Sometimes, too heartily.
Customer Anne Eisenberg, who added a donation to her bill, right, stops by the front door to pick up her order from volunteer Kathy Kren who has been tasked with handing out curbside orders. Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News
The response from Talking Leaves Books customers has been so robust the bookstore has had trouble keeping up. Now, faced with what co-owner Jonathon Welch called an avalanche of orders on the web, the store has stopped taking new online orders until after Christmas. We are overwhelmed. I find no better way to say this, Welch wrote on the company s website and in social media posts. Our stalwart but limited staff, along with several volunteers, are working beyond capacity, and falling behind every day.