#bookstores — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bookstores, aggregated by home.social.
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My God. And most of us can't put a stop this b/c who can afford to buy up #RareBooks?
My husband & I started a IRL 'archive', keeping more DVDs, CDs, albums, #books, & buying up some at used #bookstores when we can. I imagine many of you are doing the same.
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My God. And most of us can't put a stop this b/c who can afford to buy up #RareBooks?
My husband & I started a IRL 'archive', keeping more DVDs, CDs, albums, #books, & buying up some at used #bookstores when we can. I imagine many of you are doing the same.
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My God. And most of us can't put a stop this b/c who can afford to buy up #RareBooks?
My husband & I started a IRL 'archive', keeping more DVDs, CDs, albums, #books, & buying up some at used #bookstores when we can. I imagine many of you are doing the same.
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My God. And most of us can't put a stop this b/c who can afford to buy up #RareBooks?
My husband & I started a IRL 'archive', keeping more DVDs, CDs, albums, #books, & buying up some at used #bookstores when we can. I imagine many of you are doing the same.
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My God. And most of us can't put a stop this b/c who can afford to buy up #RareBooks?
My husband & I started a IRL 'archive', keeping more DVDs, CDs, albums, #books, & buying up some at used #bookstores when we can. I imagine many of you are doing the same.
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A Hong Kong independent bookshop that national security police raided this month announced it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-bookstores-close-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #censorship #books #bookstores
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A Hong Kong independent bookshop that national security police raided this month announced it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-bookstores-close-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #censorship #books #bookstores
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A Hong Kong independent bookshop that national security police raided this month announced it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-bookstores-close-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #censorship #books #bookstores
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A Hong Kong independent bookshop that national security police raided this month announced it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-bookstores-close-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #censorship #books #bookstores
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Hong Kong independent bookstores to close after police raid
Hong Kong – A Hong Kong bookshop raided by national security police this month announced on Wednesday that…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #books #bookstores #Censorship #china #HongKong #Nihon
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Around the Book World: July 27, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
The post Around the Book World: July 27, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/around-the-book-world-july-27-2026/#Africa #Anthropic #BloomsburyPublishing #Bookstores #Chytomo
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Around the Book World: July 27, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
The post Around the Book World: July 27, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/around-the-book-world-july-27-2026/#Africa #Anthropic #BloomsburyPublishing #Bookstores #Chytomo
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Around the Book World: July 27, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
The post Around the Book World: July 27, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/around-the-book-world-july-27-2026/#Africa #Anthropic #BloomsburyPublishing #Bookstores #Chytomo
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Around the Book World: July 27, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
The post Around the Book World: July 27, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/around-the-book-world-july-27-2026/#Africa #Anthropic #BloomsburyPublishing #Bookstores #Chytomo
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#NowReading2026 REPRESENTATIONS OF JAPAN IN SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA OF THE PARK GEUN-HYE ERA: INVADERS, LOVERS & DEMONS by Russell Edwards via
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
imbibed at Noma Books #Narashino #習志野 #Coffee #Books #Korea #Film #KoreanCinema #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStores #KoreaMastodon #FilmStodon #FilmMastodon
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#NowReading2026 REPRESENTATIONS OF JAPAN IN SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA OF THE PARK GEUN-HYE ERA: INVADERS, LOVERS & DEMONS by Russell Edwards via
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
imbibed at Noma Books #Narashino #習志野 #Coffee #Books #Korea #Film #KoreanCinema #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStores #KoreaMastodon #FilmStodon #FilmMastodon
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#NowReading2026 REPRESENTATIONS OF JAPAN IN SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA OF THE PARK GEUN-HYE ERA: INVADERS, LOVERS & DEMONS by Russell Edwards via
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
imbibed at Noma Books #Narashino #習志野 #Coffee #Books #Korea #Film #KoreanCinema #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStores #KoreaMastodon #FilmStodon #FilmMastodon
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#NowReading2026 REPRESENTATIONS OF JAPAN IN SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA OF THE PARK GEUN-HYE ERA: INVADERS, LOVERS & DEMONS by Russell Edwards via
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
imbibed at Noma Books #Narashino #習志野 #Coffee #Books #Korea #Film #KoreanCinema #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #BookStores #KoreaMastodon #FilmStodon #FilmMastodon
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The good news keeps coming! Just found out @[email protected] will be carrying copies of Dude, Where’s My Car-tharsis? and The Characters On My Couch. 700 locations in all 50 states, so available at a mall near you! #bookstores #books #tacos
www.barnesandnoble.com/search?q=Phi...
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The good news keeps coming! Just found out @[email protected] will be carrying copies of Dude, Where’s My Car-tharsis? and The Characters On My Couch. 700 locations in all 50 states, so available at a mall near you! #bookstores #books #tacos
www.barnesandnoble.com/search?q=Phi...
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The good news keeps coming! Just found out @[email protected] will be carrying copies of Dude, Where’s My Car-tharsis? and The Characters On My Couch. 700 locations in all 50 states, so available at a mall near you! #bookstores #books #tacos
www.barnesandnoble.com/search?q=Phi...
Search results for "Phil stark... -
The good news keeps coming! Just found out @[email protected] will be carrying copies of Dude, Where’s My Car-tharsis? and The Characters On My Couch. 700 locations in all 50 states, so available at a mall near you! #bookstores #books #tacos
www.barnesandnoble.com/search?q=Phi...
Search results for "Phil stark... -
The good news keeps coming! Just found out @[email protected] will be carrying copies of Dude, Where’s My Car-tharsis? and The Characters On My Couch. 700 locations in all 50 states, so available at a mall near you! #bookstores #books #tacos
www.barnesandnoble.com/search?q=Phi...
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#Tennessee #cults #churches #bookstores #drag #LGBTQI+
"THE DEMON NEXT DOOR
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
There were older and grander churches in Maryville, a college town in East Tennessee where you could barely drive a minute without passing a cross or a sign about Jesus. But when Mike and Andrea Brewer established the Well, in 2016, they understood themselves to be part of something more mystical and revolutionary than any existing denomination—a charismatic-Christian movement that has drawn millions of Americans with the promise of supernatural encounters with God and visions of cosmic battle.
By his own account, Mike had been an exhausted factory worker and a lapsed Pentecostal addicted to pornography when one night, at home and praying for a better life, he heard an unfamiliar voice calling out to him and believed that it was God. At church a few days later, he would write, he felt a 'tangible explosion' in his chest, followed by 'the purity and righteousness of God moving through me in waves.' He came to believe that a demon had exited his body and that the Holy Spirit had taken its place. He decided that God had chosen him for a divine assignment.
They went abroad as missionaries to India and Haiti, which only confirmed their emerging understanding of a universe with three distinct realms—the heavenly, the earthly, and the underworld, with the Earth being the realm of spiritual warfare. On one side, the Holy Spirit, angels, and believers comprised an army of God. On the other were the forces of Satan—legions of demons with names, ranks, and personalities that could inhabit people, geographical regions, and entire nations.
(. . .)
By the time the Brewers returned to Maryville, they saw themselves as hardened spiritual warriors. They founded the Well to continue the battle, joining an international network of churches and ministries called Global Awakening, which also had a seminary, where Andrea began studying demon history and hierarchies. When Mike asked God for their exact assignment, he told me when I visited in March, 'the Lord spoke so clearly. He said, ‘I’m giving you and the Well a mandate for the full eradication of witchcraft and demonic activity in the region.’'
And that was what led the Brewers to look across the street one day a few years later and determine that the central hub for demonic activity in the region was roughly 100 yards away. It was a bookstore called Southland.
(. . .)
