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...harry potter wallpaper in a hair salon????????

Look. I was surprised as well. It’s some sort of fancy wallpaper from pottery barn or something. From far away it looks like a botanical print, but closer inspection reveals that it’s full of hp iconography.

It’s a tiny salon with just two stylists, so it’s an intimate space that they have complete control over. It’s maybe 100 sq ft. Three walls are painted, and the wallpaper is on the feature wall.

I’m going to guess that a lot of people aren’t going pay enough attention to notice.

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just sending you some solidarity as a former gifted kid (whose autism was missed by the 80's/90's diagnostic paradigm) who also took 14 years to graduate college.

Thank you, friend. Hope you have the support you need now. 💛

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Reminder: bookshop.org has free shipping through 4/28/24

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Me: I’m not going to buy anything before my upcoming trip

Independent Bookstore Day happens: 😬

It is a beautiful Independent Bookstore Day and I am a grieved goblin on a book-buying ban 👿

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I got free book grab bags from two bookstores today, and the fantasy one came with a copy of Emily Wilde! I’m so excited (less so about the other, lol). It also included six stickers and some other goodies.

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Ok, folks, I made it to six independent bookstores today, and I am exhausted.

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happy independent bookstore day @neil-gaiman

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^^^locate participating shops here^^^

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*through squinted teary eyes, runny nose, and scratchy throat* yeah i love spring!

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Perhaps it's time for the semi-regular reminder not to support JKRowling due to her being a terf and a Holocaust denier (see recent posts where she claims trans people were not targeted by Nazis) and several other things I'm sure I'm forgetting. Supporting her includes: buying her books, pirating her books, consuming anything that has her name attached to it. Your desire to relive childhood nostalgia should not win out over queer people's desire AND RIGHT to live their lives without fear.

She is still alive and she is using her platform to boost and fund organizations that want to erase queer people from the world.

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Travel. Sightseeing. Exploring cafes and bookshops. Visiting friends around the globe. Hit all of the US national parks. Take lots of art classes. Maybe finally do some of the cross stitch and embroidery kits that are overflowing out of my crafting cabinet. Read.

I'm curious, if you suddenly became rich and didn't need to work, what would you do with your day?

I'd write and do so many crafts

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My cartoon for this weekend’s @Guardian Books.

p.s. my book ‘Revenge of the Librarians’ is out now: tomgauld.com

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reblog for sample size !!

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Your 10 Most Read Authors

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What are your ten most Most Read Authors? And how many books have you read by them? Also tag someone who you would like to do this! (Original Instructions (this option wasn't available for me): Scroll to the bottom of your shelves and most read authors is listed underneath. What I did: Exported my Goodreads library and did some Excel magic.)

I felt certain before I started counting that this list would be dominated by my childhood faves; I was right, though there are a surprising number of adult faves too. I've included whether I read them all for the first time as a kid or as an adult.

(As an aside, I also read a ton of Agatha Christie as a teen/pre-teen; if I'd kept track of those, she would certainly be on this list.)

10. Dorothy L. Sayers (10 books) - all the Lord Peter books + Are Women Human? Read as an adult.

9. Tracy/Teresa Grant (11 books) - I went through a period where I was very into her Rannoch/Fraser series. Read as an adult.

8. Robin McKinley (13 books) - I've read everything she's published for adults (I think) except for the short story collections she published with her husband and Dragonhaven. Read as a child/teen and as an adult.

7. Maud Hart Lovelace (13 books) - All the Betsy-Tacy books, plus the ones about Emily and Carney. Read as a child/teen.

6. C.S. Lewis (14 books) - All the Narnia books, plus my forever fave Till We Have Faces, and also a bunch of nonfiction. I might be missing a couple in here. Read as a child/teen.

5. L. Frank Baum (15 books) - Possibly the author I've read the second most of in my life if you count all the times I reread the Oz books and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Read as a child.

4. Ursula K. Le Guin (16 books) - Earthsea, various Hainish novels, and most of her published nonfiction. Read as an adult.

3. Madeleine L'Engle (18 books) - Oh gosh. Her kids books, her adult novels, her poetry, her nonfiction...so much! Read as a child/teen.

2. L.M. Montgomery (20 books) - Um...everything? Except I still have not read The Story Girl and The Golden Road--I've kind of been saving them so that there will still be more L.M. Montgomery books for me to read. But I have read every novel she ever published, plus some of her short story collections. Considering how many times I've reread The Blue Castle and the Anne and Emily books, definitely my most read author ever. Read as a child/teen.

and...1! Barbara Hambly (27 books) - LOL! My intense obsession with the Benjamin January series is showing! But also the James Asher series, both the original pulp classic Hollywood book and the mystery she turned it into, both Star Wars novels, and one of the Windrose books. Also, given that I still have several Ben books left and she's still cranking out a few books every year (how is she so prolific?), her lead will only grow! Read as an adult, except for her two Star Wars books, which were read as a teen.

tagging: @redweathertiger, @sawthefaeriequeen, @dollsome-does-tumblr, @ace-trainer-risu and @ladytharen

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March 2024 Reads

The Mystery Guest - Nita Prose

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde - Tia Williams

This is How You Fall in Love - Anika Hussain

The Getaway List - Emma Lord

Cancelled - Farrah Penn

Friends Don't Fall in Love - Erin Hahn

The Someday Daughter - Ellen O'Clover

We Got the Beat - Jenna Miller

This Day Changes Everything - Edward Underhill

A Tale of Two Princes - Eric Geron

Once a Queen - Sarah Arthur

The Magicians of Caprona - Dianna Wynne Jones

The Wicker King - K. Antrum

The Eyes and the Impossible - Dave Eggers

A First Time for Everything - Dan Santat

60 Songs That Explain the 90s - Rob Harvilla

Welcome to the O.C. - Alan Sepinwall

Mother Hunger - Kelly McDaniel

All in Her Head - Elizabeth Come

How to Be the Love You Seek - Nicole LaPera

Your Pocket Therapist - Annie Zimmerman

And How Does That Make You Feel? - Joshua Fletcher

How to ADHD - Jessica McCabe

This Book May Save Your Life - Karan Rajan

Women Food and Hormones - Sara Gottfried

Practical Optimism - Sue Varma

Languishing - Corey Keyes

Private Equity - Carrie Sun

The World Deserves My Children - Natasha Leggero

Big Bites - Kat Ashmore

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts: 

The Eyes and the Impossible was, by far, the standout of the month. Told from the point of view of Johannes, a free dog living in an urban park (a thinly veiled Golden Gate Park in San Fransisco), who keeps the other animals in the park updated on the ongoings in the park. Featuring birds, and woodland creatures, and bison, and goats, and humans who change everything.

Dave Eggers wrote one of my all-time favorite books, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and I have avoided reading any of his subsequent works for fear that they would be disappointing. I took a chance on this one since it's middle grade and quite a departure from his other works, and I'm so glad I did.

Goodreads Goal: 108/200

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