Hannah Harlow
@hhharlow.bsky.social
Co-owner of the Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social. Writer. Reader. Co-host of John Updike’s Ghost, a books podcast: pod.link/1594686894
The duo behind the Book Shop AND Four Books a Fortnight being cute in our smocks.
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The duo behind the Book Shop AND Four Books a Fortnight being cute in our smocks.
Oop, look what was hiding on the last page of the catalog! Got to keep things interesting when you're the 650th title.
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Oop, look what was hiding on the last page of the catalog! Got to keep things interesting when you're the 650th title.
I get a little punch drunk by the time I reach title #604 in a catalog, but I'm pretty sure THIRTY LOVE for a gay tennis romance is the best thing I've seen in a while. (Actually would have preferred FORTY LOVE but what can you do. (Damn, it appears to be taken.))
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I get a little punch drunk by the time I reach title #604 in a catalog, but I'm pretty sure THIRTY LOVE for a gay tennis romance is the best thing I've seen in a while. (Actually would have preferred FORTY LOVE but what can you do. (Damn, it appears to be taken.))
August 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Sunday morning read, the fictional account of Penelope Fitzgerald’s real-life trip to Mexico. Highly enjoyable so far, somehow the writing keeps you on your back foot in the best way.
August 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Sunday morning read, the fictional account of Penelope Fitzgerald’s real-life trip to Mexico. Highly enjoyable so far, somehow the writing keeps you on your back foot in the best way.
We are very hot and will be sleeping all day.
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We are very hot and will be sleeping all day.
Hala Alyan’s memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME is well worth your time. Gorgeously written in short vignettes it embodies the effects of a family’s displacement from their homes (Gaza, Kuwait, Lebanon) over time and generations and how to live with that and survive and endure and rebuild.
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hala Alyan’s memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME is well worth your time. Gorgeously written in short vignettes it embodies the effects of a family’s displacement from their homes (Gaza, Kuwait, Lebanon) over time and generations and how to live with that and survive and endure and rebuild.
This book is so bonkers. I am mostly just along for this wild ride trying to absorb gems of truth and on page 167 I am comforted by the fact that a bookseller goes about bookselling as reality erodes (France, 1940) and is like, yeah, just read some Simenon already. This is basically me.
May 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This book is so bonkers. I am mostly just along for this wild ride trying to absorb gems of truth and on page 167 I am comforted by the fact that a bookseller goes about bookselling as reality erodes (France, 1940) and is like, yeah, just read some Simenon already. This is basically me.
The returns sheets. Returns still make me throw up a little but at least I just scan them in and print out a report.
January 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The returns sheets. Returns still make me throw up a little but at least I just scan them in and print out a report.
Found on an old binder full of returns sheets ✌️
January 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Found on an old binder full of returns sheets ✌️
If the store isn’t open exactly at 9am today it’s because I have a cat sleeping on me and I cannot get up.
January 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If the store isn’t open exactly at 9am today it’s because I have a cat sleeping on me and I cannot get up.
Speaking of anger…
From Omar El Akkad’s forthcoming ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS
From Omar El Akkad’s forthcoming ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS
January 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Speaking of anger…
From Omar El Akkad’s forthcoming ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS
From Omar El Akkad’s forthcoming ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS
Taking inventory is so tiring but so satisfying.
Felt much love for everyone buying something today so I didn’t have to count it later.
Felt much love for everyone buying something today so I didn’t have to count it later.
January 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Taking inventory is so tiring but so satisfying.
Felt much love for everyone buying something today so I didn’t have to count it later.
Felt much love for everyone buying something today so I didn’t have to count it later.
Finishing tonight. It’s been a real trip.
December 31, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Finishing tonight. It’s been a real trip.
With bells on. Or headbands. Who even knows anymore. Is it really not Christmas yet? Definitely open until 2 and then I’m sorry we are locking the doors. And then I will be napping all the way to Maine.
December 24, 2024 at 12:23 PM
With bells on. Or headbands. Who even knows anymore. Is it really not Christmas yet? Definitely open until 2 and then I’m sorry we are locking the doors. And then I will be napping all the way to Maine.
It’s a shame I stopped drinking or these would be a lot easier to write.
December 12, 2024 at 5:28 PM
It’s a shame I stopped drinking or these would be a lot easier to write.
Slow morning around here for everyone but this guy.
December 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Slow morning around here for everyone but this guy.
Kids have to make their own breakfast this morning so I can finish the truly great and chilling THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami.
December 9, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Kids have to make their own breakfast this morning so I can finish the truly great and chilling THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami.
The 12yo asked if it would be weird to put a smiley face on a cookie and the answer was of course NOT WEIRD AT ALL. So now the fish has usurped the dinosaur in my heart.
December 6, 2024 at 11:48 AM
The 12yo asked if it would be weird to put a smiley face on a cookie and the answer was of course NOT WEIRD AT ALL. So now the fish has usurped the dinosaur in my heart.
Christmas dinosaur the best cookie obv
December 5, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Christmas dinosaur the best cookie obv
The post-meal vibe around here
November 29, 2024 at 12:43 AM
The post-meal vibe around here
a knowledge polka, a wonderment waltz, a blithe ballet of discovery
November 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
a knowledge polka, a wonderment waltz, a blithe ballet of discovery
On the Calculation of Volume is soothing my soul 📚💙
Just to be in the presence of greatness.
Just to be in the presence of greatness.
November 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
On the Calculation of Volume is soothing my soul 📚💙
Just to be in the presence of greatness.
Just to be in the presence of greatness.
Every night I optimistically set my alarm for 6am and every morning this guy announces, over and over, when it’s 5am.
Good morning!
Good morning!
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Every night I optimistically set my alarm for 6am and every morning this guy announces, over and over, when it’s 5am.
Good morning!
Good morning!
If there was a book I could go back and read for the first time again I think it would be The Golden Compass. You?
November 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
If there was a book I could go back and read for the first time again I think it would be The Golden Compass. You?