Over the course of three decades in Maryville, Misosky had made Southland Books and Cafe into a local institution, a sprawling maze of old bookcases where people could find a leather-bound Mark Twain, a paperback Charles Bukowski, shelves of military history, and flyers for a local mah-jongg group.
Misosky had a bar downstairs where she hosted trivia nights, readings, all-ages punk shows, and fundraisers that sometimes involved drag performances. She occasionally provided space to the local Democratic Party. But none of that had drawn public protest until a new church moved in across the street.
(. . .)
Misosky had been born and raised in Maryville. She was 58, Catholic, and gay, and told me she was used to living among conservative Christians. Still, demonic came as a surprise. 'This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,' she remembered thinking after seeing the first video, not yet realizing that the church was part of the fastest-growing segment of Christianity in the country, or that the language she was hearing in the fall of 2022 was spreading across the Christian right and the wider political landscape.
(. . .)
Another version was the run-up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, when prominent apostles and prophets held prayer rallies calling for 'the minutemen of the Kingdom' to rise up against demonic forces that they believed had stolen the 2020 election, after which many of their followers were among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Another version was what happened after the Brewers returned to Maryville."
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#Tennessee #cults #churches #bookstores #drag #LGBTQI+
"THE DEMON NEXT DOOR
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
There were older and grander churches in Maryville, a college town in East Tennessee where you could barely drive a minute without passing a cross or a sign about Jesus. But when Mike and Andrea Brewer established the Well, in 2016, they understood themselves to be part of something more mystical and revolutionary than any existing denomination—a charismatic-Christian movement that has drawn millions of Americans with the promise of supernatural encounters with God and visions of cosmic battle.
By his own account, Mike had been an exhausted factory worker and a lapsed Pentecostal addicted to pornography when one night, at home and praying for a better life, he heard an unfamiliar voice calling out to him and believed that it was God. At church a few days later, he would write, he felt a 'tangible explosion' in his chest, followed by 'the purity and righteousness of God moving through me in waves.' He came to believe that a demon had exited his body and that the Holy Spirit had taken its place. He decided that God had chosen him for a divine assignment.
They went abroad as missionaries to India and Haiti, which only confirmed their emerging understanding of a universe with three distinct realms—the heavenly, the earthly, and the underworld, with the Earth being the realm of spiritual warfare. On one side, the Holy Spirit, angels, and believers comprised an army of God. On the other were the forces of Satan—legions of demons with names, ranks, and personalities that could inhabit people, geographical regions, and entire nations.
(. . .)
By the time the Brewers returned to Maryville, they saw themselves as hardened spiritual warriors. They founded the Well to continue the battle, joining an international network of churches and ministries called Global Awakening, which also had a seminary, where Andrea began studying demon history and hierarchies. When Mike asked God for their exact assignment, he told me when I visited in March, 'the Lord spoke so clearly. He said, ‘I’m giving you and the Well a mandate for the full eradication of witchcraft and demonic activity in the region.’'
And that was what led the Brewers to look across the street one day a few years later and determine that the central hub for demonic activity in the region was roughly 100 yards away. It was a bookstore called Southland.
(. . .)
Over the course of three decades in Maryville, Misosky had made Southland Books and Cafe into a local institution, a sprawling maze of old bookcases where people could find a leather-bound Mark Twain, a paperback Charles Bukowski, shelves of military history, and flyers for a local mah-jongg group.
Misosky had a bar downstairs where she hosted trivia nights, readings, all-ages punk shows, and fundraisers that sometimes involved drag performances. She occasionally provided space to the local Democratic Party. But none of that had drawn public protest until a new church moved in across the street.
(. . .)
Misosky had been born and raised in Maryville. She was 58, Catholic, and gay, and told me she was used to living among conservative Christians. Still, demonic came as a surprise. 'This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,' she remembered thinking after seeing the first video, not yet realizing that the church was part of the fastest-growing segment of Christianity in the country, or that the language she was hearing in the fall of 2022 was spreading across the Christian right and the wider political landscape.
(. . .)
Another version was the run-up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, when prominent apostles and prophets held prayer rallies calling for 'the minutemen of the Kingdom' to rise up against demonic forces that they believed had stolen the 2020 election, after which many of their followers were among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Another version was what happened after the Brewers returned to Maryville."
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#Tennessee #cults #churches #bookstores #drag #LGBTQI+
"THE DEMON NEXT DOOR
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
There were older and grander churches in Maryville, a college town in East Tennessee where you could barely drive a minute without passing a cross or a sign about Jesus. But when Mike and Andrea Brewer established the Well, in 2016, they understood themselves to be part of something more mystical and revolutionary than any existing denomination—a charismatic-Christian movement that has drawn millions of Americans with the promise of supernatural encounters with God and visions of cosmic battle.
By his own account, Mike had been an exhausted factory worker and a lapsed Pentecostal addicted to pornography when one night, at home and praying for a better life, he heard an unfamiliar voice calling out to him and believed that it was God. At church a few days later, he would write, he felt a 'tangible explosion' in his chest, followed by 'the purity and righteousness of God moving through me in waves.' He came to believe that a demon had exited his body and that the Holy Spirit had taken its place. He decided that God had chosen him for a divine assignment.
They went abroad as missionaries to India and Haiti, which only confirmed their emerging understanding of a universe with three distinct realms—the heavenly, the earthly, and the underworld, with the Earth being the realm of spiritual warfare. On one side, the Holy Spirit, angels, and believers comprised an army of God. On the other were the forces of Satan—legions of demons with names, ranks, and personalities that could inhabit people, geographical regions, and entire nations.
(. . .)
By the time the Brewers returned to Maryville, they saw themselves as hardened spiritual warriors. They founded the Well to continue the battle, joining an international network of churches and ministries called Global Awakening, which also had a seminary, where Andrea began studying demon history and hierarchies. When Mike asked God for their exact assignment, he told me when I visited in March, 'the Lord spoke so clearly. He said, ‘I’m giving you and the Well a mandate for the full eradication of witchcraft and demonic activity in the region.’'
And that was what led the Brewers to look across the street one day a few years later and determine that the central hub for demonic activity in the region was roughly 100 yards away. It was a bookstore called Southland.
(. . .)
Over the course of three decades in Maryville, Misosky had made Southland Books and Cafe into a local institution, a sprawling maze of old bookcases where people could find a leather-bound Mark Twain, a paperback Charles Bukowski, shelves of military history, and flyers for a local mah-jongg group.
Misosky had a bar downstairs where she hosted trivia nights, readings, all-ages punk shows, and fundraisers that sometimes involved drag performances. She occasionally provided space to the local Democratic Party. But none of that had drawn public protest until a new church moved in across the street.
(. . .)
Misosky had been born and raised in Maryville. She was 58, Catholic, and gay, and told me she was used to living among conservative Christians. Still, demonic came as a surprise. 'This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,' she remembered thinking after seeing the first video, not yet realizing that the church was part of the fastest-growing segment of Christianity in the country, or that the language she was hearing in the fall of 2022 was spreading across the Christian right and the wider political landscape.
(. . .)
Another version was the run-up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, when prominent apostles and prophets held prayer rallies calling for 'the minutemen of the Kingdom' to rise up against demonic forces that they believed had stolen the 2020 election, after which many of their followers were among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Another version was what happened after the Brewers returned to Maryville."
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#Tennessee #cults #churches #bookstores #drag #LGBTQI+
"THE DEMON NEXT DOOR
A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.
There were older and grander churches in Maryville, a college town in East Tennessee where you could barely drive a minute without passing a cross or a sign about Jesus. But when Mike and Andrea Brewer established the Well, in 2016, they understood themselves to be part of something more mystical and revolutionary than any existing denomination—a charismatic-Christian movement that has drawn millions of Americans with the promise of supernatural encounters with God and visions of cosmic battle.
