There is a new candle up in #BOTM boutique if anyone is interested. It‘s described as “a dusky scent with light herbal undertones. Dust not included”
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There is a new candle up in #BOTM boutique if anyone is interested. It‘s described as “a dusky scent with light herbal undertones. Dust not included”
And now we‘re at the completely obvious next part of this banana pants story: when Purdue Pharma decides to hire Rudy Giuliani (who the author takes pains to remind us used to be at least mildly respected in the early 2000s)
God, Arthur Sackler (and brothers) are just the worst 🤢
Current cringe inducing is not even related to his sketchy businesses - mostly his weird romantic life (nothing too weird just typical rich male disregard for his wife - and second wife - and third wife)
Everything he did is just ~~ ughhh~~ 🤮
My display for Banned Book week (classics) for work. I think it turned out really well.
The shelf reader have quotes from why it was banned. My personal favorite is for Animal Farm: “Orwell was a Communist”
I found all of these stunning near mint books at the Library bookshop. I have been to a few others lately and been let down so this was a wonderful surprise. And a thank you to whomever donated these (and the rest of three boxes)
Just saw this on Goodreads. I‘d bet it‘ll be a #BoTM as well. I own but haven‘t read this series but it is definitely moving up the list
I‘m crying from a letter introduction. Oh boy. 💔
This book is hilarious. This quote made me literally laugh out loud and I had to share.
Context: the original technophobe wrote his 1400 page book outlining why the printing press the worst. This is the authors‘ (joke) response about his complaint that his fellow monks would made excuses to get out of writing books to labor outside.
It‘s always funny to me to see the people acting fairly similar to today but hundreds of years ago.
How can you not love this book. I want to hang all of the pages up all over my home - art and trivia and food, oh my the perfect combo.
I got a personalized book and I have an extra that I can‘t decide who to gift to (sister, nephew, friend) but I know they would all love it.
pickIt feels weird to love a book about the racism that happens to black women in the US. But I do. I love this book. I listened to the audiobook and it was perfect. Amber is as hilarious as always and the stories that happen to Lacey are crazy and told so well I felt part of their (wonderful) family hearing these stories at the table/group chat. READ THIS BOOK!!
So I am loving this book but every so often. I notice this “cut x lines from this page”. I‘m sure it‘s editing notes that weren‘t removed but it feels like a secret code and if I do it in the right order I‘ll get a cool poem or a treasure map.
so-soMy main point in posting this is TW: there is A LOT of violence against dogs in this book. I get that it‘s the culture of the area at the time but with my current headspace I probably wouldn‘t have read it now if I had know.
This book had parts that were laugh out loud hilarious (my favorite was his bringing home a fish on a bike) and it was written in 2004 (at this point almost 20 years ago). But this is not a book for the squeamish.
One of my all time favorite bands just said they are signing tip in sheets for their new BOOK! I am so psyched. What better news could there be for a book nerd? Any other Johnnyswim favs out there?
pickFound this treasure on Etsy. An ARC by my favorite author! #itsagoodday I‘m so happy to add it to my (maybe ridiculous) Fforde collection (I have multiples of almost all of this series- but this is the first ARC!).
I can see why this has been described as Tiger King for flowers. The Orchid obsessives in this book have similar fascinating yet disturbing pull.
I‘m not done yet but it‘s been really interesting so far. Also the narrator has the best voice for this. She sounds intrigued but baffled. (And sounds so familiar).
No offense to any summer savor-ers out there but I am ready for Fall and Halloween. I scoped out my library and pulled some cozy Fall/Halloween themed books to get a kick start (and watch all the Ghostbusters and Halloweentown movies). Also open to any recommendations for cozy/paranormal fall/Halloween books!
pickI love this bookstore so much. I just wish I lived closer and had endless free time.
pickThis book is like a mix of GLOW, and Animal House. By turns hilarious, disgusting, serious, and just wholely unbelievable I loved it. It details a amusement park from 1977-1997 by the founder‘s son. Stories include: The Alpine which is basically concrete surfing, water rides that rip off clothes, go carts that go 50mph, and the endless injuries.
