Run for Cover Bookstore

I have followed and admired the work of Julie Lythcott-Haims @jlythcotthaims for a while now. And on this 4th of July this is the book I am rereading and encourage you to discover. #read #books #memoirs

The July indie booksellers pick is gripping! Get it, get it! From me! Thank you @librofm for the audiobook version. #read #bookstagram #audiobooks #indiebooksellers #booksellersofinstagram

I have the best helpers a bookseller could dream of today! Charleigh is keeping tab on our new baby chicks while Jo is helping me! Thank you! You both rock! #smallbusiness #shopsmall #supportsmallbusiness #booksellersofinstagram

The quiet reading hour is my favorite time of the day. Brandy Colbert’s new upcoming book is leaving me speechless. #bookstagram #reading #tulsamassacre #blacklivesmatter

Imagine the year 2021 where: -All who want to read have access to books -Your indie bookseller continues to work hard to connect readers and authors -Everyone cares enough about our global community to wear a mask -A vaccine reaches the masses so we can take the best of what we learned during this pandemic and apply it together... -Civic and civil awareness continue to be heightened through books and meaningful conversations These are my wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Dear Book Lovers #readmorebooks #booksellersofinstagram #supportindiebookstores See more

Finishing 2020 with this excellent mystery. Sit and read is a good plan for today! #read #mysterybooks #readmorebooks #booksellersofinstagram #shopindie #supportindiebookstores

End of the year good news! Kacey had a beehive in Julian that he moved to Ramona this morning. He came home with some beautiful frames full of honey! We will be extracting tomorrow and I will let you know how many pounds we have for sale! Ending 2020 on a somewhat sweet note I guess... #honey #bees #bookstagram #read #booksellersofinstagram

How cool that would be?! Where have you recently traveled in the books you read? I have recently visited Australia, a London suburb, Paris, Ethiopia and Sweden. Let’s play! Your turn! #bookstagram #read #travelthroughbooks #supportindiebookstores #booksellersofinstagram

The scene last night: I don’t think Lonnie was so much into reading but Etienne sure was into one of the books he received over the holiday break. A story about baseball of course! Stay home, stay safe and read a book San Diego. #read #readmorebooks #mgbooks #booksellersofinstagram #supportindiebookstores #shoplocalsd

Here are all the things I was grateful for early this morning: the excellent She come by it natural by Sarah Smarsh read by the author, Libro.fm for providing me with endless listening of such great books, the cooler weather and my two feet and legs and butt and mind that allowed me to push them for my longest run yet! What are you reading this weekend dear Book Lovers? Share it here with us. #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores #shopindie #boxedout #shoplocal

Ending the day @obbcsd to mail our Halloween Book Bundle and treats (some going all the way to Pennsylvania!) and dropping off my ballot. I voted . Thank you to Chris @obbcsd for always working so hard to make my business tasks a smooth ride! #vote #supportindiebookstores #readmorebooks #shopindie #shoplocal

It is time to take your minds off the outside world, off politics (only if you have voted already!) and to immerse yourself in this amazing new cookbook by my favorite chef Yotam Ottolenghi, Flavor. You can smell the flavors Ottolenghi chose to share jumping from every page. What an exceptional book! Get your copy now or for the holidays! #cookbookstagram #cookbooks #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores #shopindie #shoplocal

I finally finished my Blue Wave postcards last night. It cut on my reading time but it seems a lot more urgent and important right now. #vote #everyvotecounts

My nights are often punctuated by insomnia so I feel very grateful for excellent writers to keep me company during these quiet hours. Bad Tourist by Suzanne Roberts is really good! I can’t wait for another half sleepless night tonight! #teadmorebooks #travelwriting #supportindiebookstores #shopindie #boxedout #shoplocal

I am very excited to announce a new Book Lovers Club monthly subscription option! Let me pick a fiction paperback book ($16) or a Middle Grade or Young Adult fiction paperback book for you ($10) and deliver it or mail it. Sign up is for 3 months with option to renew (which I hope you will love it so much you will choose to do so!) This can also be a great holiday present (hint, hint!)! Signing up is easy: email me the option you choose and I will send you back an invoice! Thank you! #readmorebooks #bookloversclub #reading #supportindiebookstores #shopindie

One of those weeks: my desktop keyboard has gone awry, thankfully I have a laptop on which I am working right now but that chair outside keeps teasing me as I want so bad to just go and sit in it and read! But there is too much to do! Happy midweek dear Book Lovers. You got this! #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores #shopindie #shoplocal

Tuesday mood: thank you to Jonathan Van Ness for a good mood Tuesday morning. What are you reading this week? Stay well dear Book Lovers and #vote #readmorebooks #boxedout #shopindie #supportindiebookstores

A wonderful supporter of Run for Cover Bookstore and reader commented recently on my deliveries that I was delivering joy! I am totally adopting that phrase and really was feeling it today as I was dropping off all the Book Lovers Club selections for this month. Seeing some of your smiles when I am lucky enough, from a safe distance, to see some of you is pure joy for me! Thank you dear Book Lovers. Stay well and keep on reading! These books are all so unique and extraordinary. Happy reading! #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores #authorsofinstagram #shoplocal #supportlocal

Yep, that’s us and you! Happy Monday dear Book Lovers. #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores

Thank you David Sedaris for keeping me laughing while running this morning! #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores

It is amazing how two pieces of snail mail can lift my spirits and my heart. This awesome Thank You drawing came from one of the young readers adopted through our Adopt-A-Reader program. This message is truly for all of our generous donors who have signed up (I am just a conduit). And this RBG #Vote sticker was ordered by my husband as he knew I would love it. He was right! Have a wonderful weekend dear Book Lovers. Tonight I need a refreshing drink of some sort! #readmorebooks

The ping-pong table is full of books to pack and deliver! I apologize for being behind today. Some days are just tougher than others. But my 15-year old set me up to build my own playlist which I called Mom rocks! And now I am dancing away while writing you notes and mapping my delivery routes dear Book Lovers so all is well again! Happy Friday! #readmorebooks #supportindiebookstores