By his own account, Mike had been an exhausted factory worker and a lapsed Pentecostal addicted to pornography when one night, at home and praying for a better life, he heard an unfamiliar voice calling out to him and believed that it was God. At church a few days later, he would write, he felt a 'tangible explosion' in his chest, followed by 'the purity and righteousness of God moving through me in waves.' He came to believe that a demon had exited his body and that the Holy Spirit had taken its place. He decided that God had chosen him for a divine assignment.
They went abroad as missionaries to India and Haiti, which only confirmed their emerging understanding of a universe with three distinct realms—the heavenly, the earthly, and the underworld, with the Earth being the realm of spiritual warfare. On one side, the Holy Spirit, angels, and believers comprised an army of God. On the other were the forces of Satan—legions of demons with names, ranks, and personalities that could inhabit people, geographical regions, and entire nations.
(. . .)
By the time the Brewers returned to Maryville, they saw themselves as hardened spiritual warriors. They founded the Well to continue the battle, joining an international network of churches and ministries called Global Awakening, which also had a seminary, where Andrea began studying demon history and hierarchies. When Mike asked God for their exact assignment, he told me when I visited in March, 'the Lord spoke so clearly. He said, ‘I’m giving you and the Well a mandate for the full eradication of witchcraft and demonic activity in the region.’'
And that was what led the Brewers to look across the street one day a few years later and determine that the central hub for demonic activity in the region was roughly 100 yards away. It was a bookstore called Southland.
(. . .)
Over the course of three decades in Maryville, Misosky had made Southland Books and Cafe into a local institution, a sprawling maze of old bookcases where people could find a leather-bound Mark Twain, a paperback Charles Bukowski, shelves of military history, and flyers for a local mah-jongg group.
Misosky had a bar downstairs where she hosted trivia nights, readings, all-ages punk shows, and fundraisers that sometimes involved drag performances. She occasionally provided space to the local Democratic Party. But none of that had drawn public protest until a new church moved in across the street.
(. . .)
Misosky had been born and raised in Maryville. She was 58, Catholic, and gay, and told me she was used to living among conservative Christians. Still, demonic came as a surprise. 'This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,' she remembered thinking after seeing the first video, not yet realizing that the church was part of the fastest-growing segment of Christianity in the country, or that the language she was hearing in the fall of 2022 was spreading across the Christian right and the wider political landscape.
(. . .)
Another version was the run-up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, when prominent apostles and prophets held prayer rallies calling for 'the minutemen of the Kingdom' to rise up against demonic forces that they believed had stolen the 2020 election, after which many of their followers were among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Another version was what happened after the Brewers returned to Maryville."
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Armchair Books, Edinburgh
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Armchair Books, Edinburgh
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Armchair Books, Edinburgh
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Armchair Books, Edinburgh
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How Bookstore Cats Comforted Our Broken Hearts
Three days prior to departing on our cross-country road trip this spring, we were devastated to have to say goodbye to our wonderful 17 year old Tuxedo cat, Gus. Despite the logistical challenges — many lodging establishments refuse to accept cats — and the added costs, we always looked forward to every road trip with him.
Gus napping while on the roadGus was our travel buddy and loved joining us on these adventures. He innately knew when were had arrived at our place to stay each night and instantly jumped into his kitty backpack. Upon entering the room, he immediately selected which bed was his and laid on it like a King overlooking his royal realm. Eventually, he visited 15 different states. Pretty darn good for a cat who had never travelled outside of Michigan or Indiana prior to age 12.
Saying goodbye to Gus was hard enough, but the many miles in the car was even tougher without him peering from within or on top of his open crate. He was so much a part of our travels that the car felt very empty without him there.
En route back to the Midwest, I came up with an idea. Why not visit some bookstores while traveling that have cats residing there? We had met several at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas the previous year and had met two cats at Cumberland Hardware in Nashville’s Five Points recently. Maybe some friendly felines will comfort us. Besides, we always love stopping/shopping at independent bookstores.
After some research, we found a number of independent bookstores along or near our route that could fit the bill. The hardest part turned out to be timing our travels to the hours of operation of each store. Also, just because a store is known to have resident cats, does not mean the cat(s) will be there the day we stop by.
In one case, we reversed course from a planned visit to a bookstore in LaPorte, Indiana because we just happened to call ahead and found out the resident cat (Waffles) had decided not to come to work that day. In Franklin, Indiana, despite being listed in a recently published book about bookshop cats, the resident feline kept getting caught behind bookshelves, hence was no longer spending its days there. We also visited a cat cafe in northern Indiana, but without the bookstore vibe and having to pay to play, it just wasn’t the same. Something about cats and books just jive well together.
Despite these disappointments, we trudged forward and succeeded in visiting resident cats (and one resident dog) in five difference independent bookstores. In one case, The Literary Cat in Pittsburg, Kansas, we found a throughly delightful bookstore occupied by both resident cats and adoptable cats. Below is a list of our successes in order of visitation:
- Hyde Bros. Booksellers – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resident cats met: Scout and Sherlock
Scout Sherlock- The Book House – Maplewood, Missouri
Resident cats met: Gatsby and Zelda
Gatsby get a back massage Zelda (very shy)- BookMarx – Springfield, Missouri
Resident cat met: Cyrano
Cyrano- The Literary Cat – Pittsburg, Kansas
Resident/adoptable cats met: Tommy, Fozzie, Saph, Rue, James, Doug, and many others!
TommyFozzie Saph- Marigolds Bookstore – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Resident imitation cat (dog) met: Bonnie
BonnieAll-in-all, meeting and greeting these friendly felines across the heartland did help us recover from our grief. Just the soft caress of their silky fur or their subtle purrs did wonders for our hearts. Scout at Hyde Bros. was an excellent first encounter. Gatsby at The Book House, loved having his back scratched and would roll over for a kitty back massage just like Gus always did. Several kitties at The Literary Cat were absolutely adorable and were tempting to adopt, but we weren’t ready yet and it was not fair to welcome a new family member into the household with a 800 mile drive home — Meowwww!
Future road trips will be sure to include kitty cat rest and comfort stops at independent bookstores along the way.
Peace!
Funny sign at The Literary Cat #bookstores #cats #cities #felines #fun #tourism #travel -
How Bookstore Cats Comforted Our Broken Hearts
Three days prior to departing on our cross-country road trip this spring, we were devastated to have to say goodbye to our wonderful 17 year old Tuxedo cat, Gus. Despite the logistical challenges — many lodging establishments refuse to accept cats — and the added costs, we always looked forward to every road trip with him.
Gus napping while on the roadGus was our travel buddy and loved joining us on these adventures. He innately knew when were had arrived at our place to stay each night and instantly jumped into his kitty backpack. Upon entering the room, he immediately selected which bed was his and laid on it like a King overlooking his royal realm. Eventually, he visited 15 different states. Pretty darn good for a cat who had never travelled outside of Michigan or Indiana prior to age 12.
Saying goodbye to Gus was hard enough, but the many miles in the car was even tougher without him peering from within or on top of his open crate. He was so much a part of our travels that the car felt very empty without him there.
En route back to the Midwest, I came up with an idea. Why not visit some bookstores while traveling that have cats residing there? We had met several at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas the previous year and had met two cats at Cumberland Hardware in Nashville’s Five Points recently. Maybe some friendly felines will comfort us. Besides, we always love stopping/shopping at independent bookstores.
After some research, we found a number of independent bookstores along or near our route that could fit the bill. The hardest part turned out to be timing our travels to the hours of operation of each store. Also, just because a store is known to have resident cats, does not mean the cat(s) will be there the day we stop by.
