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As I mentioned in the previous post, the next few weeks, I'm taking some time to introduce y'all to our lovely staff members so you know whom to speak with about your particular book queries. This week, I'm continuing the streak of posting about all female booksellers (the boys are shy, I guess).
Ingrid--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- I started working at Boulder Book Store in September, 2012.
- What is your role on the floor?
- I'm the one trying to appear like I'm not forcing the Reader's Guild membership on you at the register.
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- I'm originally from Park City, UT. My husband is currently attending law school at CU Boulder.
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- I read all kinds of stuff. Some of my favorite genres are memoir (especially memoirs about living in polygamous marriages,) Native American literature, women's studies, some philosophy, and general literary fiction. My favorite book of all time is War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I also love Margaret Atwood, Thomas Hardy, Edith Wharton, Cheryl Strayed, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joan Didion, Louise Erdrich, and Sylvia Plath.
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- I love keeping up on new releases and talking to customers about the books they are buying.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
- Starting in elementary school I developed a somewhat unhealthy obsession with WWII history. I read everything I could possibly find about WWII in my elementary and middle school libraries, and every day after school would scan the yahoo search results for "holocaust," "nazi," "d-day," and other general WWII terms. I had an intricate folder system in my closet in which I would store and organize what information I had printed from the internet. When I graduated from high school, my grandfather took me on a special trip to Europe where we visited all the major WWII sites.
Laina--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- What is your role on the floor?
- Bookseller/Assistant Buyer (DVDs, Out-of-Print Search Service, Buyer for several smaller backlist sections (ask me which ones!))
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- Pleasantville, NY (No, it's NOT black and white (just white)). I moved here in July of '08 to join my sister and my cousins for the excellent skiing. And also to go to Massage Therapy school. (Yes, I'm in practice)
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- Graphic Novels, SciFi/Fantasy, Fiction, Kids and teen! Titles - too many to count :)
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- Other than the books and fine company? I love being involved in the book market as a whole. I'm proud to work for an Indie, and it is important to me that the outstanding customer service that goes hand-in-hand with Indies stays outstanding. We are what keeps bookstores alive, and no town should be without one.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
- I share a birthday with Billie Holiday, Ravi Shankar, Francis Ford Coppola, Russell Crowe and Jackie Chan!
Susan--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- What is your role on the floor?
- I'm the Corporate and School Sales assistant which means I handle offsite sales and large orders for schools, corporations, and - on occasion - individuals. I also buy used books and process all of our internet sales.
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- I've lived in quite a few places, but Leadville, CO has always been home. I moved to Boulder to strike out on my own while still saying close enough to family.
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- What? You mean aside from the books? The people. My amazing coworkers who are each unique and passionate and all of our quirky customers.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
- I'm writing a zombie novel. The mindless, slowly decaying kind. Oh! The zombies, not the novel. Well, hopefully not the novel. Eek.
The holiday season is coming up quicker than you can imagine here in the book world (and, really, any retail environment). We've also had a lot of turnover the last 6 months or so, which you've probably noticed. In order to better acquaint you with all the new faces (and some of the more familiar ones), and so you know just whom to speak with about that uncle of yours who is very particular about the type of science fiction he likes or that cousin who only likes historical romances set in Napoleonic France, I'm taking the next few weeks to feature some of our staff members.
This week we have three (mostly) lovely ladies Nicole, Madeleine, and Ashanti:
Madeleine--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- What is your role on the floor?
- Bookseller, Spo-enterer, Calendar Wrangler
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- A (very) small town in Oregon. My family came here for business and then suddenly college happened.
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- I love the layout of it -- cozy but not (too) cluttered. Also, it smells like brownies sometimes.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
- When I was six, I used to hide in my school's library and read books about various historical figures and how they died. Also, I like The Ramones, which always surprises people for some reason.
Nicole--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- What is your role on the floor?
- I primarily work in the Used Book Department but I also help out with bookselling, the store's Pinterest
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- I am from the exotic and not-so-distant land of Longmont. I have left this region many times, only to return because it appears to be one of the greatest places on the planet.
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- My favorite genre hands down is magical realism. I love falling into a world that appears solid but eventually cracks and gives way to magic. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and any Haruki Murakami are my favorites. I am currently reading Cloud Atlas and enjoying it a lot.
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- Every day I am exposed to whole books full of new ideas. While shelving or processing books I can take a couple of seconds to get a grasp on what the book stands for and the message that the person writing it was trying to get across. I feel that I have learned more than you would expect by these fly-by encounters with books I would have not otherwise ever laid hands on.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
Ashanti--
- When did you start working at BBS?
- July, 2008 (yes, over four years ago).
- What is your role on the floor?
- I am Princess DOS, which means I benevolently rule over the people of DiskOperatingSystemia. Or rather, that I am one of the Supervisors who fixes things when they are broken, like all the Supervisors do. I also write the schedule for the staff and buy used books for the store.
- Where are you from originally and what brought you to Boulder?
- Birth brought me to Boulder. I graduated from the same High School as Jello Biafra. Yup.
- What are some of your favorite genres/specific titles?
- What is your favorite thing about working at BBS?
- Taking large steps up and down the stairs. Not having to resort to lifting some lead off the roof of the Holy Name church for cash.
- What is one unique/interesting fact about you that one wouldn't necessarily learn in ordinary conversation?
- Most of my life I've hated mayonnaise, but when I went to Osaka, I ate a ton of onigiri out of convenience stores, which usually have a bit of mayonnaise in the middle and love it! I still make special trips to the Asian Seafood market to get Kewpie Mayonnaise, and my mother cannot stand it.
Keep checking in to meet more booksellers over the weeks to come -- I'm hoping to post these on Mondays (when I have time). Stop in and say hi and meet these lovely folks in person next time you're looking for something to read!
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