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Brian Bouldrey's avatar

Auntie's! Je suis! Last November, I yelled to my whole family, "YER ALL GETTIN POETRY AND YER GONNA LIKE IT."

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Hemant Mehta's avatar

Read "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"! SOOOO GOOD!

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Sally Stokes's avatar

This was so much fun! What a wonderful bookstore.

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Holly's avatar

More bookstore tours, please! Next stop: Powell’s in Portland. I’d like to see you use that selfie stick at Book Loft in Columbus, OH. You would put an eye out with that!

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Julia Sweeney's avatar

Powell's is a big favorite, and I truly love The Book Loft in Columbus, it's the biggest reason I am sad that my daughter is no longer in Columbus, Ohio!

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Ennavé Institute's avatar

You signed my Letting Go of God CD at Auntie’s! I just finished Demon Copperhead. I “read” the audiobook edition. The voice artist really took an amazing book to the next level.

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Julia Sweeney's avatar

Oh, good tip!

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Howard Coombe.'s avatar

Who could not approve of you.

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Julia Sweeney's avatar

Howard, you made my day :)

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Margaret Downey's avatar

OMGoodness. I love listening to a podcast and working on a puzzle at the same time. If we do this together, we can add wine!

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Mindy's avatar

I have such a big grin on my face with this video. And LOL's too. xx

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Jess Walter's avatar

Aw, thank you, Julia. Loved seeing you, the greatest treader of water since Charlton Heston!

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foglight's avatar

i love bookstores, thanks for the tour of auntie's & uncle's! if you're ever in SF, go to green apple books on clement. it's a classic. old & creaky, super fun to browse.

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Mo Collins's avatar

Might need to check out We Live In Water!! I love short stories. ❤️

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Christa Lyneis's avatar

We need a JS Sub-Substack, podcast recommendations!

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David Williams's avatar

I love the atheist snark!--- BLESS YOU.--- True Grit is great! And so is the verey un-p.c. Norwood which might be the funniest american novel ever written. And true beyond belief! It's like a very funny documentary. Really...

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Julia Sweeney's avatar

That's what Jess said, that Norwood was the one to read next. I will get it.

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Jenn H's avatar

I love shopping in bookstores, and apparently I love it enough that I even enjoy it vicariously :-D

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Jerry Bosch's avatar

I loved this tour of Auntie's and your side comments along the way! Oh and you succeeded in making me feel guilty about not reading more of Jess Walter's works and I just ordered a handful (4)!!!

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Lorian's avatar

My dream doc would be Ken Burn's Indie American Bookstores with Julia Sweeney! I could watch one of these posts everyday then head to my library, said the indie musician, who buys the books she loves from our local Bookman indie bookstore once she's checked them out :) Stay cool you beauty!

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