In one case, we reversed course from a planned visit to a bookstore in LaPorte, Indiana because we just happened to call ahead and found out the resident cat (Waffles) had decided not to come to work that day. In Franklin, Indiana, despite being listed in a recently published book about bookshop cats, the resident feline kept getting caught behind bookshelves, hence was no longer spending its days there. We also visited a cat cafe in northern Indiana, but without the bookstore vibe and having to pay to play, it just wasn’t the same. Something about cats and books just jive well together.
Despite these disappointments, we trudged forward and succeeded in visiting resident cats (and one resident dog) in five difference independent bookstores. In one case, The Literary Cat in Pittsburg, Kansas, we found a throughly delightful bookstore occupied by both resident cats and adoptable cats. Below is a list of our successes in order of visitation:
- Hyde Bros. Booksellers – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resident cats met: Scout and Sherlock
Scout Sherlock- The Book House – Maplewood, Missouri
Resident cats met: Gatsby and Zelda
Gatsby get a back massage Zelda (very shy)- BookMarx – Springfield, Missouri
Resident cat met: Cyrano
Cyrano- The Literary Cat – Pittsburg, Kansas
Resident/adoptable cats met: Tommy, Fozzie, Saph, Rue, James, Doug, and many others!
TommyFozzie Saph- Marigolds Bookstore – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Resident imitation cat (dog) met: Bonnie
BonnieAll-in-all, meeting and greeting these friendly felines across the heartland did help us recover from our grief. Just the soft caress of their silky fur or their subtle purrs did wonders for our hearts. Scout at Hyde Bros. was an excellent first encounter. Gatsby at The Book House, loved having his back scratched and would roll over for a kitty back massage just like Gus always did. Several kitties at The Literary Cat were absolutely adorable and were tempting to adopt, but we weren’t ready yet and it was not fair to welcome a new family member into the household with a 800 mile drive home — Meowwww!
Future road trips will be sure to include kitty cat rest and comfort stops at independent bookstores along the way.
Peace!
Funny sign at The Literary Cat #bookstores #cats #cities #felines #fun #tourism #travel -
How Bookstore Cats Comforted Our Broken Hearts
Three days prior to departing on our cross-country road trip this spring, we were devastated to have to say goodbye to our wonderful 17 year old Tuxedo cat, Gus. Despite the logistical challenges — many lodging establishments refuse to accept cats — and the added costs, we always looked forward to every road trip with him.
Gus napping while on the roadGus was our travel buddy and loved joining us on these adventures. He innately knew when were had arrived at our place to stay each night and instantly jumped into his kitty backpack. Upon entering the room, he immediately selected which bed was his and laid on it like a King overlooking his royal realm. Eventually, he visited 15 different states. Pretty darn good for a cat who had never travelled outside of Michigan or Indiana prior to age 12.
Saying goodbye to Gus was hard enough, but the many miles in the car was even tougher without him peering from within or on top of his open crate. He was so much a part of our travels that the car felt very empty without him there.
En route back to the Midwest, I came up with an idea. Why not visit some bookstores while traveling that have cats residing there? We had met several at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas the previous year and had met two cats at Cumberland Hardware in Nashville’s Five Points recently. Maybe some friendly felines will comfort us. Besides, we always love stopping/shopping at independent bookstores.
After some research, we found a number of independent bookstores along or near our route that could fit the bill. The hardest part turned out to be timing our travels to the hours of operation of each store. Also, just because a store is known to have resident cats, does not mean the cat(s) will be there the day we stop by.
In one case, we reversed course from a planned visit to a bookstore in LaPorte, Indiana because we just happened to call ahead and found out the resident cat (Waffles) had decided not to come to work that day. In Franklin, Indiana, despite being listed in a recently published book about bookshop cats, the resident feline kept getting caught behind bookshelves, hence was no longer spending its days there. We also visited a cat cafe in northern Indiana, but without the bookstore vibe and having to pay to play, it just wasn’t the same. Something about cats and books just jive well together.
Despite these disappointments, we trudged forward and succeeded in visiting resident cats (and one resident dog) in five difference independent bookstores. In one case, The Literary Cat in Pittsburg, Kansas, we found a throughly delightful bookstore occupied by both resident cats and adoptable cats. Below is a list of our successes in order of visitation:
- Hyde Bros. Booksellers – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resident cats met: Scout and Sherlock
Scout Sherlock- The Book House – Maplewood, Missouri
Resident cats met: Gatsby and Zelda
Gatsby get a back massage Zelda (very shy)- BookMarx – Springfield, Missouri
Resident cat met: Cyrano
Cyrano- The Literary Cat – Pittsburg, Kansas
Resident/adoptable cats met: Tommy, Fozzie, Saph, Rue, James, Doug, and many others!
TommyFozzie Saph- Marigolds Bookstore – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Resident imitation cat (dog) met: Bonnie
BonnieAll-in-all, meeting and greeting these friendly felines across the heartland did help us recover from our grief. Just the soft caress of their silky fur or their subtle purrs did wonders for our hearts. Scout at Hyde Bros. was an excellent first encounter. Gatsby at The Book House, loved having his back scratched and would roll over for a kitty back massage just like Gus always did. Several kitties at The Literary Cat were absolutely adorable and were tempting to adopt, but we weren’t ready yet and it was not fair to welcome a new family member into the household with a 800 mile drive home — Meowwww!
Future road trips will be sure to include kitty cat rest and comfort stops at independent bookstores along the way.
Peace!
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How Bookstore Cats Comforted Our Broken Hearts
Three days prior to departing on our cross-country road trip this spring, we were devastated to have to say goodbye to our wonderful 17 year old Tuxedo cat, Gus. Despite the logistical challenges — many lodging establishments refuse to accept cats — and the added costs, we always looked forward to every road trip with him.
Gus napping while on the roadGus was our travel buddy and loved joining us on these adventures. He innately knew when were had arrived at our place to stay each night and instantly jumped into his kitty backpack. Upon entering the room, he immediately selected which bed was his and laid on it like a King overlooking his royal realm. Eventually, he visited 15 different states. Pretty darn good for a cat who had never travelled outside of Michigan or Indiana prior to age 12.
Saying goodbye to Gus was hard enough, but the many miles in the car was even tougher without him peering from within or on top of his open crate. He was so much a part of our travels that the car felt very empty without him there.
En route back to the Midwest, I came up with an idea. Why not visit some bookstores while traveling that have cats residing there? We had met several at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas the previous year and had met two cats at Cumberland Hardware in Nashville’s Five Points recently. Maybe some friendly felines will comfort us. Besides, we always love stopping/shopping at independent bookstores.
After some research, we found a number of independent bookstores along or near our route that could fit the bill. The hardest part turned out to be timing our travels to the hours of operation of each store. Also, just because a store is known to have resident cats, does not mean the cat(s) will be there the day we stop by.
In one case, we reversed course from a planned visit to a bookstore in LaPorte, Indiana because we just happened to call ahead and found out the resident cat (Waffles) had decided not to come to work that day. In Franklin, Indiana, despite being listed in a recently published book about bookshop cats, the resident feline kept getting caught behind bookshelves, hence was no longer spending its days there. We also visited a cat cafe in northern Indiana, but without the bookstore vibe and having to pay to play, it just wasn’t the same. Something about cats and books just jive well together.
