Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Aug 21, 2017 Plethora rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: zz-2017-reads, library, setting-us_newyork, zz-2017-sfrc_summer, setting-us_california

Not sure what exactly I was expecting from this book, but this wasn't it. There was parts that I enjoyed and found intrigue, but it was weighted down with other stuff that I didn't find a connection to. I think the mystery and intrigue could have been developed more which would have held my interest better.

I felt that the characters lacked solid development to aid the story. We learn some about Clay and his love interest, but the depth wasn't there. I understand why some of the characters main ...more

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Mar 07, 2019 BookishStitcher rated it liked it

This book felt like it was trying really hard to be ready player one. I should have loved this it claimed to be about books and it even had a bit of knitting thrown in. Yet, the book was really about tech and Google with WAY too much talk of animated boobs. Even talking about this book makes me want to rate it even lower, but I don't feel it deserves that low of a rating. ...more

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Feb 01, 2014 Vickie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, jelly-belly-challenge, a-z-dessert, islands-of-the-world, aromatherapy, 2016, t-shirt-challenge-take-2, 1-2-3-challenge, 5-star, 2016-countdown

I honestly didn't know what to expect from Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan but I loved it!!! I knew that it was a book about books/bookstore but I didn't know that I would be pulled into a world of secret societies (historical and new), Google and all its perks, typefaces (there is more than New Times Roman, and cryptography (read the book). It was confusing at times but always followed up with explanations of some sort that made being confused humorous. With the cast of characte ...more

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Mar 02, 2015 Carissa Brown rated it liked it

Clay Jannon is unemployed and desperate. He stumbles upn Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour Bookstore and on a whim goes in and applies. This is a different kind of bookstore. Instead of being large it is tall.

In the front there is a fairly normal book store, except there are hardly any books and nobody ever comes in.

In the back there are shelf upon shelf of books. These are not for sale they are borrowed by a certain clientele, not everyone can borrow them. Of course Clay is not allowed to touch the book ...more

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Jan 07, 2017 Jessie the Bibliophile ♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, contemporary, audiobook, adult, library, read-in-english, 2017

Wow, this was awesome! Like a modern day fairy tale with secret societies, hidden libraries, and epic quest, a philosophers stone of its very own kind, and all of that wrapped up in a bookstore and Google... ! I couldn't get enough of this! Great way to start off my reading year ...more

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Jul 05, 2019 Kourtney Stierman rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Even though this isn’t a fantasy novel, I feel as though the story weaves itself as if there’s magic to be found throughout the pages. I really loved this book and thought the author did a great job at telling their story. The writing flowed really well and I never felt as though it was dragging itself along, which is a big pet peeve of mine. However, I did only rate it four stars because of the ending. It wasn’t bad at all, just not really what I feel like the reader wanted. The climax felt lik ...more

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Dec 19, 2016 Martha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, read-2016

I liked this book for being a bit of fun, and a love letter to books and their continued importance even in the face of technological advancement. It didn't grab me and I found the solution to the mystery a little anti-climactic, but not a bad book by any means. ...more

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