I am often asked how I select the books I bring to pop-ups. There are book reviews and those of you frequenting the book stall have made suggestions. I take those recommendations to heart.
Then there is one of my favorites – serendipitous book shopping which happens when you browse a bookstore (or a popup) or one of those little libraries, or some stack of books you have piled up in a corner of your house, followed by an “Aha!” moment. (I wrote an entire book about it.)
Recently, I was in historic Savannah for a couple of days for a “book club” retreat and I visited two bookstores off Bull Street-- the Book Lady Bookstore and E. Shaver Booksellers. I remember both stores from when I visited Savannah over ten years ago and both are well-stocked with a variety of books.
At E. Shaver, I found two books that I purchased to review:
How to Keep Your Plants Alive by Kit Carlson, PhD, and Aaron Carlson which includes colorful pictures and tips on “50+ plants that are impossible to kill.” What inside-the-house gardener can resist a challenge like that?
And
Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them by Tove Danovich, a personal and breezy account of the chicken culture. I have chicken blood in my veins—sorta. My father and grandfather raised chickens. My sister played with chickens as a child, and my daughter raises chickens. But myself? Not so much, but I was fond of this chill bird (a silky) Granger who I am holding here before his untimely demise via a hawk.
Both these books will be available for serendipitous-like book shopping at our next popup on Saturday morning, November 2nd at the Carter Center’s Freedom Farmers Market.
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