Despite these disappointments, we trudged forward and succeeded in visiting resident cats (and one resident dog) in five difference independent bookstores. In one case, The Literary Cat in Pittsburg, Kansas, we found a throughly delightful bookstore occupied by both resident cats and adoptable cats. Below is a list of our successes in order of visitation:
- Hyde Bros. Booksellers – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resident cats met: Scout and Sherlock
Scout Sherlock- The Book House – Maplewood, Missouri
Resident cats met: Gatsby and Zelda
Gatsby gets a back massage Zelda (very shy)- BookMarx – Springfield, Missouri
Resident cat met: Cyrano
Cyrano- The Literary Cat – Pittsburg, Kansas
Resident/adoptable cats met: Tommy, Fozzie, Saph, Rue, James, Doug, and many others!
TommyFozzie Saph- Marigolds Bookstore – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Resident imitation cat (dog) met: Bonnie
BonnieAll-in-all, meeting and greeting these friendly felines across the heartland did help us recover from our grief. Just the soft caress of their silky fur or their subtle purrs did wonders for our hearts. Scout at Hyde Bros. was an excellent first encounter. Gatsby at The Book House, loved having his back scratched and would roll over for a kitty back massage just like Gus always did. Several kitties at The Literary Cat were absolutely adorable and were tempting to adopt, but we weren’t ready yet and it was not fair to welcome a new family member into the household with a 800 mile drive home — Meowwww!
Future road trips will be sure to include kitty cat rest and comfort stops at independent bookstores along the way.
Peace!
Funny sign at The Literary Cat #bookstores #cats #cities #felines #fun #tourism #travel -
How Bookstore Cats Comforted Our Broken Hearts
Three days prior to departing on our cross-country road trip this spring, we were devastated to have to say goodbye to our wonderful 17 year old Tuxedo cat, Gus. Despite the logistical challenges — many lodging establishments refuse to accept cats — and the added costs, we always looked forward to every road trip with him.
Gus napping while on the roadGus was our travel buddy and loved joining us on these adventures. He innately knew when were had arrived at our place to stay each night and instantly jumped into his kitty backpack. Upon entering the room, he immediately selected which bed was his and laid on it like a King overlooking his royal realm. Eventually, he visited 15 different states. Pretty darn good for a cat who had never travelled outside of Michigan or Indiana prior to age 12.
Saying goodbye to Gus was hard enough, but the many miles in the car was even tougher without him peering from within or on top of his open crate. He was so much a part of our travels that the car felt very empty without him there.
En route back to the Midwest, I came up with an idea. Why not visit some bookstores while traveling that have cats residing there? We had met several at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence, Kansas the previous year and had met two cats at Cumberland Hardware in Nashville’s Five Points recently. Maybe some friendly felines will comfort us. Besides, we always love stopping/shopping at independent bookstores.
After some research, we found a number of independent bookstores along or near our route that could fit the bill. The hardest part turned out to be timing our travels to the hours of operation of each store. Also, just because a store is known to have resident cats, does not mean the cat(s) will be there the day we stop by.
In one case, we reversed course from a planned visit to a bookstore in LaPorte, Indiana because we just happened to call ahead and found out the resident cat (Waffles) had decided not to come to work that day. In Franklin, Indiana, despite being listed in a recently published book about bookshop cats, the resident feline kept getting caught behind bookshelves, hence was no longer spending its days there. We also visited a cat cafe in northern Indiana, but without the bookstore vibe and having to pay to play, it just wasn’t the same. Something about cats and books just jive well together.
Despite these disappointments, we trudged forward and succeeded in visiting resident cats (and one resident dog) in five difference independent bookstores. In one case, The Literary Cat in Pittsburg, Kansas, we found a throughly delightful bookstore occupied by both resident cats and adoptable cats. Below is a list of our successes in order of visitation:
- Hyde Bros. Booksellers – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resident cats met: Scout and Sherlock
Scout Sherlock- The Book House – Maplewood, Missouri
Resident cats met: Gatsby and Zelda
Gatsby gets a back massage Zelda (very shy)- BookMarx – Springfield, Missouri
Resident cat met: Cyrano
Cyrano- The Literary Cat – Pittsburg, Kansas
Resident/adoptable cats met: Tommy, Fozzie, Saph, Rue, James, Doug, and many others!
TommyFozzie Saph- Marigolds Bookstore – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Resident imitation cat (dog) met: Bonnie
BonnieAll-in-all, meeting and greeting these friendly felines across the heartland did help us recover from our grief. Just the soft caress of their silky fur or their subtle purrs did wonders for our hearts. Scout at Hyde Bros. was an excellent first encounter. Gatsby at The Book House, loved having his back scratched and would roll over for a kitty back massage just like Gus always did. Several kitties at The Literary Cat were absolutely adorable and were tempting to adopt, but we weren’t ready yet and it was not fair to welcome a new family member into the household with a 800 mile drive home — Meowwww!
Future road trips will be sure to include kitty cat rest and comfort stops at independent bookstores along the way.
Peace!
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Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong #bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death
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Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong #bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death
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Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong #bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death
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Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong #bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death
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Bookstores & Love Stories: My Trip to Scotland Inspired by ‘One Day’
At the top of the year, my eldest niece aka Niece invited me to join her on a trip to Scotland.
Dear Reader, I was just as perplexed as you are that my first-generation Haitian-American niece (like me) a) wanted to visit Scotland and b) visit during early Spring, whilst still chilly and rainy. The tropical Caribbean—where her mother was born—is right there! A shorter flight, no less!
Well, the trip was centered around the musical adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls. Turns out I had watched the Netflix series a couple of years prior. It wasn’t until the credits were rolling that I learned it was based on a book. Had I known, I would’ve read the novel, then jumped into the series to do what we readers do: compare and contrast. Niece also watched the movie starring Anne Hathaway.
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, One Day revolves around Emma and Dexter (Em and Dex), who meet at a “uni” (university) graduation party in 1988. What’s supposed to be a one-night-stand expands into a decades-long friendship fraught with unspoken, secret feelings.
It’s frustrating and endearing because the feelings are reciprocated. This isn’t a story of unrequited love. Somehow, through his immaturity and womanizing, Emma loves Dexter, and despite his sometimes selfish behavior towards her, she really is the only woman he’s ever loved .
For years, they’re not in the same place in life—geographically, career, relationships, maturity, financially. He’s white; her family is of Indian descent, though in the play she’s depicted by a Black woman. Em and Dex go on vacations together, call, and write letters, a crucial one is never delivered nor read. There’s a feeling of FINALLY! when they become a couple.
Then you realize there’s too much left in the book. Clearly, the coupling is not the typical happily ever after ending. I screamed at the TV watching the series, talked out loud to myself while reading the book, and was grabbed by Niece on my left and Sister on my right in the theater during the musical.
Niece and I knew what was coming. Sister did not.
The play was our second-to-last night in Scotland. It was a wonderful evening. We snapped photos and bought souvenirs in the downstairs lobby of The Royal Lyceum. Niece surprised us with a VIP experience in the theater’s upper room. A reserved bar table awaited us. The bartender served us chilled champagne until it was time to claim our seats—first row of the mezzanine.
Niece, ever the researcher, planner, and fellow book lover, found several bookstores for us to visit while in Scotland. I’m an over-packer and had to be mindful of suitcase space. I still had to buy a bag. In addition to the ONLY FOUR books I bought, I purchased lovely-smelling body butters, a vase from a museum gift shop, funky overalls for The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May, mini bottles of whisky for myself and brother, and whatever else escapes me at the moment.
It was late March. We braved chilly winds and rain. I wore leggings under my clothes every day and still never got too hot as we walked around, especially when we bookstore-hopped.
One of the first days, if not the first, we visited Waterstones, a chain bookstore. I purchased Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya and a leather bookmark branded with the store name. On a separate day, Aunt-Niece Day, (my sister stayed at the hotel), we visited the combo McNauhtan’s Bookshop & Gallery and Typewronger, where I snagged Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron. The store owner stamped the inside of my book and gave me an elephant origami.
