Only a few more books left from friend’s favorites, many are
second choice books form RAs. Finished
listening to Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour
Bookstore by Robin Sloan. Clay
Jannon has lost his job in the San Francisco area after the tech bubble has
burst in the 1990s. Silicon Valley is
reeling and Jannon needs a job. As a
former techie who helped write ads for a bagel store, finally has his luck
change when he finds a job at a bookstore, or so he thinks it is a
bookstore… Jannon works the night shift
of the 24-hour store owned by Mr. Penumbra, a strange old man, and realizes
that there is something strange about this place, which has very few customers,
and those who are regulars come in to borrow books that he is told “not to
open”… but Jannon’s curiosity is raised,
and with the goading of his friends, realizes the books are written in
code! Uncovering the code will involve
his techie friends and bring them to NYC on a search for the secret society of
customers, or as he calls them: “a cult.”
It becomes a raise to solve the mystery between the “secret society” and
Jannon’s friends and the battle between old technology and new technology within
the battle. There’s a lot in this
fantasy / futuristic technology read.
Who will get the answer to the question regarding life? A few twists and turns in this well-written
mystery which I highly recommend.
Jannon’s a great character which represents that “down on your luck” and
finding his way out in work and love.
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