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In the Stacks
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians | Michael Cart
15 posts | 2 read | 23 to read
Collects stories by such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, M.R. James, Ray Bradbury, Jorge Luis Borges, John Cheever, and Anthony Boucher.
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Booksnchill
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Sometimes The New Yorker articles seem to be calling out to me saying- “you are alright, you can keep all your books, Marie Kondo is a crazy woman...she doesn‘t know the joy of clutter. We love you, we are your haphazard looking but basically stable security in this uncertain world- come live with us, we will keep you safe and sane... “ hmmm may be time to get out of the house 🤣🤫😳📚

BooksTeasAndBookishThings It is like she is in my head. My soul. It just makes sense. 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This needed to be said 👍 5y
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JanuarieTimewalker13 I like organized book shelves, it makes me feel better. I hope to be donating more books for my library sale by end of April. 5y
Booksnchill @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I do love a dose of validation!!! 5y
Booksnchill @BooksTeasAndBookishThings My tribe calls to me! 5y
Booksnchill @JanuarieTimewalker13 donation is a great thing! 5y
diananissan3 Is this an article I can read? 5y
Booksnchill @diananissan3 it is in the March 25 edition of the New Yorker magazine- might be available somewhere online 5y
Leftcoastzen @diananissan3 Usually New Yorker site lets people read a few articles for free per month on its website 5y
Booksnchill @Zelma 👍👏👏👏 5y
diananissan3 @Zelma thanks so much!! 5y
Booksnchill @diananissan3 @zelma Littens are the friendliest most helpful folks! 5y
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goodbyefrancie
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Here's my #MakeMeReadIt August #TBR stack. You vote, I'll read from highest number of votes to lowest. Big thanks to @TheReadingMermaid for the great idea. Heading off to vote on other stacks...🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️📚📚📚

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TiredLibrarian Several great books in there! I'd go with 6y
ephemeralwaltz Sula!!!!!!!! 6y
tjwill I want to read this one too, so I‘m voting for 6y
TheBookKeepers Bc it‘s also on my TBR! 6y
Billypar S U L A 6y
keys_on_fire I haven‘t read any of these but am interested in several. I will vote for 6y
hes7 Britt-Marie Was Here!! 6y
UwannaPublishme So many great reads, but I must go with Anne Lamott! 6y
whofan4life Goodbye, Vitamin 6y
Sace Sula 6y
BarbaraJean Because it‘s also on my TBR! 6y
2BR02B I've been meaning to read 6y
Desireads I vote for Brit Marie was here. I love the characters. 6y
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dariazeoli
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There has been so little progress in these stacks over the past few months. I‘ve decided not to enter any giveaways for the foreseeable future. Since I failed my #bookbuyingban, I‘m reinstating that. Additionally, if I do acquire any books, I‘m going to try making sure they are of the Kindle variety!

#goals

Cinfhen #admirable 💕🙌🏻 6y
Traci1 Good luck. I know I need to ban myself from buying any more, but I am severely lacking in self control. 6y
DivineDiana It is sooooo hard! 🙁 6y
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hilded I keep saying the same thing, still I'm failing miserably every month! Too many temptations 😔🤓 6y
emilyhaldi You have some good ones on that shelf!! 6y
laurieluna I've put restrictions on what I buy. So not an all out ban but lowering the number coming in each month. My tbr has turned into a monster in the past year so I'm just focusing on completing my Pratchett collection and building my Persephone collection each month until I can get it under control! Good luck in your endevours, it is hard 😬 xx 6y
Eyelit Same!!! 6y
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Chelleo
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Ok. This place is ginormous (The Book Loft). And I‘m pretty sure I‘m lost and will die of starvation. I‘m just going to sit here and wait for @LeshaMac to find me.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 💗 6y
Pamwurtzler Super cute! 6y
Reviewsbylola Lol, hide and seek in BL! Love it. 6y
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TheWordJar Beautiful pic! And if there was ever a great place to be lost, that would be it! 6y
Cedricsmom Where‘s BookLoft? 6y
Tamra Like a deserted island with books! 😃 Sounds good to me. 6y
Chelleo @Cedricsmom German Village in Columbus, Oh 6y
Coleen ❤️ The Book Loft! 6y
CindyMyLifeIsLit I can‘t think of a better way to go—lost in the stacks! 😁 6y
TK421 Ha! I told you that it was a maze!😂 6y
emilyhaldi It may take her a while to find you 😆 6y
LeshaMac I was lost too! I needed a gps for that place. Needless to say, she had to find me 😂 6y
Mdargusch It‘s so easy to get lost in there! 6y
erzascarletbookgasm 😆💜lovely pic! 6y
Bookzombie Love this pic! 6y
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LauraAmalia
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Nothing makes your day better like getting lost in the stacks 💛

asiriusreader Welcome to Litsy!! 6y
BookBridget Welcome to Litsy📓📑📓📑📓 6y
Amanda61 Welcome to Litsy!! 📚 💜 6y
Wife Welcome to Litsy!🌹 6y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻👋🏻 6y
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Simone_Gibson
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Bookish resolutions: like several others I plan to get into the stacks in my house this year, I‘m also moving house to Germany for three years so I hope to read at least one book in German.

