This morning, I went inside a bookstore for the first time since January 2020. I picked up part of an online order, I browsed, and I bought a few more books. It was almost normal.
![Next Chapter Books in St Paul MN Bookmark with a drawing of a stack of books whose titles spell the word tsundoku](https://rnv.micro.blog/uploads/2023/0a23da9c88.jpg)
![TSUNDOKU the flipside of the bookmark showing the definition of the word tsundoku: acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up in one's home. See also smartpiling](https://rnv.micro.blog/uploads/2023/5e52d9e912.jpg)
And, of course, I grabbed a pinch of bookmarks.
![Next Chapter a pile of bookmarks](https://rnv.micro.blog/uploads/2023/0c0403f25c.jpg)
This morning, I went inside a bookstore for the first time since January 2020. I picked up part of an online order, I browsed, and I bought a few more books. It was almost normal.
And, of course, I grabbed a pinch of bookmarks.