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    <body><![CDATA[I'm glad I have finished this book; it was really beginning to irritate me! I wanted to like it, I really did - Books, Paris, what's not to love? What a shame then that what started off as a very promising look into Paris's most famous of bookstores quickly descended into one of the most self-indulg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70577807">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ever just feel like chucking it all - your job, your bills and all your other obligations? Well, my friends, you're gonna love this book. For circumstances somewhat beyond his control, author Mercer fled his Canadian home and found refuge in Shakespeare and Company, the famous Paris bookstore. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79047555">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While at times I found the narrator annoying or simply didn't like what he was writing, overall the book is a breezy, beautiful story about his time living in a famous Paris book store.  I liked it because it is the sort of book that provides a calming break from any of the day's busyness. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Anyone who loves independent bookstores (and anyone who loves Paris, loves books, loves San Francisco's City Lights bookstore, is planning to visit Paris, okay, let's just say anyone!) should read this enchanting story about the legendary Shakespeare &amp; Company bookstore in Paris.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful story, well written... it made me want to go there and do all the things that the author did, which is the definition of a good &quot;travel&quot; story, if you ask me.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare &amp; Co.]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;Wandering through Paris's Left Bank one day, poor and unemployed, Canadian reporter Jeremy Mercer ducked into a little bookstore called Shakespeare &amp; Co. Mercer bought a book, and the staff invited him up for tea. Within weeks, he was living above the store, working for the proprietor, George Whitman, patron saint of the city's down-and-out writers, and immersing himself in the love affairs and low-down watering holes of the shop's makeshift staff. <em>Time Was Soft There </em>is the story of a journey down a literary rabbit hole in the shadow of Notre Dame, to a place where a hidden bohemia still thrives.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[For anyone who has worked in a bookstore, who has romanticized working in a bookstore, and who wants a little  validation for bohemian leanings.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In 1999, Jeremy Mercer fled Canada for Paris with gangsters on his trail and nothing but his meagre savings. Nearly homeless after a few weeks, he met George Whitman, owner of Shakespeare and Co. In exchange for work in the legendary bookstore, Whitman allows struggling writers to live in and around the shelves. He offers Jeremy a cot and thereby begins a charming Parisian story filled with unforgettable characters like the eccentric British poet, Simon, and the beautiful blonde Pia. Time Was Soft There winds in and around the City of Lights as the staff fall in love, drink in the lowliest watering holes, manage to sell a few books, and help Whitman find a way to keep the endangered bookstore open. QUOTES An evocative, funny and romantic account of his time among the artists, eccentrics and sundry down-and-outers who congregate in and around George Whitman's famous Left Bank bookshopLike so many before him, he discovered there's no better place to be young than the City of Light. Ottawa Citizen]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was interesting...it gave me a different view of Paris. I liked the writing. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Appealed to my wanting to run-away-and-join-the-circus side. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1999, Jeremy Mercer fled Canada for Paris with nothing but his meagre savings. Nearly homeless, he met George Whitman, owner of Shakespeare &amp; Co. In exchange for work in the legendary bookstore, Whitman allows struggling writers to live in and around the shelves. He offered Jeremy a cot. Here begins a charming story of Paris, passion, and, of course, books.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br/><br/>The title is <em>Time Was Soft There</em> in North America, <em>Books, Baguettes &amp; Bedbugs</em> in England.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I know Shakespeare and company very well, I thought this would be an interesting read. I received it ages ago in a trade and finally put in the bathroom so that it would get read bit by bit. <br/>At first Mercer annoyed me no end as he was indeed so typical of the rather arrogant &quot;Paris is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44861758">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1999, Jeremy Mercer fled Canada for Paris with nothing but his meagre savings. Nearly homeless, he met George Whitman, owner of Shakespeare &amp; Co. In exchange for work in the legendary bookstore, Whitman allows struggling writers to live in and around the shelves. He offered Jeremy a cot. Here begins a charming story of Paris, passion, and, of course, books.