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saturday morning musings
Word vomit post Happy Saturday and yay for shitty pictures I am back to reading War and Peace with my big love muffin (and oh, is she big; and sometimes I curse her out for dragging me. The mug greatly describes her at times. But she’s doing a wonderful job of protecting her livestock babies.)…
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my lovely reading of february
February Reading Wrap-up I beat my 2023 February reading with 2,740 pages this past month. I finished my reread of the Harry Potter series as well as completed my first reading of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly…
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selling points of used books in today’s economy
☆Happy Thursday☆ As a bookseller, what is the value that I see in these books? At this time in the country, people can’t afford as much as they were able to a few years ago. They need to save money, they’re looking to save anywhere that they can. Used books at a lower cost not…
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sunday musings with a shelfie
I was messing around with my Stephen King books for a minute. I think I may copy a friend’s [on bookstagram] idea of how to tackle War and Peace by taking breaks between each book. And I haven’t read any King since August, so I think a King break in a couple hundred pages of…
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patriotism
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Yes. It means putting my country first and not allowing socialism to take root. It means voting but also taking a firm stand in what I believe in and speaking up when things are not going the way this country was founded upon. It means…
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finding old treasures and current reads
You find the most interesting things when buying old books. Especially when you’re buying whole lots. There’s so much to learn out there in the world, so many books out of print. Yet, if there are only corporations that invest in only the shiny and pretty new releases, how are we to ever learn from…
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small bookstore woes
Starting a bookstore is hard. Starting any kind of business is hard. The business plan and reality never align perfectly. I cry a lot. Sometimes I wonder why I chose to do this. Sometimes I want to sell this wholesale lot and stick to a hobby farm and homeschool. A lot of times I think…
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january 2024 wrapup
My Greatest Reading Month So Far January of 2024 set a great precedent for my reading life. I read 8 books, which seems to be my average monthly amount. But the great aspect of this month was that I read 3,490 pages. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to read as much as…
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quality over quantity
I started thinking about quality over quantity for books yesterday. I want to read all of the books on my tbr and those that extend passed it. The only way to do that (in my mind) is to read as much as I can, as fast as I can. But here’s the issue with that…books…
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a lottery farm and bookstore
What would you do if you won the lottery? Start my Barnes & Noble empire. And buy a bigger farm. I’d kickstart those two businesses, kick some ass, and see where I can go from there. Go big but not too big because the government will need its cut. Logistically, maybe I’d first start the…
