Fall reading: 7 recs from the season so far

A bookstore update and a list of books that brought joy, insight, and escape these last couple of months.

We did it. We sold the bookstore.

When it was listed on July 2nd, our realtor assumed it would take the usual 6 months to a year. Thom guessed a year or more. I didn’t make a guess, I didn’t make an assumption. I said it would sell that summer because I knew - knew! - everyone had the dream.

Sure enough, when mid-September rolled around, after over 100 i…