I‘d never want to visit but Action Park is fascinating to read about (nostalgia alone pulls you in)
I don‘t know why but this is the book I was looking for. So far a memorable line: “he called me ‘college boy‘ because he once saw me reading a book”
What even is this book?!
You‘re breaking my heart here! The masking tape owner also used paper clips. The writing is sort of endearing to me in used books. But the paper clips and masking tape are killing me
I got this book online for $4 which seemed like a great deal except it turned up looking like someone ran it over. But the worst part - the previous owner used (and left) masking tape as a bookmark!!! Who does that?!
Thought you all would share my pain here!
This beauty just arrived! I have been waiting since April (but publishing got paused so here we are). This is the end all be all for my career and I am so excited. If you would have told me I would be this pumped for basically the new edition of my grad school textbook well I‘d probably believe you bc I am a nerd. (Also my favorite professor is one of the new editors).
MRM5 is dead long live MRM6!
pickI finally got around to this book which was gifted to me in September (thank you @nelehelen !)
While I wish I had read it sooner I think right now I am in the perfect mind space for it.
Divided into sections it focuses first on the murder case(s) then the lawyer then Harper Lee. I found the first two sections the most interesting, but the Harper Lee section was eye opening.
This feels more broadly applicable today. Because if your feminism isn‘t intersectional then it isn‘t feminism.
Sometimes a great quote catches on the heart strings just right
(Full disclosure I don‘t think this quote is from this book it was just attributed to Woolf)
pickWorking through BOTM backlog and I loved this one.
Following multiple people a story of a musician and a mommy group and the surprising secrets they all hold.
I would call it a kinda thriller? Like a mellow Big Little Lies (maybe it‘s the mom group and secrets vibe).
Found on random house Instagram. The author introduced mushrooms to eat his book about mushrooms. And once they‘re done he can eat his words.
I hadn‘t heard of this book but now I am super intrigued.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CALBoK0jNRT/?igshid=12z7a297wnzzg
This series of tweets (shared on Instagram) has been really helpful for me. Also I found out she wrote a book so adding that to the list too.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XuRp-nka_/?igshid=emsqpnzlqa6c
pickAfter reaching though it in a day I was wondering is anyone else was left with strong Big Little Lies vibes?
Just started but so far this has been the perfect fit for me just now in this weird and crazy time. Soothing, hopeful, and calming.
This book is one of my favorites for the year. It‘s warm, thoughtful and inspiring. I see the comparisons to Hillbilly Elegy (this is better) and Educated. It‘s the same style of book- a memoir but also about the larger context. She outlines the strengths and accepting the faults of Hill people with a focus on the experiences of women especially.
Definitely recommending to everyone (and my book club)
I caved and bought one. I can‘t wait!
If anyone else is interested they are still available at https://www.bonfire.com/independent-bookstore-day-2020/
Things I learned at work this week: this is called “tree calf binding”. Water is brushed on and then chemicals are sprinkled over and when it‘s all said and done it looks like a variation of this. Pretty neat.
Working with Special Books has its perks- Example 1: book porn 😍
Our outdoor display case - book page snowflakes, a book hearth and book page wreath. I think it turned out pretty cute!
Working at a library during Christmas is definitely not too shabby (student workers made this — I just enjoy it)
I felt like this was a good share after all of the #covercrush and #7days7covers posts. (Which I bought mostly because I loved the title)
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A great surprise awaited my today when I checked the mail! @nelehelen ‘s giveaway package arrived and she went above and beyond! Thank you so much and I can‘t wait to dig in!
Went to sell book at Half Priced Books and I spent all the money (and more - what can you buy there for $3.50) on this book. I wasn‘t going to but it‘s signed! 🤗
Found out my local library has a book sale every Tuesday. I went in with low expectations, but I should have gone in with will power instead. 🤦♀️ but I found some great books —- even a coverless Daisy Jones and Veronica Mars! 👏
I have a plans to go to another library book sale on Friday so hopefully I can limit myself to a smaller #bookhaul after this one
#bookhaulchallenge was a great trip down memory lane! Not only to see what I bought two years ago but also all my old posts! From this stack I actually read all but one (I think it may be the only time to have ever happened!). I loved all but two so I‘m happy with the results! Maybe this is my inpso to read more of what I buy!