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diovival
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Jess7 Tagging myself bc I want to do this later. @Jess7 (edited) 7y
diovival @Jess7 I wish there was a way to bookmark posts 🤔 7y
Jess7 Just took the test. I‘m "Fan Girl/Fan Guy": it says: "You got the Fan Girl/Fan Guy! You‘re the reader who may know what chapter your fave author is currently writing for his/her next novel…or what they might be having for dinner tonight after a quick glance at Instagram. Your weekend plan is focused around which book to tackle on your to-be-read pile…and maybe selecting your book club‘s next 10 (or 20) selections!" 7y
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diovival @Jess7 Ha! Thanks for sharing. Was it on the nose? 7y
Jess7 So-so - I don't follow my favorite authors on social media so I have no idea what they're doing, but I do usually know the release dates of their upcoming books. I like to recommend books for book club and I would like to think I could plan my weekend around my TBR pile but I usually don't 😉 7y
batsy That's a great point about bookmarking posts! It would be so helpful if @Litsy had this feature. I got the Fan Girl, too 🤔 I love to look up lists of new releases just to add books to my TBR 😁 But I've no idea what fave authors are up to. 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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Enjoying the quiet of my library this morning. My happy place...

Grrlbrarian Beautiful! 7y
Melissa_J Lovely! 7y
Laura317 Looks lovely and cozy! 7y
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Simona Perfect happy place! 7y
Eggs How nice to have a library room/nook 😊 7y
sisilia What a lovely library! 😍 7y
cariashley So lovely! 7y
Jinjer Loooooove it! 7y
goodbyefrancie @Grrlbrarian @Melissa_J @Laura317 @Simona @Eggs @sisilia @cariashley @Jinjer Thanks! It used to be my daughter's room, but it's mine now! It's very calming, kind of a hideout from the chaos of the day. 7y
LeahBergen Just beautiful! 7y
Zelma That looks just about perfect for me! 😍 7y
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ReadingEnvy
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I always prefer print except in bed I love my kindle paperwhite! @Booksandcooks #6666giveaway Congrats on all the followers!

Megabooks Thank you! Love your shelves! 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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Best way to start my day.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful 😍 7y
LauraBrook Lovely! Fun fact: the original of that painting is in the downtown Milwaukee public library rare books room! It's smaller and darker than you'd think. 7y
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goodbyefrancie @LauraBrook Good to know! This was a gift from the hubby, and I love it. I will definitely have to see the original someday. 7y
RealBooks4ever 😍😍😍 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍 7y
Leftcoastzen Not sure you should post this , Littens are gonna want to airB&B your library 😁 7y
goodbyefrancie @Leftcoastzen Haha! Come on over! 7y
Eggs Love your library 🤓 7y
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PatriciaU
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Taking a cue from @MrBook here's some #libraryporn for your viewing pleasure. These are the below-street-level stacks in my library. This is where I go to escape when I'm having a particularly bad day. The light at the end of this tunnel is a window that looks out onto a river. There are approximately 70k books stored on this level.

Reecaspieces Wow! I would hide there too! Would be a great setting for a murder mystery!! 7y
LeahBergen Cool! 7y
MaleficentBookDragon ❤️💙💜 7y
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Laura317 I would be creeped out there! 😳 7y
MrBook 😱😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! I hear the Ghostbusters theme 😆. 7y
ReadingEnvy No light! How do you find a hook? 7y
ReadingEnvy *book 7y
PatriciaU There are lights in every aisle, they just aren't turned on in the pic, @ReadingEnvy. And @MrBook there was an episode of ghosthunters filmed here a couple years ago. I have experienced some weird stuff in these stacks! 7y
MrBook 🙌🏻 7y
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goodbyefrancie
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Happy #WorldBookDay. I'm trying to hide out in my home library today.

goodbyefrancie @Sarah83 This is a bit more of my library. 7y
Sarah83 Wow. This looks amazing 😍 really really beautiful 😙 7y
Zelma Wow, that is an incredible and inviting space! 😍 7y
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SharonGoforth Awesome!! 📚📚 7y
JenReadsAlot I could live in that room! 7y
Nonaroo 💕💕 That is lovely! 7y
goodbyefrancie @JenReadsAlot I try to do that as much as possible! 7y
bedandabook Beautiful room! ❤️ 7y
bitterbear (I'm drooling over your library) 💖💖💖 7y
Gissy Just beautiful! ❤📚👌🏼 7y
bookaholic1 wow...how sweet is that?? 7y
Jeg Beautiful 7y
DivineDiana Fabulous!📚 7y
Jinjer That piece of furniture with a typewriter on it!!!! 7y
goodbyefrancie @Jinjer it's an old radio we found at a flea market. We hope to get it working one day. 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 5! If you are a librarian or a library lover (#LitsyLovesLibraries), this collection of short stories about libraries will have you chomping at the bit 😉👍🏻. From Borges to Bradbury, LeGuin to Munro, the imaginations of many prominent authors focus their creativity on the subtle and not so subtle power of the library as a setting for epic storytelling. Need this book!!! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

RealBooks4ever Ha ha! Michael "Cart"! ? 7y
Emily92Bibliophile These #TBRTemptation posts and the Thriftbooks app do not make a great combination😬 Extreme willpower is happening as we speak! 7y
MrBook @RealBooks4ever I know, right 😆? @Emily92Bibliophile 😂👏🏻🙌🏻! My job here is done 😉. 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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irasobrietate
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This seems an appropriate sorry for the #readathon

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KafkaKitten
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Before...

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