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Author Archive: "Aunt Paige"

Ask Aunt Paige

Book Advice for Lovers

by Aunt Paige, February 10, 2021 9:09 AM
Ask Aunt Paige February 2021 Love Edition

Hello Honeybucket,

Aunt Paige here. As a bookseller and lifelong bookworm, I’ve spent years of my life answering bookish inquiries: in the bookstore and at family gatherings, on the bus, at happy hour… you get the idea. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that no book question is just about the book. That friend isn’t just looking for a sad book — they just went through a breakup and they’re looking for an excuse to ugly cry while demolishing a pint of rocky road. That customer isn’t just looking for a book they remember from childhood — they LOVED that book, lent it to a friend, never got it back, and are still trying to replace it 20 years later (just one reason you should never lend books to friends you want to keep as friends).

That deeper conversation is one of the best parts of being a book person...

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