Chez Jim Books

25/01/2024

Great day for books today: new review of "Bullies":
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU3Y59B994MK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1496168410

4.0 out of 5 stars nice selection of monologues
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
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"This is a very nice selection of monologues, and I believe they will fill an important need for teenagers today."

and most sales in one day EVER (35) of "How to Cook an Early French Peacock".

nice selection of monologues

10/01/2024

Sales for the second half of 2023 line up in the same order as before:

1. Monologues for Teens and Twenties
2. Thirty Monologues For Teens
3. How To Cook A Peacock
4. Bullies: Monologues on Bullying for Teens and Adults
5. August Zang and the French Croissant
6. Su***de Monologues for Actors
7. The Monologue Bin
8. Before the Baguette: The history of French bread
9. A History of Wine in France
10.The Old Regime Police Blotter I

What's not apparent here is how fast "Before the Baguette" is rising. "Feasting with the Franks" will take some time to hit this list, but is rising as well.

It remains true that a number of people in England keep buying "Bullies", make of that what you will.

14/07/2023

Stats for the first half of 2023:

1. Monologues for Teens and Twenties
2. Thirty Monologues For Teens
3. How To Cook A Peacock
4. Bullies: Monologues on Bullying for Teens and Adults
5. August Zang and the French Croissant
6. Su***de Monologues for Actors
7. The Monologue Bin
8. Before the Baguette: The history of French bread
9. A History of Wine in France
10. The Old Regime Police Blotter I

The one big switch is that August Zang and the French Croissant crept past Su***de Monologues for Actors.
Before the Baguette continues to sell very well. Feasting with the Franks is selling regularly, but has not racked up enough sales to get in the top 10.
The monologues books still dominate, but food and wine are close behind.

28/01/2023

Stats for the second half of 2022:

1. Monologues for Teens and Twenties
2. Thirty Monologues For Teens
3. How To Cook A Peacock
4. Bullies: Monologues on Bullying for Teens and Adults
5. Su***de Monologues for Actors
6. August Zang and the French Croissant
7. The Monologue Bin
8. Before the Baguette: The history of French bread
9. A History of Wine in France
10. The Old Regime Police Blotter I

"Before the Baguette" sells regularly and is climbing fast. "The Old Regime Police Blotter I" - part of a series - has been quietly creeping up, the first non-monologue or food/drink book to crack the top ten. And yet "About the Baguette" (previously on the list) got a big boost in sales when UNESCO named the making of the baguette an intangible cultural heritage and a writer for CNN was kind enough not only to cite the book but to link to it!

09/07/2022

Halfway through the year, sales of two books on bread - on August Zang and on the baguette - are rising on the list.

1. Monologues for Teens and Twenties
2. Thirty Monologues For Teens
3. How To Cook A Peacock
4. Bullies: Monologues on Bullying for Teens and Adults
5. Su***de Monologues for Actors
6. August Zang and the French Croissant
7. The Monologue Bin
8. Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread
9. A History of Wine in France
10. About the Baguette

In other news, several other books are now citing "A History of the Food of Paris".