It's been a busy end of summer over here at The Book Nomad Headquarters...aka my camper dining room table. Mid-August I started my fall semester at SJSU and an internship with EveryLibrary, the first and only public action committee for libraries. I am helping them on their Fight for the First initiative, working on fighting for First Amendment rights for all of the books, all of the authors, all of the children who need to read these books.

I'd love it if you went on their website and signed their list of library supporters petition or even purchased a few banned books to spread around from their Banned Book Store. These book bans gotta stop.

Speaking of bookstores...my other exciting news is I am back at it as a part-time book seller. I worked in bookstores in Denver on and off for 10 years and have always dreamed of working in a bookstore again. I recently joined the team at Ferguson Books & More, an independent shop with locations in Grand Forks, West Fargo and Bismarck. I'll be in the Bismarck store starting mid-October. Stop in and say hi!

I am still looking for other work because turns out selling books is not that lucrative. Let me know if you've got some spreadsheets or projects I can organize!

So now to some talk of actual books. I finally sent out my third installment of The Reading List. This time I snuck on six books which are....

1. Everything Sad is Untrue* by Daniel Nayeri
2. The Seven-Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
3. The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
4. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
5. I Was Told There'd by Cake By Sloane Crosley
6. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

*Please read this one, if no other!

The next two lists will feature banned books and BIPOC authors. I am really excited to put those together and I finally went through all 200 of my Bibliophilia postcards so I am also excited to find new postcards to send them on. It's the little things, ammiright?

I have only a few days left here in Minnesota. Yesterday, I was sitting on the end of the dock staring at the lake as it glittered at me, feeling quite sad about having to pack up the camper. I  have to remind myself it turns to winter here too, eventually. Because I only spend summers in Minnesota, it has become a magical fairytale land to me.

However, before I land myself square into my second North Dakota winter, I get to spend a week in Denver visiting everyone and celebrating my friends, David and Tony, at their wedding and then I am on to Greece for two weeks with Roxy and our family friend Kim.

More on that soon!