So, because I'm a lazy person, I typically only review the books that I've been given for the sole purpose of reviewing. And then sometimes, I have to read for homework (Library Sciences what upp). And then sometimes, the books I have to read for homework are amazing. And then sometimes, I feel obligated to tell as many people as humanly possibly about how amazing said book is. This is that book. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is amazing. AMAZING. Everyone stop what you're doing, go to your library, your local bookstore, Amazon, wherever. People - the cover GLOWS IN THE DARK.
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| Exhibit B. GLOWING |
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| Exhibit A. Not Glowing |
Get it? Because its a bookstore that never closes. just so genius.
Also, terrified me for a minute in the dark in my room before I put two and two together. For a brief moment I really thought I had stumbled into a magical world and was going to get to go to Narnia or something. No such luck I'm afraid.
Anyways, enough about the cover. This book has it all. You have your adorable dorky twenty something leading man who falls into a world of mystery and books. Cue the love interest, even dorkier twenty something lady who is infinitely smarter than our leading man, and rocks it. Cue the elderly man to lead them into the world of mystery. Also, they just constantly make Dungeons and Dragons jokes which actually had me laughing out loud to myself as I binge read this entire book on a Saturday morning alone in my jammies. NO SHAME. This book is hilarious and is full of mysteries. I'm not quite sure what I thought it was about before reading it, but I love books about books so I figured I would enjoy it. The story ended up being like a Da Vinci code mystery without all of the religious undertones. Basically it's great and everyone should read it. And try to get the cover that looks like this, so you can revel in the glow-in-the-dark-magic.
(Photo cred - Google Images, thanks strangers somewhere who took pictures of this book cover)
