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Unrepentant bibliophile - collect them, sell them, review them, ceaselessly acquire them.
Reader. Writer. Researcher. Retired.
Hopeful, human, humane, hippie.
No automatic follow back.
Reader. Writer. Researcher. Retired.
Hopeful, human, humane, hippie.
No automatic follow back.
We got this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We got this.
I remember this.
For those of your who may not:
(image from NIH website, public domain)
For those of your who may not:
(image from NIH website, public domain)
October 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I remember this.
For those of your who may not:
(image from NIH website, public domain)
For those of your who may not:
(image from NIH website, public domain)
"Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy" by Randi Weingarten
"A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as 'the most dangerous person in the world'"
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
"A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as 'the most dangerous person in the world'"
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy" by Randi Weingarten
"A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as 'the most dangerous person in the world'"
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
"A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as 'the most dangerous person in the world'"
www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...
"Two Brothers" by Ben Elton (Swan Press edition, 2013)
The synchronicity of this book with current events is uncanny. Berlin in 1936 looks a lot like DC in 2025.
It's historical fiction, heavy on the history
(recommended to me by a reader in England)
#currentread #indiebookstore #historicalfiction
The synchronicity of this book with current events is uncanny. Berlin in 1936 looks a lot like DC in 2025.
It's historical fiction, heavy on the history
(recommended to me by a reader in England)
#currentread #indiebookstore #historicalfiction
September 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Two Brothers" by Ben Elton (Swan Press edition, 2013)
The synchronicity of this book with current events is uncanny. Berlin in 1936 looks a lot like DC in 2025.
It's historical fiction, heavy on the history
(recommended to me by a reader in England)
#currentread #indiebookstore #historicalfiction
The synchronicity of this book with current events is uncanny. Berlin in 1936 looks a lot like DC in 2025.
It's historical fiction, heavy on the history
(recommended to me by a reader in England)
#currentread #indiebookstore #historicalfiction
"Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."
-- Ezra Pound
#books #indiebookstore #reading
#FreedomToRead
-- Ezra Pound
#books #indiebookstore #reading
#FreedomToRead
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."
-- Ezra Pound
#books #indiebookstore #reading
#FreedomToRead
-- Ezra Pound
#books #indiebookstore #reading
#FreedomToRead
Supporting local authors, diverse viewpoints, and the right to love who you love. It's a trifecta.
(PSA, not affiliated with author/publisher)
#FreedomToRead
(PSA, not affiliated with author/publisher)
#FreedomToRead
July 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Supporting local authors, diverse viewpoints, and the right to love who you love. It's a trifecta.
(PSA, not affiliated with author/publisher)
#FreedomToRead
(PSA, not affiliated with author/publisher)
#FreedomToRead
"E pluribus unum"
Out of many, one.
Add your flag ...
Out of many, one.
Add your flag ...
June 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"E pluribus unum"
Out of many, one.
Add your flag ...
Out of many, one.
Add your flag ...
"How to Change You Mind", by Michael Pollan
Equal parts history and chemistry, science and mythology, Pollan attempts to bridge the gap between what we believe about consciousness, and what we experience.
I don't agree with him on some points, a little dilettante at times, but a good overview.
Equal parts history and chemistry, science and mythology, Pollan attempts to bridge the gap between what we believe about consciousness, and what we experience.
I don't agree with him on some points, a little dilettante at times, but a good overview.
June 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"How to Change You Mind", by Michael Pollan
Equal parts history and chemistry, science and mythology, Pollan attempts to bridge the gap between what we believe about consciousness, and what we experience.
I don't agree with him on some points, a little dilettante at times, but a good overview.
Equal parts history and chemistry, science and mythology, Pollan attempts to bridge the gap between what we believe about consciousness, and what we experience.
I don't agree with him on some points, a little dilettante at times, but a good overview.
Bookseller or graphics human question
I use a flatbed scanner to create images of books - this works well for covers; not set up for photos. If I want to include images of internal pages, the scanner is problematic.
I'm thinking a handheld scanner. Yes/no?
#bookshop #bookstore #indiebookstore
I use a flatbed scanner to create images of books - this works well for covers; not set up for photos. If I want to include images of internal pages, the scanner is problematic.
I'm thinking a handheld scanner. Yes/no?
#bookshop #bookstore #indiebookstore
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bookseller or graphics human question
I use a flatbed scanner to create images of books - this works well for covers; not set up for photos. If I want to include images of internal pages, the scanner is problematic.
I'm thinking a handheld scanner. Yes/no?
#bookshop #bookstore #indiebookstore
I use a flatbed scanner to create images of books - this works well for covers; not set up for photos. If I want to include images of internal pages, the scanner is problematic.
