Best Books of 2025 (5-1) 5. The Killing Stones- Ann Cleeves 4. Girl from Greenwich Street- Lauren Willig 3. Bells of Westminster- Leonora Nattress 2. Lock, Stock and Harold- Ebberley Finch 1. Raising Hare- Chloe Dalton @anncleeves.bsky.social @ebberleyfinch.bsky.social @chloedalton.bsky.social

Best Books of 2025 (10-6) 10. The Woman in Suite 11 - Ruth Ware 9. The Unraveling of Julia - Lisa Scottoline 8. Realm of Ice and Sky - Buddy Levy 7. Secret of Secrets - Dan Brown 6. Last Room on the Left - Leah Konen @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @lisascottoline.bsky.social @leahkonen.bsky.social

December Bookshop Crawl White Birch Books - North Conway, New Hampshire When you’re done skiing for the day, pop in. It’s a quintessential New England ski town book shop #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl #NorthConway #WhiteMountains #BookshopCrawl

Laguna Beach 12.28.25

December Bookshop Crawl Beacon Hill Bookshop - Boston This book shop located in the old money section of Boston would have made this list even without part of it being accessed only if you duck your head a couple of feet to enter. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Oia, Greece #travelphotography #travel #photography

Happy #Caturday - part two

Happy #Caturday from Eleanor

December Bookshop Crawl Hatchard's - London Put it this way, in the late 1800’s Oscar Wilde declared Hatchard’s to be his favorite book shop. And it had already been open 100 years by then. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Pulteney Bridge - Bath, England #travelphotography #travel #photography #Bath

January #MusicChallenge #70sTop30 Honorable Mention Same Old Scene – Roxy Music Recorded late in ’79 this comes in just under the wire. When we’d go to NYC clubs back in the day it always felt like all of NYC was on the dance floor when this would come on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Av...

Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico #travelphotography #travel #photography #Mexico

December Bookshop Crawl Big Chicken Barn – Ellsworth, Maine A stone’s throw from Acadia National Park lies this—you got it—former chicken barn that houses a gargantuan array of used books. Another example of what makes Maine so wondrously weird #travelphotography #travel #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

We have a fire going most nights but we have it cranked up early this Christmas Day.

Wherever you are this holiday I hope you're not submerged like we are here in Los Angeles.

December Bookshop Crawl Diesel - Brentwood, California If you can get past the helicopter parents looking for the perfect book for their precious little angel you’ll find a gem of a book shop that does an amazing job with the tiny space they have #travelphotography #travel #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Windows at Fortnum and Mason, London Merry Christmas, everyone.

December Bookshop Crawl Wicked Good Books/Silly Bunny Toy Shoppe - Salem, Massachusetts Of course you’d expect a book shop in Salem to be called Wicked Good, wouldn’t you? #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl #Salem

Mayfair London at Christmas #Mayfair #London #LondonChristmas

December Bookshop Crawl Henniker Book Farm - Henniker, New Hampshire Not many people get to this little town in Central New Hampshire that has a rather quaint ski area and this delightful book shop, complete with wood burning stove #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum Rooftop, Hollywood #travelphotography #travel #photography #AcademyMuseum #AMPAS

December Bookshop Crawl Mysterious Bookstore - New York This place lost some of its charm when it moved from a brownstone on 54th St to its new location. But if you love mysteries this is your happy place. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

December Photo A Day December Bookshop Crawl Bart’s Books - Ojai Another book shop that could only be located where it is. There is a section of books left outside all night with an honor box. Ah yes, Ojai. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Getty Museum Garden, Los Angeles #Getty #Photography #Gardens #Travel #TravelPhotography

Sheats-Goldstein House, Hollywood Hills #photography #HollywoodHomes

This is Boots. Our next door neighbors had him as an outdoor cat. Then they moved and didn’t take him. I will never ever understand when that happens. Never. Now he’s here for two squares a day and we make sure he’s okay, as do other neighbors.

Happy #Caturday from Ike, Tina, and Keith

December Bookshop Crawl 20 Atlantis Books - Santorini, Greece A tiny bookshop downstairs in a cave on a Greek Island. Who is going to say no to that? I’m guessing they’re kidding about the whole rent-a-cat thing, but I never wanted to ask. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky

Lobby, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. London 2014. #photography #travelphotography #london

Skyscrapers through the fog Garment District, New York City 2023 #travel #photography #travelphotography #NYC

December Bookshop Crawl Powells Books - Portland Simply massive. Not to sound like an ad for the place but if they don’t have it, you don’t need it. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

The unlikeliest of besties. Lucy and Roscoe.

December Bookshop Crawl Whitlock Book Barn - Bethany, Connecticut When they say “Book Barn” they don’t mean a refurbished or renovated barn. They mean a real barn. Oh and by the way, it’s in the middle of absolutely nowhere. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Canyonback Wilderness Park, Santa Monica Mountains

December Photo A Day December Bookshop Crawl 17 Sheafe Street Books - Portsmouth, New Hampshire Is there a more beautiful town at the holidays than Portsmouth, New Hampshire? #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

December Bookshop Crawl Blackwells - Oxford, England You automatically feel just a bit more intelligent being this close to Oxford University. Join a discussion group on Cartesian Dualism? Why I’d love to. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

December Bookshop Crawl Susie’s Stories, Rockport, Massachusetts Definitely the smallest book shop I’ve ever been in, Susie’s Stories sits out on Bearskin Neck which extends out into the Atlantic. What a setting. #travelphotography #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl @susiesstories.bsky.social

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 1. Better Things Playing this song helped me through a particularly tough time in my life. For years I had the lyrics posted on my refrigerator. Thanks Ray. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxiY...

December Photo A Day December Bookshop Crawl Godmothers, Montecito, CA What it lacks in authentic charm it more than makes up for in celebrity sighting potential. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 2. Around the Dial They opened with this 800 pound whirling dervish of a rock anthem when I saw them in 1981 at the old Boston Garden and it immediately vaulted to #2 on my list of favorite Kinks songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQu3...

December Bookshop Crawl The Strand Bookstore, New York (Union Sq/Upper West) I’ve been to the Union Square location dozens of times and I still don’t think I’ve been to every section. The Upper West location (right) is more welcoming. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

Happy #Caturday from Harry

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 3. Waterloo Sunset This is a lovely little song, plus bonus points for the Terence Stamp and Julie Christie mentions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFlD...

December Photo A Day December Bookshop Crawl MacDonald’s, Estes Park, Colorado This place just screams the Rockies, from its mountain location to the people working there who look like they just rolled in from a 1986 Phish concert #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 4. Victoria Wasn’t one of my favorite Kinks songs until I saw them do it live. A classic sing-along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wejg...

December Bookshop Crawl Andover Bookshop, Massachusetts The oldest independent book shop in the U.S. To put it in perspective, the place opened the same year Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, and Abraham Lincoln were born. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 5. Celluloid Heroes How many rock songs mention the great George Sanders? I’ll answer that for you, one. This one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zz0...

December Bookshop Crawl Dogtown Books, Gloucester In the middle of the oldest seaport in the US (est. 1623) lies this gem of a used bookshop. Want a 19th century literary dissertation on the Horned Screamer? They got it. #travelphotography #travel #photography #booksky #Bookshopcrawl #Gloucester

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 The Kinks 6. Destroyer What I love about this record is how "big" the sound is. Like the drums are being played next to your ear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y-...

I'm on a long flight right now and I've decided to spend the next 5 hrs and 47 minutes watching this on a continual loop.