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Great post! Made me laugh. Glad you’re not leading the LDS guy on.

I’m in Arkansas right now and lots of people respond “I’m feeling blessed” when you ask how their day is. We were thinking the proper answer for when you’re feeling not so good is “feeling cursed”. Whatcha think? Will the AK folks stop being nice to me if I say this? Can I get exorcised in the next few days?

And this is the best bookstore I’ve been to but I don’t think I’ve found my soulmate yet https://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/

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tbh if you’re trying to get exorcised, I would really go for gold: “God has abandoned me today” — also Unabridged looks great!

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Ooooh that’s good thank you

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https://thebookies.com/ was my local childhood bookstore. hang out spot. my mom would take us all the time and when my smallest sister was born, the ladies helped decide between the names kai and hannah. I used to sneak read the gossip girl in the stacks because I wasn't allowed. Beloved matriarch, owner and my god-grandmother sue lubeck passed last year: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/11/sue-lubeck-bookies-denver-bookstore/

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Thanks for including me!

I need to check out Spoonbill. It sounds terrific. Book Court used to be my place, and since that shut down I feel like I've been drifting. I guess the place that feels closest to it now is Mercer Street Books. Always find something interesting there. I've been meaning to get over to Better Read than Dead, but haven't yet.

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My indie bookstore is dog-friendly, always has great ideas of what I should get (as if I need more books) and has dozens of book clubs.

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