I'm thinking a handheld scanner. Yes/no?
#bookshop #bookstore #indiebookstore
The Roll of Fiction
Best served warm with butter. Honey optional.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Best served warm with butter. Honey optional.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
May 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Roll of Fiction
Best served warm with butter. Honey optional.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Best served warm with butter. Honey optional.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
I love to discuss books, promote books, review books ... and just generally share my love of books.
I also sell books, but in this moment I'm more concerned about the wave of book bans, the de-funding of libraries, and the attacks on education.
#library #librarians #FreedomToRead #indiebookstore
I also sell books, but in this moment I'm more concerned about the wave of book bans, the de-funding of libraries, and the attacks on education.
#library #librarians #FreedomToRead #indiebookstore
May 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I love to discuss books, promote books, review books ... and just generally share my love of books.
I also sell books, but in this moment I'm more concerned about the wave of book bans, the de-funding of libraries, and the attacks on education.
#library #librarians #FreedomToRead #indiebookstore
I also sell books, but in this moment I'm more concerned about the wave of book bans, the de-funding of libraries, and the attacks on education.
#library #librarians #FreedomToRead #indiebookstore
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
- Epictetus
Born into slavery in Rome, Epictetus ended up in Greece, where he was freed and became a Stoic philosopher and teacher.
#books #reading #discourses #stoicism
- Epictetus
Born into slavery in Rome, Epictetus ended up in Greece, where he was freed and became a Stoic philosopher and teacher.
#books #reading #discourses #stoicism
April 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
- Epictetus
Born into slavery in Rome, Epictetus ended up in Greece, where he was freed and became a Stoic philosopher and teacher.
#books #reading #discourses #stoicism
- Epictetus
Born into slavery in Rome, Epictetus ended up in Greece, where he was freed and became a Stoic philosopher and teacher.
#books #reading #discourses #stoicism
Sometimes, when I find a particular passage that strikes me, I'll go back later and re-read it out loud to myself. A good writer can make the words sing. There is a rhythm, a tempo in good writing. Language, in the hands of an author, can become music in itself.
I like to sing along.
📖🎶 #books
I like to sing along.
📖🎶 #books
April 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sometimes, when I find a particular passage that strikes me, I'll go back later and re-read it out loud to myself. A good writer can make the words sing. There is a rhythm, a tempo in good writing. Language, in the hands of an author, can become music in itself.
I like to sing along.
📖🎶 #books
I like to sing along.
📖🎶 #books
Being a bookseller means you don't mind bringing work home ...
April 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Being a bookseller means you don't mind bringing work home ...
"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."
- Benjamin Franklin
Support your local library, and the #FreedomToRead
- Benjamin Franklin
Support your local library, and the #FreedomToRead
April 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."
- Benjamin Franklin
Support your local library, and the #FreedomToRead
- Benjamin Franklin
Support your local library, and the #FreedomToRead
... and another thing -
With a physical book, no one else knows what you are reading. Unless you want them to.
#PhysicalBooks #FreedomToRead #libraries
With a physical book, no one else knows what you are reading. Unless you want them to.
#PhysicalBooks #FreedomToRead #libraries
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
... and another thing -
With a physical book, no one else knows what you are reading. Unless you want them to.
#PhysicalBooks #FreedomToRead #libraries
With a physical book, no one else knows what you are reading. Unless you want them to.
#PhysicalBooks #FreedomToRead #libraries
I read with intention.
That intention can be to learn something. It can be simple entertainment. It can be a discovery of new worlds, or a new understanding of old ones. To become aware of differences, or to glimpse commonalities. To reveal who I am, or to show me who I can become.
#books #reading
That intention can be to learn something. It can be simple entertainment. It can be a discovery of new worlds, or a new understanding of old ones. To become aware of differences, or to glimpse commonalities. To reveal who I am, or to show me who I can become.
#books #reading
March 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Almost finished ... it's a re-read. Reading it again takes me back into the story, but also back into the memory of reading it before. I first read it as a teenager and it left an impression. Now I feel some of the same emotions, and others that have been tempered with experience.
#reading #books
#reading #books
March 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My current TBR stack. A little light reading.
Where should I start?
All purchased from indie bookstores, of course.
#BoycottAmazon #indiebookstore #librarian
Where should I start?
All purchased from indie bookstores, of course.
#BoycottAmazon #indiebookstore #librarian
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My current TBR stack. A little light reading.
Where should I start?
All purchased from indie bookstores, of course.
#BoycottAmazon #indiebookstore #librarian
Where should I start?
All purchased from indie bookstores, of course.