A short, brisk walk brought us to Topping & Company Booksellers, where I continued my purchases of Black-authored books with Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh and Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. I also witnessed a real-life love story in real time.
While browsing on the lower level, I watched an elderly couple enter. They were both stooped over and took small steps. They were also snazzy dressers. The wife declared she’d wait for him downstairs, to which he replied, “You’re not going to come with me?”
The combination of the raspiness of his weathered voice, the longing in his voice, him reaching out to place his hand on hers, her quick and simple “ok,” and them shuffling off together towards the elevator left me teary-eyed with a lump in my throat.
I bet they didn’t squander years like Emma and Dexter did.
I want that elderly couple’s relationship one day.
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Bookstores & Love Stories: My Trip to Scotland Inspired by ‘One Day’
At the top of the year, my eldest niece aka Niece invited me to join her on a trip to Scotland.
Dear Reader, I was just as perplexed as you are that my first-generation Haitian-American niece (like me) a) wanted to visit Scotland and b) visit during early Spring, whilst still chilly and rainy. The tropical Caribbean—where her mother was born—is right there! A shorter flight, no less!
Well, the trip was centered around the musical adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls. Turns out I had watched the Netflix series a couple of years prior. It wasn’t until the credits were rolling that I learned it was based on a book. Had I known, I would’ve read the novel, then jumped into the series to do what we readers do: compare and contrast. Niece also watched the movie starring Anne Hathaway.
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, One Day revolves around Emma and Dexter (Em and Dex), who meet at a “uni” (university) graduation party in 1988. What’s supposed to be a one-night-stand expands into a decades-long friendship fraught with unspoken, secret feelings.
It’s frustrating and endearing because the feelings are reciprocated. This isn’t a story of unrequited love. Somehow, through his immaturity and womanizing, Emma loves Dexter, and despite his sometimes selfish behavior towards her, she really is the only woman he’s ever loved .
For years, they’re not in the same place in life—geographically, career, relationships, maturity, financially. He’s white; her family is of Indian descent, though in the play she’s depicted by a Black woman. Em and Dex go on vacations together, call, and write letters, a crucial one is never delivered nor read. There’s a feeling of FINALLY! when they become a couple.
Then you realize there’s too much left in the book. Clearly, the coupling is not the typical happily ever after ending. I screamed at the TV watching the series, talked out loud to myself while reading the book, and was grabbed by Niece on my left and Sister on my right in the theater during the musical.
Niece and I knew what was coming. Sister did not.
The play was our second-to-last night in Scotland. It was a wonderful evening. We snapped photos and bought souvenirs in the downstairs lobby of The Royal Lyceum. Niece surprised us with a VIP experience in the theater’s upper room. A reserved bar table awaited us. The bartender served us chilled champagne until it was time to claim our seats—first row of the mezzanine.
Niece, ever the researcher, planner, and fellow book lover, found several bookstores for us to visit while in Scotland. I’m an over-packer and had to be mindful of suitcase space. I still had to buy a bag. In addition to the ONLY FOUR books I bought, I purchased lovely-smelling body butters, a vase from a museum gift shop, funky overalls for The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May, mini bottles of whisky for myself and brother, and whatever else escapes me at the moment.
It was late March. We braved chilly winds and rain. I wore leggings under my clothes every day and still never got too hot as we walked around, especially when we bookstore-hopped.
One of the first days, if not the first, we visited Waterstones, a chain bookstore. I purchased Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya and a leather bookmark branded with the store name. On a separate day, Aunt-Niece Day, (my sister stayed at the hotel), we visited the combo McNauhtan’s Bookshop & Gallery and Typewronger, where I snagged Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron. The store owner stamped the inside of my book and gave me an elephant origami.
A short, brisk walk brought us to Topping & Company Booksellers, where I continued my purchases of Black-authored books with Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh and Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. I also witnessed a real-life love story in real time.
While browsing on the lower level, I watched an elderly couple enter. They were both stooped over and took small steps. They were also snazzy dressers. The wife declared she’d wait for him downstairs, to which he replied, “You’re not going to come with me?”
The combination of the raspiness of his weathered voice, the longing in his voice, him reaching out to place his hand on hers, her quick and simple “ok,” and them shuffling off together towards the elevator left me teary-eyed with a lump in my throat.
I bet they didn’t squander years like Emma and Dexter did.
I want that elderly couple’s relationship one day.
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Bookstores & Love Stories: My Trip to Scotland Inspired by ‘One Day’
At the top of the year, my eldest niece aka Niece invited me to join her on a trip to Scotland.
Dear Reader, I was just as perplexed as you are that my first-generation Haitian-American niece (like me) a) wanted to visit Scotland and b) visit during early Spring, whilst still chilly and rainy. The tropical Caribbean—where her mother was born—is right there! A shorter flight, no less!
Well, the trip was centered around the musical adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls. Turns out I had watched the Netflix series a couple of years prior. It wasn’t until the credits were rolling that I learned it was based on a book. Had I known, I would’ve read the novel, then jumped into the series to do what we readers do: compare and contrast. Niece also watched the movie starring Anne Hathaway.
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, One Day revolves around Emma and Dexter (Em and Dex), who meet at a “uni” (university) graduation party in 1988. What’s supposed to be a one-night-stand expands into a decades-long friendship fraught with unspoken, secret feelings.
It’s frustrating and endearing because the feelings are reciprocated. This isn’t a story of unrequited love. Somehow, through his immaturity and womanizing, Emma loves Dexter, and despite his sometimes selfish behavior towards her, she really is the only woman he’s ever loved .
For years, they’re not in the same place in life—geographically, career, relationships, maturity, financially. He’s white; her family is of Indian descent, though in the play she’s depicted by a Black woman. Em and Dex go on vacations together, call, and write letters, a crucial one is never delivered nor read. There’s a feeling of FINALLY! when they become a couple.
Then you realize there’s too much left in the book. Clearly, the coupling is not the typical happily ever after ending. I screamed at the TV watching the series, talked out loud to myself while reading the book, and was grabbed by Niece on my left and Sister on my right in the theater during the musical.
Niece and I knew what was coming. Sister did not.
The play was our second-to-last night in Scotland. It was a wonderful evening. We snapped photos and bought souvenirs in the downstairs lobby of The Royal Lyceum. Niece surprised us with a VIP experience in the theater’s upper room. A reserved bar table awaited us. The bartender served us chilled champagne until it was time to claim our seats—first row of the mezzanine.
Niece, ever the researcher, planner, and fellow book lover, found several bookstores for us to visit while in Scotland. I’m an over-packer and had to be mindful of suitcase space. I still had to buy a bag. In addition to the ONLY FOUR books I bought, I purchased lovely-smelling body butters, a vase from a museum gift shop, funky overalls for The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May, mini bottles of whisky for myself and brother, and whatever else escapes me at the moment.
It was late March. We braved chilly winds and rain. I wore leggings under my clothes every day and still never got too hot as we walked around, especially when we bookstore-hopped.
One of the first days, if not the first, we visited Waterstones, a chain bookstore. I purchased Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya and a leather bookmark branded with the store name. On a separate day, Aunt-Niece Day, (my sister stayed at the hotel), we visited the combo McNauhtan’s Bookshop & Gallery and Typewronger, where I snagged Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron. The store owner stamped the inside of my book and gave me an elephant origami.
A short, brisk walk brought us to Topping & Company Booksellers, where I continued my purchases of Black-authored books with Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh and Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. I also witnessed a real-life love story in real time.
