave it a go. And you know what? I really enjoyed this series. It’s fun, dangerous and sexy and that is a great combo.
The French Photographer by Natasha Lester: This is another ‘Book of the Months’ that caught my eye. I don’t think I would have picked this one up if I hadn’t been working. It was such a fantastic historical fiction read and I’m so glad that I did give it a go. Like most WWII books it made me ball my eyes out, but it was fantastic. Inspired by the true story of Lee Miller and that made it much more impactful.
Misadventures of the First Daughter (Misadventures, #3) by Meredith Wild and Mia Michelle: This is one of the books that I bought and it wasn’t for me. Again I had seen a lot of my regular romance customers pick books in this series up and I thought why not give it a go – I read 3 and I don’t think they were for me. From the books that I did read, they were all 1-2 stars.
MinaLima’s Illustrated Classics: These are absolutely beautiful and I cannot stop buying them. I’d seen MinaLima work before and thought they were beautiful but never really paid attention. And then I saw these gorgeous interactive classics and I needed them. My goal is to collect all of them, and I will do it! So far the Beauty and the Beast one has to be my favourite – but they are all gorgeous and I can’t wait to see what they bring out next.
The Art of Harry Potter by Marc Sumerak: I don’t think I would have ever bought this book if I hadn’t seen it on the shelf at work. This is such a gorgeous book that explores everything from the Harry Potter movies and I adore it. It’s big and bold and I love just sitting and flicking through it. It really is beautiful.
And that is it for this post! Those are the books that I bought because of work. What are some of the books that others have made you buy? Let’s Chat!
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