Every so often, a bookseller comes to Subtext and points out that I'm using Bookmanger! I smile and nod. All the while, I wonder if it's appropriate or not to ask them for help on just this one thing that I think I messed up an hour ago.

when Customer (Bernie) gets the last Hamnet copy and I (Eric Adams) must order another 4 copies.

It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams

Improve your image... Be seen at Subtext Books.

We recently partnered up with the University Club of St Paul. This Winter will be packed with author events, all free! Check them out:

Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.

Friends of Subtext, we hope you have a great holiday. These are our hours for the major holidays. You are invited to cuddle up with a book ☃️🧣Stay warm!

The holidays are RAPIDLY approaching. Have no fear! We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝

New release in-store today! A great gift for the most literary person in your life. subtextbooks.com/item/62urkjw... subtextbooks.com/item/62urkjw...

We have ordered several books that have upcoming/recent movie adaptations! Wuthering Heights, Hamnet, The Chronology of Water, Sunrise on the Reaping, and Incidents Around The House to name a few. You really have to decide for yourself if the book is better than the movie.

Twin Cities Book People! I'll be in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES on Tuesday, Jan 13, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social in St. Paul. Free! Hope to see you there! More details: subtextbooks.com/events/49022

New events schedule just dropped! We have some lovely authors sharing their work with this holiday season. Stone, Guilfoyle, Sanders, Hakensen, and Engstorm are LOCAL/MINNESOTAN AUTHORS🥳 . Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there. Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events

Did you have a chance to read The New York Times Book Review this morning? 📰 🤔 Subtext has many of the titles reviewed in today’s paper! Here is a glimpse into our NYT-reviewed stock 🤩 🍴

We are still busy reading... Biia is reading FOUR BOOKS for THREE BOOK CLUBS Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (please read this book), and Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah. Biia gets her own post. #booksky #saintpaul

Subtexts' booksellers are busy reading... Margaret is reading Bog Queen by Anna North Britta is reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno Amy is reading The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King Matt is reading The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu What are you reading? #booksky #bookstore

We sold two copies of Claiming the City by Mary Lethert Wingerd today about the history of politics and faith in Saint Paul, and I think that is extremely cool.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Online

Visited @subtextbookstore.bsky.social this morning with my kid. We both came home with several books. As one does.

Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social. Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"

This is extremely cool!! Tell your friends!

Sometimes, when I'm receiving new arrivals, the books just jump right out of the box and into my hands and then I stop everything I'm doing and read 10 pages and then I buy a new book to bring home. This is one of those times. Congrats on the new book @dskamper.bsky.social @thenewpress.bsky.social!

That's an unmatched one-two lunch combo if you're asking me. What a way to spend an afternoon in the Capitol City!

A day delayed, but picked up my copy of "Among the Burning Flowers" by Samantha Shannon yesterday at @subtextbookstore.bsky.social Once again, a Shannon book with gorgeous cover art by Ivan Belikov #booksky

Check out our new and improved staff favorites page on our website here! www.subtextbooks.com/staff-favori...

Hardcovers are here! Check out the back cover haha

Monday night (9/15, 7pm) at the bookshop, meet the author of APOSTLE'S COVE, William Kent Krueger! Always one of our favorites to hear talk about process and craft, plus he's a helluva storyteller!

Just found out that my favorite bookstore in the twin cities is on Bluesky. I can finally tag them in posts! All my MSP people go follow @subtextbookstore.bsky.social and stop in there next time you're in downtown St Paul #booksky

Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag www.subtextbooks.com/item/kFvBjdP...

Sometimes you open a box and you're so excited to see a book that you squeal a little bit. Can't wait to read this one. A page-turning thriller about the dark side of our never ending wars and their terrifying reverberations on our society.

We only have a few special deluxe editions left of the brand new RF Kuang novel, #Katabasis, left! Out today and flying fast. @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social

Alright, @greenwell.bsky.social and @subtextbookstore.bsky.social, I did it. You can all stop being mad at me now.

You know what? Hell yeah.

Oh, by the way, this bookstore loves the WNBA's best team — the Minnesota Lynx. #MVPhee

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Tonight! We're hosting Penn Jillette for an event discussing his new crime novel Felony Juggler! 7pm at 6 West 5th Street. 😎

See Penn Jillette tonight at @subtextbookstore.bsky.social 7:15 PM🎉 #pennjillette #pennandteller

Hello friends, it's your favorite downtown Saint Paul bookstore. Happy to be here with you all.