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Book Picks - The Bookstore

Book Cover - Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores

Today's Book Picks come from Matt Tannenbaum from The Bookstore in Lenox.

List:
Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers by Bob Eckstein
Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead by Willard Spiegelman
Absolutely on Music: Conversations by Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa, translated by Jay Rubin
Little Jewel (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Patrick Modiano, translated by Penny Hueston
The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas and Erin E. Stead

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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