#BoycottAmazon #indiebookstore #librarian
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 7: "The Surrendered Single" by Laura Doyle (2002)
From the Bad Girl novel to self-help
Chapters include:
- Surrender to Your Desire to be Happily Married
- Stop Male-bashing and Start Admiring Men
- Flirt with Every Man you See
- Trust His Capabilities
#WomensHistory #books
From the Bad Girl novel to self-help
Chapters include:
- Surrender to Your Desire to be Happily Married
- Stop Male-bashing and Start Admiring Men
- Flirt with Every Man you See
- Trust His Capabilities
#WomensHistory #books
March 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 7: "The Surrendered Single" by Laura Doyle (2002)
From the Bad Girl novel to self-help
Chapters include:
- Surrender to Your Desire to be Happily Married
- Stop Male-bashing and Start Admiring Men
- Flirt with Every Man you See
- Trust His Capabilities
#WomensHistory #books
From the Bad Girl novel to self-help
Chapters include:
- Surrender to Your Desire to be Happily Married
- Stop Male-bashing and Start Admiring Men
- Flirt with Every Man you See
- Trust His Capabilities
#WomensHistory #books
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 6: "Here Is My Body" by Booth Mooney (1952)
Behind the lurid GGA cover, and buried in the subtext of this otherwise unremarkable novel is a revealing glimpse of American morality and mores in the post-war era.
This was a popular sub-genre in the 50s.
#WomensHistory #books
Behind the lurid GGA cover, and buried in the subtext of this otherwise unremarkable novel is a revealing glimpse of American morality and mores in the post-war era.
This was a popular sub-genre in the 50s.
#WomensHistory #books
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 6: "Here Is My Body" by Booth Mooney (1952)
Behind the lurid GGA cover, and buried in the subtext of this otherwise unremarkable novel is a revealing glimpse of American morality and mores in the post-war era.
This was a popular sub-genre in the 50s.
#WomensHistory #books
Behind the lurid GGA cover, and buried in the subtext of this otherwise unremarkable novel is a revealing glimpse of American morality and mores in the post-war era.
This was a popular sub-genre in the 50s.
#WomensHistory #books
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 5: "Higher Consciousness Through Happy Homemaking" by Bea Happy (2004)
I read enough to determine this wasn't satire, but rather an unwitting look at the social and cultural pressures that allot the role of "homemaker" to women in our society.
#WomensHistory #books
I read enough to determine this wasn't satire, but rather an unwitting look at the social and cultural pressures that allot the role of "homemaker" to women in our society.
#WomensHistory #books
March 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 5: "Higher Consciousness Through Happy Homemaking" by Bea Happy (2004)
I read enough to determine this wasn't satire, but rather an unwitting look at the social and cultural pressures that allot the role of "homemaker" to women in our society.
#WomensHistory #books
I read enough to determine this wasn't satire, but rather an unwitting look at the social and cultural pressures that allot the role of "homemaker" to women in our society.
#WomensHistory #books
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 4: "Heloise's Housekeeping Hints" by Heloise Cruse (1965)
The cover says it all.
This series of WHM posts look at women's roles as defined by social "norms" and American culture over time, and how women re-shaped them over time.
As told by the book.
#WomensHistory #books
The cover says it all.
This series of WHM posts look at women's roles as defined by social "norms" and American culture over time, and how women re-shaped them over time.
As told by the book.
#WomensHistory #books
March 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 4: "Heloise's Housekeeping Hints" by Heloise Cruse (1965)
The cover says it all.
This series of WHM posts look at women's roles as defined by social "norms" and American culture over time, and how women re-shaped them over time.
As told by the book.
#WomensHistory #books
The cover says it all.
This series of WHM posts look at women's roles as defined by social "norms" and American culture over time, and how women re-shaped them over time.
As told by the book.
#WomensHistory #books
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 3: "Hammerfall" by C.J. Cherryh (2001)
She appended the "h" to her real name because her editor thought "Cherry" sounded like a romance writer. She went by C. J. to hide that she was female in a typically male genre.
In the footsteps of "George Sand".
#WomensHistory #books
She appended the "h" to her real name because her editor thought "Cherry" sounded like a romance writer. She went by C. J. to hide that she was female in a typically male genre.
In the footsteps of "George Sand".
#WomensHistory #books
March 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth - Day 3: "Hammerfall" by C.J. Cherryh (2001)
She appended the "h" to her real name because her editor thought "Cherry" sounded like a romance writer. She went by C. J. to hide that she was female in a typically male genre.
In the footsteps of "George Sand".
#WomensHistory #books
She appended the "h" to her real name because her editor thought "Cherry" sounded like a romance writer. She went by C. J. to hide that she was female in a typically male genre.
In the footsteps of "George Sand".
#WomensHistory #books