It's that time again!
Volume 5 of Indiespensable, