{"author":"Jen Campbell","author_id":"Jen+Campbell","total_quotes":10,"quotes":[{"text":"CUSTOMER: I’m always on night shift at work.BOOKSELLER (jokingly): Is that why you’re buying so many vampire novels?CUSTOMER (seriously): You can never be too prepared.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["customers","joke","vampires","wierd"],"id":31844,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"CUSTOMER (to her friend): What's this literary criticism section? Is it for books that complain about other books?","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["humour","literary-criticism"],"id":47210,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"CUSTOMER: If I were to, say... Meet the love of my life in this bookshop, what section do you think they would be standing in?","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["books","bookshops","humor","love"],"id":126609,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"These days, we've got booksellers in cities, in deserts, and in the middle of a rain forest; we've got travelling bookshops, and bookshops underground. We've got bookshops in barns, in caravans and in converted Victorian railway stations. We've even got booksellers selling books in the middle of a war. Are bookshops still relevant? They certainly are.All bookshops are full of stories, and stories want to be heard.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["books","bookshops","stories"],"id":176314,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"CUSTOMER: I don’t know why she wants it, but my wife asked for a copy of The Dinosaur Cookbook.BOOKSELLER: The Dinah Shore Cookbook?","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["cookbooks","humour","stupidity"],"id":186091,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"CUSTOMER (to their friend): God, the Famous Five titles realy were crap, weren’t they? Five Go Camping. Five Go Off in a Caravan.... If it was Five Go Down To a Crack House it might be a bit more exciting.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["humour","stupidity"],"id":216779,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"Bookshop Customer: 'Who wrote the bible?'Customer's friend: 'Jesus.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["bible","books","humor"],"id":219318,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magic alive.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["books","bookshops","bookstores"],"id":245903,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other times, other cultural backgrounds, brilliant minds who give us a new perspective on life and the world - something we all need from time to time. - Cornelia Funke.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["books","books-reading","bookshops","reading-books"],"id":287760,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"},{"text":"CUSTOMER: Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called 'Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe.","author":"Jen Campbell","tags":["humor"],"id":410345,"author_id":"Jen+Campbell"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":10,"pages":1}}