While browsing on the lower level, I watched an elderly couple enter. They were both stooped over and took small steps. They were also snazzy dressers. The wife declared she’d wait for him downstairs, to which he replied, “You’re not going to come with me?”
The combination of the raspiness of his weathered voice, the longing in his voice, him reaching out to place his hand on hers, her quick and simple “ok,” and them shuffling off together towards the elevator left me teary-eyed with a lump in my throat.
I bet they didn’t squander years like Emma and Dexter did.
I want that elderly couple’s relationship one day.
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Bookstores & Love Stories: My Trip to Scotland Inspired by ‘One Day’
At the top of the year, my eldest niece aka Niece invited me to join her on a trip to Scotland.
Dear Reader, I was just as perplexed as you are that my first-generation Haitian-American niece (like me) a) wanted to visit Scotland and b) visit during early Spring, whilst still chilly and rainy. The tropical Caribbean—where her mother was born—is right there! A shorter flight, no less!
Well, the trip was centered around the musical adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls. Turns out I had watched the Netflix series a couple of years prior. It wasn’t until the credits were rolling that I learned it was based on a book. Had I known, I would’ve read the novel, then jumped into the series to do what we readers do: compare and contrast. Niece also watched the movie starring Anne Hathaway.
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, One Day revolves around Emma and Dexter (Em and Dex), who meet at a “uni” (university) graduation party in 1988. What’s supposed to be a one-night-stand expands into a decades-long friendship fraught with unspoken, secret feelings.
It’s frustrating and endearing because the feelings are reciprocated. This isn’t a story of unrequited love. Somehow, through his immaturity and womanizing, Emma loves Dexter, and despite his sometimes selfish behavior towards her, she really is the only woman he’s ever loved .
For years, they’re not in the same place in life—geographically, career, relationships, maturity, financially. He’s white; her family is of Indian descent, though in the play she’s depicted by a Black woman. Em and Dex go on vacations together, call, and write letters, a crucial one is never delivered nor read. There’s a feeling of FINALLY! when they become a couple.
Then you realize there’s too much left in the book. Clearly, the coupling is not the typical happily ever after ending. I screamed at the TV watching the series, talked out loud to myself while reading the book, and was grabbed by Niece on my left and Sister on my right in the theater during the musical.
Niece and I knew what was coming. Sister did not.
The play was our second-to-last night in Scotland. It was a wonderful evening. We snapped photos and bought souvenirs in the downstairs lobby of The Royal Lyceum. Niece surprised us with a VIP experience in the theater’s upper room. A reserved bar table awaited us. The bartender served us chilled champagne until it was time to claim our seats—first row of the mezzanine.
Niece, ever the researcher, planner, and fellow book lover, found several bookstores for us to visit while in Scotland. I’m an over-packer and had to be mindful of suitcase space. I still had to buy a bag. In addition to the ONLY FOUR books I bought, I purchased lovely-smelling body butters, a vase from a museum gift shop, funky overalls for The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May, mini bottles of whisky for myself and brother, and whatever else escapes me at the moment.
It was late March. We braved chilly winds and rain. I wore leggings under my clothes every day and still never got too hot as we walked around, especially when we bookstore-hopped.
One of the first days, if not the first, we visited Waterstones, a chain bookstore. I purchased Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya and a leather bookmark branded with the store name. On a separate day, Aunt-Niece Day, (my sister stayed at the hotel), we visited the combo McNauhtan’s Bookshop & Gallery and Typewronger, where I snagged Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron. The store owner stamped the inside of my book and gave me an elephant origami.
A short, brisk walk brought us to Topping & Company Booksellers, where I continued my purchases of Black-authored books with Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh and Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. I also witnessed a real-life love story in real time.
While browsing on the lower level, I watched an elderly couple enter. They were both stooped over and took small steps. They were also snazzy dressers. The wife declared she’d wait for him downstairs, to which he replied, “You’re not going to come with me?”
The combination of the raspiness of his weathered voice, the longing in his voice, him reaching out to place his hand on hers, her quick and simple “ok,” and them shuffling off together towards the elevator left me teary-eyed with a lump in my throat.
I bet they didn’t squander years like Emma and Dexter did.
I want that elderly couple’s relationship one day.
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Bookstores & Love Stories: My Trip to Scotland Inspired by ‘One Day’
At the top of the year, my eldest niece aka Niece invited me to join her on a trip to Scotland.
Dear Reader, I was just as perplexed as you are that my first-generation Haitian-American niece (like me) a) wanted to visit Scotland and b) visit during early Spring, whilst still chilly and rainy. The tropical Caribbean—where her mother was born—is right there! A shorter flight, no less!
Well, the trip was centered around the musical adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day by David Nicholls. Turns out I had watched the Netflix series a couple of years prior. It wasn’t until the credits were rolling that I learned it was based on a book. Had I known, I would’ve read the novel, then jumped into the series to do what we readers do: compare and contrast. Niece also watched the movie starring Anne Hathaway.
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, One Day revolves around Emma and Dexter (Em and Dex), who meet at a “uni” (university) graduation party in 1988. What’s supposed to be a one-night-stand expands into a decades-long friendship fraught with unspoken, secret feelings.
It’s frustrating and endearing because the feelings are reciprocated. This isn’t a story of unrequited love. Somehow, through his immaturity and womanizing, Emma loves Dexter, and despite his sometimes selfish behavior towards her, she really is the only woman he’s ever loved .
For years, they’re not in the same place in life—geographically, career, relationships, maturity, financially. He’s white; her family is of Indian descent, though in the play she’s depicted by a Black woman. Em and Dex go on vacations together, call, and write letters, a crucial one is never delivered nor read. There’s a feeling of FINALLY! when they become a couple.
Then you realize there’s too much left in the book. Clearly, the coupling is not the typical happily ever after ending. I screamed at the TV watching the series, talked out loud to myself while reading the book, and was grabbed by Niece on my left and Sister on my right in the theater during the musical.
Niece and I knew what was coming. Sister did not.
The play was our second-to-last night in Scotland. It was a wonderful evening. We snapped photos and bought souvenirs in the downstairs lobby of The Royal Lyceum. Niece surprised us with a VIP experience in the theater’s upper room. A reserved bar table awaited us. The bartender served us chilled champagne until it was time to claim our seats—first row of the mezzanine.
Niece, ever the researcher, planner, and fellow book lover, found several bookstores for us to visit while in Scotland. I’m an over-packer and had to be mindful of suitcase space. I still had to buy a bag. In addition to the ONLY FOUR books I bought, I purchased lovely-smelling body butters, a vase from a museum gift shop, funky overalls for The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in May, mini bottles of whisky for myself and brother, and whatever else escapes me at the moment.
It was late March. We braved chilly winds and rain. I wore leggings under my clothes every day and still never got too hot as we walked around, especially when we bookstore-hopped.
One of the first days, if not the first, we visited Waterstones, a chain bookstore. I purchased Before We Hit the Ground by Selali Fiamanya and a leather bookmark branded with the store name. On a separate day, Aunt-Niece Day, (my sister stayed at the hotel), we visited the combo McNauhtan’s Bookshop & Gallery and Typewronger, where I snagged Redwood Court by DeLana R.A. Dameron. The store owner stamped the inside of my book and gave me an elephant origami.
A short, brisk walk brought us to Topping & Company Booksellers, where I continued my purchases of Black-authored books with Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh and Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah. I also witnessed a real-life love story in real time.
While browsing on the lower level, I watched an elderly couple enter. They were both stooped over and took small steps. They were also snazzy dressers. The wife declared she’d wait for him downstairs, to which he replied, “You’re not going to come with me?”
