Confessions of a Bookseller (A Review)

I have had a dream of owning a bookshop since I was a child. I am fascinated by books and their overwhelming presence in my life and in the lives of those whom, like me, feel a need and compulsion to have books almost as close as our significant others, children, and pets. Confessions of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell, (2019, Boston: Godine, 326 pgs., $25.95), reads like a year long journal from virtually every book lovers’ life. Confessions of a Bookseller is a true manual for how to turn a love of books into a lifelong obsession and a true calling. Bythell is open and honest about the…