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James Thurber wrote a short story about the worst dog his family ever owned. Muggs was known as “The dog that bit people,” but thanks to the story and the cartoon Thurber drew of his dog, Muggs has been memorialized at the Thurber family grave site in Columbus, OH with his own monument.
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#jamesthurber #literarytravel #booktok #columbusohio #havebookswilltravel #literarycharacterstatue
These are the books that started it all! When I was in elementary/middle school I read my way through a family friend’s collection of Famous Five books, borrowing a new one each week. You can’t buy them in the US and we didn’t have the internet then so I couldn’t just get my own copies. I loved them so much that when I learned Enid Blyton’s Kirrin Castle was based on England’s Corfe Castle, I decided I had to visit it one day. In 2015 I made that trip and consequently started the blog.
Our family friend is now cleaning out her house after the recent passing of her husband, and as her own girls haven’t taken this set of books, she asked if I would like to have them. This is possibly the best bookish gift I’ve ever/will ever receive! I’m so thankful she let me borrow them all those years ago, and I will cherish them again now.
#booktok #thisbookishlife #literarytravel #havebookswilltravel #enidblytonbooks #corfecastle
Our family friend is now cleaning out her house after the recent passing of her husband, and as her own girls haven’t taken this set of books, she asked if I would like to have them. This is possibly the best bookish gift I’ve ever/will ever receive! I’m so thankful she let me borrow them all those years ago, and I will cherish them again now.
#booktok #thisbookishlife #literarytravel #havebookswilltravel #enidblytonbooks #corfecastle
I love the bookstores in Salem, MA! I can spend hours poking through the shelves of books on fairies, witches, divination, astrology, crystals, tea leaves, Wicca, herbology, etc. This place is unlike any other and I just love it.
But I also feel deeply conflicted about Salem being the witch capital when women were killed here just for being suspected of being witches.
I’ve decided I need to learn more about present day Wicca in order to decide if it’s dishonoring the memory of the Salem victims or taking back the power instead to enjoy what present day Salem offers…
#bookworm #beginnerwitch #booktok #salemma #indiebookstore #literarytravel #fyp
But I also feel deeply conflicted about Salem being the witch capital when women were killed here just for being suspected of being witches.
I’ve decided I need to learn more about present day Wicca in order to decide if it’s dishonoring the memory of the Salem victims or taking back the power instead to enjoy what present day Salem offers…
#bookworm #beginnerwitch #booktok #salemma #indiebookstore #literarytravel #fyp
@Beacon Hill Books & Cafe in Boston is my new favorite indie bookstore. It might be because my college mascot was a squirrel, but I just love everything about this place, especially the squirrel motif! From the squirrel door at the entrance to the squirrel driving the train in the children’s room it’s just all adorable and made me feel like a child in wonder everywhere I turned! I can’t wait to revisit this place and have tea in the cafe which wasn’t open yet when I visited!
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#bookstagram #booktok #literarytravel #booktube #bookworm #indiebookstore #independentbookstore #boston #beaconhillbooksandcafe #squirrel #fyp #havebookswilltravel #travelblogger
Now that the book bound in HUMAN skin has been moved off site, I finally took a tour of the Boston Athenaeum and I’m kicking myself for not having gone in sooner! It’s beautiful and I should have studied there while in Boston for grad school! #booktok #librarytour #literarytravel #willtravelforbooks #boston #bostonathenaeum @BostonAthenaeum