Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) in The Toast

Jun 18, 2018 Maggie rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, read-2018

Probably more of a 3.5 stars. A fun book and a quick read (listen). The audiobook was really well done, and I enjoyed the narrator more than I initially thought I was going to. The story itself was entertaining, but there was a lot of just happening to know the right people for each part of the job that was a little too convenient. And the "accession table" was just too much for me. Museum catalog barely know what's in their own collections, let alone what's in every collection in the world. Tha ...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Melanie Greene rated it really liked it

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Silliness of the finest kind - a bookstore that is a front for some sort of obscure intellectual organization, or perhaps for a cult, or a giant hoax. It's all a mystery to Clay, and one which draws him deeper and deeper into the dusty shelves of the under-utilized bookstore where he spends his nights. Between his artistic roommate, his Google-guru girlfriend, and his childhood D&D pal / programming genius, Clay pieces together the secrets of Mr. Penumbra' ...more

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Jun 21, 2013 Meghan rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, san-francisco

The central mystery puzzle didn't satisfy me - I wanted more time in the bookstore, more time with the mysterious late night customers, and less immortality quest.

"“There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care. All the secrets in the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.”

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Nov 29, 2012 keri. rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, 2012

objectively this book was charming and well written, but it was just quirky and hip and neat enough to really, really annoy me, and I will never forgive that.

at least it was a quick read.

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