Roundabout Books Blog

In our blog I hope to share the books we find which we would never find if we were actually looking for them. Many of them are what I call "found humor;" like found art or found poetry, they have a meaning different than their original intention. They are often funny, but sometimes they are just books I love for some reason or another, and think you might love to know they exist, too. We'll also try to let you know what is happening at our shop.

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Our bookstore is open again. This was a wonderful day. (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtrY-UhusF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Rearranging. (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSMTSKh8Od/?igshid=fwd4e8tiypbi

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February perseverance. (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPO3hahGLI/?igshid=1iyncbts54qkz

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Thinking of the year behind and the year ahead, and feeling with Yeats the weight of the individual soul. With peace and well wishes and memory for the people we love in 2021. #wbyeats #poetry #roundaboutbooks #usedbooks #vintagebooks #irishpoetry #greenfieldma #bookstagram #2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcw19MBT_Z/?igshid=1wpifz68q2si

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Ready! And Welcome! (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqmSvLhwFT/?igshid=be3bu673frmd

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Thank you everyone for a wonderful sale. It’s not too hard with a lot of friends helping out. Stay warm with your books! (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeYc3wBYJM/?igshid=xntj7hgg4l9o

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Goodnight sale. (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCSB3ahB_Sv/?igshid=xsc67ojhcun4

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We’ve just listed a huge swath of nature, homestead, and woods books from our storefront on our website. We’ll be sharing highlights all week. (Coconut seems pretty confident in his field knowledge already, but perhaps it will be a help to others.) (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADuGS7Buqc/?igshid=rkzt0qsvhrwf

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“Droschkenkutcherhaltung,” the traditional southern German concept of “deliberately not being concerned in the face of challenges (or the posture that results from said absence of concern.” . #foundinabook #foundinabookfriday #madeupwords #vintagemedical (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YIpGahTsD/?igshid=wdtyayqnrmvf

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Here is just another way Roundabout can help you get to cool confidence. (We just listed on our site a huge part of our storefront inventory collection of cooking and food writing books.) This is how Miriam Wells, @seamewsea , imagines the effect! . There is a lot I ❤️ about her particular view of it. First, Our cat Coconut is pretty sure it is him—a sort of magical cartoon life he might lead in his sleeping life when he isn’t making cat memes with @margaretcbetts. I like that a cat probably would use a word with medical urgency connotations to describe a cooking need. And, I feel certain a cat would believe he ‘nailed it.’ . #cookbooks #foodwriting #catcartoon #miriamwells #cookingathome #foodie (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EDjgzBmxJ/?igshid=1tgz5ttlq0owg

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Our new books freshly stacked for a picture before shelving. It has been a month of quick movements and changes, but we are still very much thinking of our service ethic: . Free shipping on any book with no minimum . Thousands of used books added to our online inventory . Book bundles for $20, and we send pictures first for your approval . Fresh new books added to our website . Shipping by phone M, T, Th, F -- call and we will help you locate what you are looking for . Special ordering right to your house through our Bookshop.org/shop/roundaboutbooks site Continuing to accept all donations at our store (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-_HkcvBDkM/?igshid=10j6og2pkajty

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Mail of our times. Some artifacts of our experience: an expedited shipment to “patient [name];” a public health textbook to Portland by USPS Priority 1-day; D&D game Manuals; 3 bags of Tandem coffee; 9 pm. Love and deepest well-wishes from Roundabout. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YQw5JBzH5/?igshid=falkfewelr1s

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“Wilson’s Department Store, 1882-1936” and other front page advertisements from Greenfield’s local business directories. #smallbusiness #positivelygreenfield #greenfieldma (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QY-5pB0lR/?igshid=10n14qq8sawrq

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Adding Sci-Fi and Fantasy, freshly picked, to the pallet for the fall book fairs. #sciencefiction #fantasywriting #fantasybooks (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-N3OXDh61p/?igshid=1gg590usgwwer

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Dear Friends, Thank you for thinking of us while you are dealing with your daily challenges.  I feel so grateful for your support, and delighted by so many of the books we are shipping--classics, new fiction, and children’s books--all sorts of different books and ideas. For us, we have been trying to make a quick change to providing our storefront books, and especially our children’s books, through the mail.  We’ve launched our book bundles and are now picking them as a family every night at the shop. The books are piled high and precarious in the former storefront awaiting a better plan, but the pace feels like a newsroom, fast and purposeful, and that is thanks to you.  :)  I thought I should share a clear outline of what we’re offering now, and I’m eagerly aiming to add more.   Shop for Books, CDs, and DVDs on Our Website.   .Free shipping on every item, no minimum purchase! .We have transformed our shop to catalog thousands more books that would usually go to our storefront. .Book bundles for children, organized by age are available right on our website. .Book bundles for adults are available now, too, and YA bundles are coming soon.  Shop by Phone .Available M, T, Th, F ‪10 am - 5 pm‬. .Just call our shop at ‪[phone]‬ and we can collaboratively shop our storefront inventory, including send you photographs of sections or books you might be interested in.  It’s quite fun! (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NhnuFhamx/?igshid=vkql7q6xmc70

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A box of vintage poetry just packed for fall trips to MIT, Hampshire, and Amherst College. I always prefer pallet-aged poetry...much deeper flavor. #roundaboutbooks #bookfair #caskaged #antandgrasshopper #futureself (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GIthyBQ3n/?igshid=1qztfk5lxq9xw

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A year later, some things are different and some things are the same. #roundaboutbooks #serviceberry (at Roundabout Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DXxWCBO3p/?igshid=1wmtp27ogiwpq