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When (imho) the editor probably should have said: "Why don't we save it for the next book, David. That one can be about fictional places..."

(Don't get me started on the jump from Walcott to Joyce. These profs, just think rules are for other people ???)

...she says that 'considering the total antipathy I had toward matrimony,' the convent was the most honorable decision she could make. She took the veil at age nineteen, despite her fear of routines that 'would limit the freedom of my studies, or the noise of a community that would interfere with the tranquil silence of my books' (97). She did at least get a cell of her own, and she amassed a library of several thousand volumes...

This book should be subtitled 'and add them all to your wishlist.'

Just two weeks until the end of the year, it‘s time for our tradition to share our #Top24of24.

This is mine so far. And yes, if you look good it are actually 25 books 😉.

I‘ll tag a few people to get things started, please share your favorites and tag a few more 💝

Your 'year of reading' from Goodreads has a different look this year.
Edit: 😆, it doesn't. It's the same at the website.

5⭐

#TheBookshop #EvanFriss #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024

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.

Chalk this up as another book doing battle with its own subtitle 'a monument to the book as object', based on the introductory discussion of The Thing periodical, it's clear that non-traditional formatting is key in the minds of those putting together the magazine. So when they decided to make a book, what you get is partly an exploration of books, their components, the way they tell stories, 1/?

I just have to share this text exchange because it totally made my day! A friend and I started an IRL book club 3 years by creating a fb group and opening it up to moms in our county. We have maintained a core group of about 10 members including this amazing woman. Books bonding people and changing lives. She‘s become one of my closest friends, too. 🩷📖✨