Live long enough and you see faces repeated in time.

Got a few days of vacation coming up. #librarygrabbag

Stopped at @SFPublicLibrary on my way home!

I like the bizarre stuff that happens in the series & the screen-heads crack me up, but maybe graphic novels just ain't for me.

Current mood

I loved the hardcover dust jacket design. The paperback is making me feel meh. Is it worth reading? It's another #laundromatlibrary find

These are the choices at my local laundromat's free book shelf. Should I read any? (Not pictured are the Mary Higgins Clarks, the textbooks, & the get-rich-quicks)

Don't want to share all your info with companies running the internet? It's okay, you can "cloister" yourself.

I've been looking forward to this one!

Do I want to read this? Connie Willis mentions it in the library scene in Bellwether & I'm intrigued. Have you read it?

Got some new stamps and a new book to read. 📝📮📬

Loved Meanwhile in San Francisco. Beautiful, heartfelt sketches of the city. Loved the artist's illustrations of scenes from San Francisco Public Library ❤️

"his antiquated card catalog" .... hrumph

This volume showcases Vergara's practice of photographing sites multiple times over a span of years. As a "photographer of decline" he captures moments both bleak and beautiful. Highly recommended!

One of my favorite photographers. This photo taken in Detroit in 2009. Mural painted by Bennie White in 1993.

"Jim Jocoy, traveling between SF & LA, shot portraits of every interesting punk rock personality who caught his eye" ... This could totally be work-appropriate-wear, right?!

Up next: Typical Girls? The story of the Slits.

Wow! I didn't know that Hynde was at Kent State during the National Guard shootings, or that she was in London with the punks when the Damned, the Clash, & the Pistols were starting out. But, overall her tales were kind of sad. As she herself writes: "this is a book about drug abuse"

Disliked this one. Maybe because I've been reading these rock memoirs and trying to listen to their music at the same time. Everything but the Girl's music is not to my taste. I might try to track down some Marine Girls, maybe that would have made me less critical of the book. I felt like the author shared more insight into Massive Attack's band dynamics than she did into her own.

Loved her descriptions of Los Angeles, her writing is thoughtful and poetic.

Started this one based on a recommendation, but just couldn't get into it at all.

Found this in a bookstore on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley!

Loved the descriptions of her early years, racketing around London and getting into scrapes. The book takes quite a turn with her married life, but I loved reading about her time with the Slits. Listen to their album Cut, or better yet get your hands on their Peel Sessions.

Ditto's humor makes this a fun read, even when she touches on heartbreaking aspects of her own upbringing & life. I'm glad I read it & I enjoyed listening to Gossip's live album Undead in NYC.