So if you‘re a coffee/Dunkin Donuts addict like me today was the day Dunkin brought back the Pumpkin Spice!! So of course I HAD to have my favorite Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew 🧋🧡
So my lunch break consisted of drinking my delicious coffee and reading my current book!
#SassyBookworm😏 #PumpkinSpice #FallVibes
pickThis is one of the best graphic novels I‘ve read. The author built this alternate world where wishes are commodities that are mined and sold. It is so thorough and the philosophical musings of whether someone should use a wish or not and what would be the best wish is fascinating. There are three first class wishes that the book is basically divided up into, and it‘s set in modern-day Egypt. I was really impressed.
pickYes I am obsessed with Shaun Tan. I thought this book was wonderful. The art by all the different illustrators were beautiful and the words were very thoughtful. Perfect for any age.
I tried Vietnamese coffee this weekend and this sign was hilarious and true!! It was so strong I felt like I could see sounds for awhile!
pickI found this book when reading Alice Hoffman‘s short story ‘the Bookstore Sisters‘. It was the main characters favorite childhood book. It‘s an absolutely delightful story about a family that stumbles across a magic coin that grants ½ of any wish made by the person holding the coin. I wish I had a young child to introduce to this author!
I loved this graphic novel that tells of Shokry, a kiosk owner, in Cairo where wishes are real & regulated & controlled by the local & federal authorities & bureaucracies. The frame narrative is that Shokry is determined to sell his three first class wishes & the bulk of the book is comprised of the stories of the disparate individuals who buy them. The artwork, by turns colorful & starkly black & white as necessitated by the story is (cont)
An early morning coffee date is exactly what I needed after a long and busy week!
pickA world where wishes are regulated and can be bought by anyone with means (or received as a gift/prize). This is a trilogy of stories concerning such a gift of three wishes and who ends up using them. This was an unexpected gut punch as well as an absolute delight. Kicking myself for not purchasing it this past weekend when making the rounds for indie bookstore day… but once I‘m off my book buying ban I‘ll be adding this to my collection.
