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Reading adventures, Pt. 2: Digging into the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in Barcelona
I left Madrid in love with Spain – and with the experience of reading location-specific novels while traveling. Reading The Familiar and experiencing a dark, historical angle of Madrid left me craving a similar experience over the rest of my travel. As we hopped on the train to Barcelona, I pulled out The Shadow of
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Reading adventures, Pt. 1: Stories familiar and novel in Madrid
When I was little, summer meant one thing: travel. Whether we were packing our car for a road trip through the Appalachian Mountains or buckling in for a long-haul flight to Kolkata, my family was lucky enough to spend our summers adventuring. And that meant I got to take my reading to the most wonderful
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The hidden potential of airport bookstores (and my favorite one!)
I spend a reasonable amount of time in Major Metropolitan Airports, so I like to think I’m familiar with airport bookstores. When I passed through Charlotte’s airport recently, many of the usual bestsellers were prominently displayed on the newsstand shelves. The bookstores in CLT also had a similar volume of books as others I’ve seen