Beth’s Comments (group member since Feb 04, 2017)

Beth’s comments from the Around the World in 80 Books group.

I'm working on getting better about using the Hennepin County library system...but sometimes I just hate waiting for a book so I buy it instead.

Hey everyone! Since we are reading books that are a little outside the mainstream, I'm curious to hear where people are getting their books--both for this group and in general. Do you have a favorite local bookstore? Do you shop Amazon? Library? Something else?

I ordered Sweet and Sour Milk from Magers and Quinn (for all you folks outside the Twin Cities, that's a bookstore in Mpls). They didn't have it in the store, so I ordered it from them. I looked into ordering it straight from the publisher, but it was less expensive to get it from the bookstore.

I'm planning to stop by Moon Palace Books (another great mpls bookstore!) on Wednesday to pick up this month's book. For all you Twin Cities people, they are participating in a fundraiser for the Immigrant Law Center of MN where they are donating 20% of all sales on Wednesday.

My mom is a librarian, so growing up my family NEVER bought books--we only checked them out from the library! What about everyone else?

Hello! I also know Cait from undergrad at Augsburg. I work for a professional association of social workers doing communications and political advocacy. I enjoy reading fiction, but haven't been doing much reading at all lately because I recently finished grad school. I'm really excited to start reading again for fun, and I look forward to the discussions with this group