It makes me uncomfortable when my enjoyment-rating does not match the quality-rating. In this case, I mostly loved this book! But weirdly, none of the individual stories were outstanding. Some of them had copious copy errors, some of them took the easy way out, some of them lacked subtlety.

Although this collection of stories is set up to be about book stores, most of the stores didn't act like stores-- they acted like libraries: upper rooms that held books that disintegrated if they crossed the threshold, research collections with incredible finds, places where people would sit and read all day.

I see this is on my shelf from 2012, but I must have missed it. Sorry, I did not read or review it and my reading rights expired long ago. Thank you anyway for giving me the opportunity.