September 25, 2019 by Raven Book Store Those Minutes: On Delights A customer this afternoon, call her Emily, was buying a book for a second time because she had loaned it to a friend. Emily wasn’t sure she was going to get the book back but she loved it so much that she had to make sure she had a copy. “I might also loan this one out and come see you again,” she said at check out. Emily then told me a story about a friend recommending a book. Emily’s friend said that the book had been passed from friend to friend to friend, and now it was coming to Emily because her friend loved it so much. Upon opening it, Emily realized that it was in fact her book that she had loaned out ages ago. It had bounced from person to person and finally was coming back home. As people buy travel guides, asking them about their upcoming trips. The more far-flung the better. We sell a lot of ...