Olsson's: Buyer's Corner

Olsson's is a locally Owned & Operated, Independent chain of six book and recorded music stores in the Washington, D.C. area, started by John Olsson in 1972. Each week the Head Book Buyer blogs about interesting new books that are available.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

A Short Note

I'll keep it short and sweet this week. It's a busy time for everyone and of course we're happy to be busy and chasing down titles that are flying off the shelves. I'm not sure when I'm going to do my Christmas shopping, though... Every year I think I might try and diversify, but every year it comes down to that week before and I realize I haven't done any shopping and I'm pretty much not leaving work, so it's books and CDs for everyone. Not that they seem to mind, it's just that, well, I've already given books to everyone I know for the last 6 years. But who am I kidding? It'll be books again this year.

Here's a few short notes on a few short novels to follow my theme.

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett is featured in our Holiday Gift Guide and is a charming little read that wonders just what would happen to the Queen if she got hooked on reading.

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell is a quick but gripping story about a woman who finds out she has a great aunt who's been stuffed away in an asylum for over 60 years.

Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan is a bittersweet reflection from the manager of the final shift on a blizzardy December day at a Red Lobster slated to close.

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Alexis Akre, a DC-area native, has worked at Olsson's for almost six years. She received her BA in English from Barnard College, and lived in New York for several years. Since her return to her home town, Alexis has honed her gift for skewering both vapidity and pretension with concise, well-worded psychological assessment. She can be seen tooling around town on her minty green bike, reading one of the hundreds of books she has stacked in her home, and teaching her cat to do tricks.


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