“A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day.”
“A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day.”
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An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations. This was an interesting book about the history of bookstores.
pickThis is a low pick for me. I didn‘t really like any of the characters. They were either overly dramatic or blah. I liked that Nory owned a secondhand bookshop and loved books, but she had such a hard time actually selling them? This is set around Christmas and very winter estate, but it‘s not a cutesy holiday romance. More a winter romance drama.
#wintergames2024 #xmaschachas
And now I‘m all caught up!
And thank you @JessieKB for this wonderful box of Christmas cheer!! I loooove moose munch, the tea smells amazing, and I love Lindt truffles! The socks are so cute and I can‘t wait to wear them (today), and I‘m so excited to read these books!! The tagged being particularly timely 😘.
I also love the themed wrapping!! Thank you so much; I love it all!! ♥️♥️🎄✨☃️🧦♥️♥️ #StuffedStockingSwap #sss
❄️ Remote cabin with snow! Being a born and raised Floridian, and having only seen snow a mere one time, of course.
❄️ ❄️ English village, in a bookstore, in winter? Yes, please!
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I finished assembling this tiny bookshop before I started THE LOST BOOKSHOP, but let‘s pretend the two overlapped so I‘ve got an excuse to show it to you, and to tell you I‘m enjoying the book. It‘s got a solid emotional core, and I‘m assuming there‘s magic to the shop itself as well as to Martha‘s perceptions about people. Intriguing. #audiocrafting
pickThis book, the sequel to “Parnassus on Wheels,” follows Roger and Helen Mifflin to their brick-and-mortar bookstore in Brooklyn. It‘s a weird mash-up of a mystery punctuated by Roger‘s lengthy harangues about the state of the world. Not as charming as the first book, but still a pick for me because Morley‘s prose is almost hypnotic. I love the way he can turn a phrase.
Spent the afternoon at a giant book sale! Found a bunch of holiday books - book haul to come.😆🎄🎅🏼📚 #christmaschapterchasers #wintergames @StayCurious
🎄 Doing the 24 books of Christmas with my daughter.
And then general Christmas decor and movies with her.
🎄🎄 All of my Christmas books basically lol. I don't read anything else during this season.
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6 NONFICTION books completed in November—setting up a few interesting matches. The tagged book was my pick. And my enjoyment of it pushed it ahead of its competitor from September. However, I‘m still thinking about the wild card memoir—so I gave it the nod to move on. But in the end, my love of a well-written narrative nonfiction propels “Challenger” into the finals. What a fun year this has shaped up to be!
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