It is a quiet weekday signing. Fortunately one couple need six signed copies. Browsing to pass the time, I am again mistaken for a bookseller.
'Could you help me with the Paddington Bear books? I have a granddaughter in Perth.'
Of course I can. We find the adventure that seems exactly right, and then the lady asks me how long I have worked here. I explain that I don't - that I've simply been signing my book.
[Rubicund Radical Bookshop offers] the second transcendent moment of the tour, sipping coffee and seated by a shop window displaying a Robert Mapplethorpe photography book, as a sense of hope grows in me that there really could be a radical future with acceptance of everyone for whoever they may be, and quality cake for all. Rather than being a champagne socialist, I may become a Battenberg Bolshevik.
Dangerous for the wishlist...
October BOTM picks are live!
What are we thinking?!
I was hoping for more spooky options!
pickThis one was cute but more spice than storyline for me. Hazel was darling and I loved her wanting to have a fun summer before turning 30. And Noah was a sweetheart wrapped in a bad boy-ish package. I‘m enjoying the series and will dive into book 3 next.
allons à la librairie,
se perdre dans un bon livre —
nourriture pour ton âme.
let‘s go to the bookstore,
get lost in a good book —
food for your soul. ?
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #frenchhaiku #bibliophile
pickNot getting much reading done at the moment as life is a bit busy blowing me off track!
Anyway, finished this yesterday and loved it. Wish I‘d have been in the position to visit Silver Moon when it was open.
Used one of my Boudicca bookmarks as these women were modern day warriors!
so-soA bit philosophical, preachy at times, simple, slow and light - description “healing fiction” suits :) The book had good thoughts about about work-life balance. But it seemed plotless, monotonous and dragged-out.
