Litsy

I went to Hey Books in San Diego honestly not knowing that today was independent bookstore day. I thought there was a book signing because the line was way out the door. I managed to survive the crowd pharmaceutical free! I bought the tagged book and an “Eat the Rich” sticker. I Hope you all are having a great day.

Amiable It makes my heart so happy to see independent bookstores stuffed full of customers like this! 4h

Deblovestoread Fantastic! 3h

DGRachel Wow! I can‘t do crowds like that anymore. I start hyperventilating just looking at that picture! 3h

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ncsufoxes We used to live in San Diego (we left in 2022). As stress inducing as the crowd was (it would be for me), it‘s good to see a bookstore that busy. 1h

Trashcanman @DGRachel I know what you mean, I think if I was still on meds it‘s would have been too much unlessI too a a lot of gabapentin before hand. It helps to be tall in this situation because I can see over most peoples heads. 37m

Trashcanman @ncsufoxes Awesome! We‘re visiting from Los Angeles. Are you still in California? 36m

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RowReads1

Constant Reader | Dorothy Parker

TheBookHippie I love Dorothy ♥️ 2mo

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charl08

Constant Reader | Dorothy Parker

She reviewed three books a week for a year, and continued to make occasional contributions until 1933....Parker's column helped to establish the New Yorker voice; wry, puckish, world-weary.

On a book she was finding hard to finish: "One of us, we know, is not functioning properly, and we dare not hope in our inferiority that it is the author".

TheBookHippie I love her. 3mo

RowReads1 🥰 3mo

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Julsmarshall

My Ears Are Bent | Joseph Mitchell

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This collection of newspaper articles from the 1930‘s had a few really interesting ones and then a couple that while they were definitely of the time, they were tough to read now. His perspective of NYC from many different walks of life, rich and poor, during this pivotal time was illuminating and revealing. #BookspinBingo #roll100 @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5mo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 5mo

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Lesliereadsalot

The Party, After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003 | Roz Chast

Here are my two Roz Chast cartoons.

@MemoirsForMe @AmyG

AmyG These are amazing. I love the bad Mom card. Once, when we moved, my kids asked me what was for dinner. It was a LONG day and a friend had brought us donuts earlier. I put the box on the table and said….here, dinner. Bad Mom Card #563 5mo

Lesliereadsalot Haha. Haven‘t we all been Bad Mom?!? @AmyG 5mo

AmyG We have! 👊🏻 5mo

dabbe #sheerawesomeness 🤩🤩🤩 5mo

MemoirsForMe 😂😂😂 5mo

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psalva

Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White

According to Storygraph, I‘ve been reading this since last December. But you know something? It‘s the kind of book that almost demands slow reading. Not that the pieces are dense or difficult to read. There is just an attitude of slowing down and treasuring the moment throughout. It‘s been a comforting reading experience in a way. I‘ve got 12 more essays to go. I think it will be bittersweet to finish this volume.

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Roary47

A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection | Steve Martin

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3✨ I really enjoy Steve Martin‘s humor, and while I didn‘t find all of the comics funny. The illustrations are amazing and I did enjoy reading all the dog comics.

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psalva

Essays of E. B. White | E. B. White

“The subtlest change in New York is something people don‘t speak much about but that is in everyone‘s mind. The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers…”
The language here is terrifying, and it‘s incredible that this was written in 1948, so prescient of the possibility of horror. ⬇️

psalva Or maybe it‘s not incredible. I suppose planes had struck the Empire State Building. Maybe this really was in the back of people‘s minds. Still, reading this gave me pause. 9mo

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