{"id":9930,"date":"2022-08-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2022-10-27T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:23:41","slug":"national-booklovers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9930","title":{"rendered":"National Booklovers&#8217; Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2015-11-28-14.10.59-1.jpg?resize=391%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bookshare, Flannery O'Connor, peacock\" class=\"wp-image-5582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2015-11-28-14.10.59-1.jpg?w=391&amp;ssl=1 391w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2015-11-28-14.10.59-1.jpg?resize=147%2C150&amp;ssl=1 147w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2015-11-28-14.10.59-1.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption>Bookshare box outside Flannery O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s girlhood home <br>with an adored peacock (photo: Vicki Weisfeld)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Touted as \u201ca day for all those who love to read,\u201d today is National Book Lovers Day! So many ways to celebrate: reading to a child, buying a rare book, reorganizing your bookshelves (might need more than one day for that), making a donation of books to your library, or reading something you wouldn\u2019t ordinarily read (ok, I\u2019m ordering Stephen Graham Jones\u2019s <em>My Heart is a Chainsaw<\/em> right now!). Maybe I should finally paint the Little Free Library my daughter gave me three Christmases ago. Goodness knows, I could fill it! I took the above picture of the one outside Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s home in Savannah. Note the peacock on the side\u2014she raised them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#a10303\"><strong><em>Celebrate with a new five-star mystery thriller! I have just the book in mind: Architect of Courage by, well, me. Enjoy!<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3p768IG\">Click here to order.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touted as \u201ca day for all those who love to read,\u201d today is National Book Lovers Day! 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