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br/><br/>The title is <em>Time Was Soft There</em> in North America, <em>Books, Baguettes &amp; Bedbugs</em> in England.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[QUOTE:  If you ever come to Paris<br/>        On a cold and rainy night<br/>        And find the Shakespeare store<br/>        It can be a welcome sight.<br/><br/>        Because it has a motto<br/>        Something friendly and wise<br/>        Be kind to strngers<br/>        Lest they're a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65768974">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;Wandering through Paris's Left Bank one day, poor and unemployed, Canadian reporter Jeremy Mercer ducked into a little bookstore called Shakespeare &amp; Co. Mercer bought a book, and the staff invited him up for tea. Within weeks, he was living above the store, working for the proprietor, George Whitman, patron saint of the city's down-and-out writers, and immersing himself in the love affairs and low-down watering holes of the shop's makeshift staff. <em>Time Was Soft There </em>is the story of a journey down a literary rabbit hole in the shadow of Notre Dame, to a place where a hidden bohemia still thrives.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a life long reader of all things relating to James Joyce and while I recognize this book is a bit of a stretch to add to that canon, it bears a distinct relationship (albeit just in name) to the famous original bookstore &quot;Shakespeare &amp; Co&quot; which was responsible for the publishing of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32465990">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;Wandering through Paris's Left Bank one day, poor and unemployed, Canadian reporter Jeremy Mercer ducked into a little bookstore called Shakespeare &amp; Co. Mercer bought a book, and the staff invited him up for tea. Within weeks, he was living above the store, working for the proprietor, George Whitman, patron saint of the city's down-and-out writers, and immersing himself in the love affairs and low-down watering holes of the shop's makeshift staff. <em>Time Was Soft There </em>is the story of a journey down a literary rabbit hole in the shadow of Notre Dame, to a place where a hidden bohemia still thrives.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jeremy Mercer tells of a bookstore unlike any other, George Whitman's Shakespeare &amp; Co. in Paris, France. I found Time was Soft There to be a much more appealing and relatable book than An Alphabetical Life. Although, as i mentioned, Shakespeare &amp; Company is an entirely unique store (one that serves...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22911315">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;Wandering through Paris's Left Bank one day, poor and unemployed, Canadian reporter Jeremy Mercer ducked into a little bookstore called Shakespeare &amp; Co. Mercer bought a book, and the staff invited him up for tea. Within weeks, he was living above the store, working for the proprietor, George Whitman, patron saint of the city's down-and-out writers, and immersing himself in the love affairs and low-down watering holes of the shop's makeshift staff. <em>Time Was Soft There </em>is the story of a journey down a literary rabbit hole in the shadow of Notre Dame, to a place where a hidden bohemia still thrives.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is like a modern tale of Alice in Wonderland.. I seldom find a book that is even better than the synopsis.. until I read this. It's amazing that even in this era, such charming bookstore, with such original personality still exists. Jeremy Mercer did an excellent job describing his adventu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44486911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mercer's writing style got under my skin a bit- while I realize this is a memoir, the author does go out of his way to paint himself in an insanely flattering light. That's fine and good and in another book I might have just sort of chalked it up to the writer's indulgence but the thing about Time W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21543201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book off the shelf at the library and was delighted to find that it's a well-written personal narrative of one of my favorite bookstores in the world. I knew it was a special place and bought my copy of Ulysses there, knowing it was the company that published its first edition. I'm dis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80662041">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my rating is really a 3.5. this is ultimately a travel adventure story about drifting, communal living, and literally getting lost in books. it made me wish i had known more about the shop when i visited 10 years ago, and this book made me see paris in a whole new light (albeit possibly unrealistic)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41536452">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love Paris and wonder what it'd be like if you were truly in desperate straights and fled to it; this book is for you. Well written, engaging and thoroughly interesting. Read on a whim and glad I did. <br/>]]></body>
    
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