The American Book Review has posted its list of the "100 Best Last Lines from Novels" (.pdf). My vote goes to #73: "Somebody threw a dead dog after him down the ravine." That's the ending of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, a book I once started, but never finished. I'm glad to learn that it … Continue reading "…and yes I said yes I will Yes."

Boulder bookseller Arsen Kashkashian reminisces about "How I Became A Bookseller. It's a lovely tale of working in a Houston bookstore housed in a former movie theatre in the late 80s.But tempis fugit, and the Bookstop is now part of the Barnes & Noble chain.--David E

Rod Lott has some choice things to say about his fellow bookstore shoppers in his blog post "The 9 Most Annoying People I Always See at the Bookstore." And don't think that they're all his fellow customers; he's got ire to spare for staff as well. We clock in at number eight.--David E