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Yes! Madeline Miller was friendly and approachable at my local indie bookstore. #sundayfunday

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Yes! It is one of my favorite things to do… I think I have met 20+ authors!!

I spent 10 years working events at Barnes and Nobles up and down the West Coast, and I now live in PDX with Powell's books so I have been lucky enough to meet and work with a few big names some are so terrible I don't read their books, some are utter delights!!
Some of my favorites: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (RIP), Angie Thomas, Jodi Picoult (who I still call Jodi Pickles in my head) Patrick Rothfuss, Aiden Thomas, and Curtis Sittenfeld

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Yes, several for local indie authors when I lived in Asheville, including Ron Rash. I also meet over 20 authors and got books signed by them at the last BookExpo before Covid.

Yes, several! My favorites have been Tamora Pierce, Lindy West, and Rebecca Thorne. Eoin Colfer was also a lot of fun.

I would have loved to be able to see Terry Pratchett or Ursula K Le Guin before they passed. ❤️

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A few days late. #SUNDAYFUNDAY
Yes. A few times. Now I only lend books to other bookworms that I trust. Tagged is one book that I had to replace

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It happens all the time. I learned not to lend books out that I intend on keeping.

I have personal copies of books I will only loan out selectively, but for the most part if someone borrows a book and doesn‘t return it, I‘ve learned to let it go. Having a middle school class library has taught me to be much more relaxed about this. The tagged series tends to come back in the worst shape or sometimes not at all, but it‘s also a series that gets more reluctant readers reading and that‘s the real goal.

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I don‘t think so, if it has happened to me, I can‘t recall. I more than likely have lost my own books and then found them again. #sundayfunday

One of my closest friends gave me a beautiful hard back copy of In The Beginning by Virginia Hamilton. I love folklore and this book is gorgeous. I loaned it to another friend just before her apartment building caught fire. Her entire family had to jump from a second story window. I had to resist the urge to ask her if my book was okay. I had to get another copy. #sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern