I must thank the lovely Brenna from Literary Musings for the link and tip about this free e-book. Hop as fast as you can, as quickly as your fingers will fly across the keyboard to read this short story Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four Hour Book Store! You can read this itsy-bitsy story in your Google Reader while on your break (and be so glad you did!) for FREE or download to your e-reader for only $0.99.
Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four Hour Book Store in some ways reminded me of The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruis Zafon, one of my absolute favorite books of all times. Probably because both stories have a mysterious storehouse of books that are stacked high to the ceiling with ancient tomes. There's ladders that must be used to reach the books on the highest shelves; a secretive old man who has three absolutes of working in his book store; and a young man desperate for a job, any job in the present economy. This is one of those wondrous short stories that leaves you dreaming about "what if..." Enjoy it ~ and come back to let me know what you thought!
by Carlos Ruis Zafon, one of my absolute favorite books of all times. Probably because both stories have a mysterious storehouse of books that are stacked high to the ceiling with ancient tomes. There's ladders that must be used to reach the books on the highest shelves; a secretive old man who has three absolutes of working in his book store; and a young man desperate for a job, any job in the present economy. This is one of those wondrous short stories that leaves you dreaming about "what if..." Enjoy it ~ and come back to let me know what you thought!Thank you Brenna for the awesome, amazing tip!!!
Free book? My favorite two words ;)
ReplyDeleteLoved this! Thanks for the link - I immediately checked it out. What a great story! Will definitely be posting about it and recommending it. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so glad you liked this! It's such a great story. And you're right - the story is like Shadow of the Wind in a way (which I loved too!).
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, thanks so much for sharing and linking back to me :) You're awesome.
Juju - I agree! free books, definitely my cup of tea!!!
ReplyDeleteNadia - you are so cool to already read it, review it and even link back to me! How awesome of you!
And Brenna I love your site! You have incredible reviews and great information!!! Very cool!!! Keep it up girl!
Thanks Stacy :) That honestly means a lot to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this! I'm so excited to read this, and as soon as you mentioned that it reminded you of Carlos Ruis Zafon, you had me hooked! :) Anything about a storehouse of books just sounds absolutely wondrous and thrilling to me!
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