The combination of the raspiness of his weathered voice, the longing in his voice, him reaching out to place his hand on hers, her quick and simple “ok,” and them shuffling off together towards the elevator left me teary-eyed with a lump in my throat.
I bet they didn’t squander years like Emma and Dexter did.
I want that elderly couple’s relationship one day.
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Bookstores Named for Great Authors & Artists
Shakespeare – Source: biography.comAs a followup to the post on bookstores named for famous books, stories, poems, and characters, this post identifies those named after famous authors and artists. This information came from personal knowledge, as well as using google.com and gemini.google.ai
Far and away the most commonly used author’s name for bookstores is “Shakespeare” with five examples. No more than one was found for any other author.
Peace!
Bloomsbury Books – Ashland, OR [an early 20th century literary group that included Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keyes, Lytton Strachey, and Vanessa Bell]
Emerson Emporium – Boston, MA
Faulkner House Books – New Orleans, LA
Hemmingway House of Stories & Spirits – Pineville, LA
Jane Addams Book Shop – Champaign, IL
Karl Marx Bookstore – Frankfurt, Germany
Keats & Chapman – Belfast, NI, UK
Leopold’s Books, Bar & Cafe – Madison, WI
Longfellow Books – Portland, ME
Poe & Company – Milton, GA
Shakespeare Bookstore – Algiers, Algeria
Shakespeare & Co. Books – Missoula, MT
Shakespeare & Company – Paris, France
Shakespeare & Sons – Berlin, Germany
Shakespeare a Synové s.r.o. – Prague, Czechia
Whistler‘s Daughter Bookstore – Ferndale, MI
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Bookstores Named for Great Authors & Artists
Shakespeare – Source: biography.comAs a followup to the post on bookstores named for famous books, stories, poems, and characters, this post identifies those named after famous authors and artists. This information came from personal knowledge, as well as using google.com and gemini.google.ai
Far and away the most commonly used author’s name for bookstores is “Shakespeare” with five examples. No more than one was found for any other author.
Peace!
Bloomsbury Books – Ashland, OR [an early 20th century literary group that included Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keyes, Lytton Strachey, and Vanessa Bell]
Emerson Emporium – Boston, MA
Faulkner House Books – New Orleans, LA
Hemmingway House of Stories & Spirits – Pineville, LA
Jane Addams Book Shop – Champaign, IL
Karl Marx Bookstore – Frankfurt, Germany
Keats & Chapman – Belfast, NI, UK
Leopold’s Books, Bar & Cafe – Madison, WI
Longfellow Books – Portland, ME
Poe & Company – Milton, GA
Shakespeare Bookstore – Algiers, Algeria
Shakespeare & Co. Books – Missoula, MT
Shakespeare & Company – Paris, France
Shakespeare & Sons – Berlin, Germany
Shakespeare a Synové s.r.o. – Prague, Czechia
Whistler‘s Daughter Bookstore – Ferndale, MI
#books #bookstores #Emerson #Faulkner #Longfellow #Poe #Shakespeare -
Bookstores Named for Great Authors & Artists
Shakespeare – Source: biography.comAs a followup to the post on bookstores named for famous books, stories, poems, and characters, this post identifies those named after famous authors and artists. This information came from personal knowledge, as well as using google.com and gemini.google.ai
Far and away the most commonly used author’s name for bookstores is “Shakespeare” with five examples. No more than one was found for any other author.
Peace!
Bloomsbury Books – Ashland, OR [an early 20th century literary group that included Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keyes, Lytton Strachey, and Vanessa Bell]
Emerson Emporium – Boston, MA
Faulkner House Books – New Orleans, LA
Hemmingway House of Stories & Spirits – Pineville, LA
Jane Addams Book Shop – Champaign, IL
Karl Marx Bookstore – Frankfurt, Germany
Keats & Chapman – Belfast, NI, UK
Leopold’s Books, Bar & Cafe – Madison, WI
Longfellow Books – Portland, ME
Poe & Company – Milton, GA
Shakespeare Bookstore – Algiers, Algeria
Shakespeare & Co. Books – Missoula, MT
Shakespeare & Company – Paris, France
Shakespeare & Sons – Berlin, Germany
Shakespeare a Synové s.r.o. – Prague, Czechia
Whistler‘s Daughter Bookstore – Ferndale, MI
#books #bookstores #Emerson #Faulkner #Longfellow #Poe #Shakespeare -
Bookstores Named for Great Authors & Artists
Shakespeare – Source: biography.comAs a followup to the post on bookstores named for famous books, stories, poems, and characters, this post identifies those named after famous authors and artists. This information came from personal knowledge, as well as using google.com and gemini.google.ai
Far and away the most commonly used author’s name for bookstores is “Shakespeare” with five examples. No more than one was found for any other author.
Peace!
Bloomsbury Books – Ashland, OR [an early 20th century literary group that included Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keyes, Lytton Strachey, and Vanessa Bell]
Emerson Emporium – Boston, MA
Faulkner House Books – New Orleans, LA
Hemmingway House of Stories & Spirits – Pineville, LA
Jane Addams Book Shop – Champaign, IL
Karl Marx Bookstore – Frankfurt, Germany
Keats & Chapman – Belfast, NI, UK
Leopold’s Books, Bar & Cafe – Madison, WI
Longfellow Books – Portland, ME
Poe & Company – Milton, GA
Shakespeare Bookstore – Algiers, Algeria
Shakespeare & Co. Books – Missoula, MT
Shakespeare & Company – Paris, France
Shakespeare & Sons – Berlin, Germany
Shakespeare a Synové s.r.o. – Prague, Czechia
Whistler‘s Daughter Bookstore – Ferndale, MI
#books #bookstores #Emerson #Faulkner #Longfellow #Poe #Shakespeare -
Bookstores Named for Great Authors & Artists
Shakespeare – Source: biography.comAs a followup to the post on bookstores named for famous books, stories, poems, and characters, this post identifies those named after famous authors and artists. This information came from personal knowledge, as well as using google.com and gemini.google.ai
Far and away the most commonly used author’s name for bookstores is “Shakespeare” with five examples. No more than one was found for any other author.
Peace!
Bloomsbury Books – Ashland, OR [an early 20th century literary group that included Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keyes, Lytton Strachey, and Vanessa Bell]
Emerson Emporium – Boston, MA
Faulkner House Books – New Orleans, LA
Hemmingway House of Stories & Spirits – Pineville, LA
Jane Addams Book Shop – Champaign, IL
Karl Marx Bookstore – Frankfurt, Germany
Keats & Chapman – Belfast, NI, UK
Leopold’s Books, Bar & Cafe – Madison, WI
Longfellow Books – Portland, ME
Poe & Company – Milton, GA
Shakespeare Bookstore – Algiers, Algeria
Shakespeare & Co. Books – Missoula, MT
Shakespeare & Company – Paris, France
Shakespeare & Sons – Berlin, Germany
Shakespeare a Synové s.r.o. – Prague, Czechia
Whistler‘s Daughter Bookstore – Ferndale, MI
#books #bookstores #Emerson #Faulkner #Longfellow #Poe #Shakespeare -
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Baltimore Banner: Baltimore’s waterfront gets its Barnes & Noble back
"The national bookstore chain will take over the former Oceanaire Seafood Room location and open its doors in late October, according to a press release from Harbor East Management Group. It’s a 10,000-square-foot space at 801 Aliceanna St., along the roundabout in Harbor East. ... Baltimore, once nicknamed the “The City That Reads,” has been without a Barnes & Noble since August 2020, when the long-standing store at the Power Plant on Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic."
https://www.thebanner.com/economy/barnes-noble-baltimore-harbor-east-F5OIUG6ZNJFFXKS2KD56WDAXGE/