This book by Danzy Senna is about LA, writing, race, wealth and stolen ideas, and I loved it. I had no idea when I started that that the author and main character both live in “Mayberry” (aka South Pasadena) too, so that made it EXTRA fascinating to me.

Every morning I set off for a run but end up walking home, books in hand, after I pass the Little Free Libraries.

It is bonkers.

I lived in Berlin for years and never felt compelled to buy this terrifying German classic kid’s book, but it found me today in a little free library here in South Pasadena and I finally relented.