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Another just meh book for this summer. I really wanted to be invested in it but I just about quit reading it several times.

Don't plan a nightcap with this as bedtime reading. The first half had me questioning everything, including why I hadn't yet abandoned it. I made the comparison of writing multiple POV + epistolary emails to revival Fried Green Tomatoes At Whistle Stop Cafe (Flagg) and then just as suddenly I was immersed in the catastrophe that appears to be just another normal bookish kind...

You know, I wasn‘t wild about this one. I wanted to be more charmed by the lives of the eclectic booksellers and customers but I found myself more annoyed. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ok @TheAromaofBooks I am ready with my #bookspinbingo list for March! As you can see, I‘ve already made some adjustments from a couple days ago when I wrote this… I‘m such a mood reader! The majority of these will be library borrows. I‘m really excited to dive in! Does anyone see any favorites on the list?

“It‘s a well-known fact that Washington-area drivers are completely inept in the rain.”

"Simply walking over to the Fiction room and inhaling the smell of paper and glue is sometimes all it takes to make her okay. She goes back and forth about whether she prefers the smell of new books to the smell of old books, but she leans towards the former: with a new book there is the rush of being the first to turn the pages and discover what's inside!" ???

#catsoflitsy #rumpel

Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. I am drawn to books about books/bookish people so this was a no brainer for me to read. Set in an independent bookshop run by Sophie who seems to be losing her passion for the bookshop. I enjoyed the End-of-Day report at the end of each chapter that's full of strange things that happened at the bookstore. I loved the quirky book loving characters, it was a fun read.

I can't believe I am only hearing about this book now! It's super hilarious! 😄💕📚 Has anyone else read it? I'm not far into it yet but I'm loving it so far!

Book mail 🥰

The factors driving this story were dull dull. I should have been curious if Raymond was Clemi‘s bio dad, if Sophie would hide out in the secret cove in her bookstore, how they‘d experience the 2017 eclipse, the efficiency of a rumba vacuum - but none of it mattered to me. I was compelled to research an Aga stove though - those are cool!

I love everything that is related with books but I love funko pops, bookmarks, totes, journals, art print, decorations, stationary, book sleeves, cups, lights, socks, etc etc. 📚📚📚🙌🤗

#Littenswanttoknow Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🥰

Bookseller Sophie Bernstein is weary. I feel you, Sophie. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#bookish-people

This was an #audiolisten and if I were reading a paper or ebook copy, not sure I‘d have finished. The narration was really good. The book description and what actually happens aren‘t quite in sync with each other. Did like the author interview call-in questions about the AGA. Made me chuckle a bit. Also liked that details of running the store were included. Not bad, but not what I was expecting. It was about a bookstore though, so points for that.

#bookishart #artfulaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I wanted to like this book more than I did. It‘s billed as funny, but I didn‘t think it was that funny. I listened to it, and while the narration was mostly fine, there were some places where the narrator jarringly mispronounced words. “Scalded” for “scolded;” “havers” for “hovers.” My favorite thing about this book was the tortoise, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

A successful (and painful to my wallet) afternoon of shopping. #impulsebuys 📕 🧶 🍫 💵

The chocolate covered raisins are for the #manpanion because 🤮.

“A total eclipse of the sun…”(Don McLean).
Florence,an ex-employee of the book store & Clemi‘s roommate,is obsessed with the imminent eclipse of the sun on August 21(2017),& acting very strangely.
We traveled to Omaha NE where my sister‘s family lived to experience the event.It was cloudy in Omaha so we drove north & pulled into a rest area with tons of other people & cars & blue sky.It felt so universal; we felt so connected to those with us.

#awesomeaugust #readathon #August13toAugust21
Joining in! I go back to work 8/29, the next week, so I plan to read as much as I can.💚📚

#bookishpeople #funfact #SylviaPlathsGravestone #controversy
“ There‘s a society here of women who still think the name Hughes should be removed from Sylvia Plath‘s headstone—I‘m sure you‘ve heard about that, how they are always trying to etch it off the stone…

https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/2021/10/sylvia-plaths-grave.html?m=1

I had no clue about this very real controversy!

#librarybook #bookstores #Cappuccinoandbooks

Visited the library yesterday & discovered this already amusing tale with quirky, original characters.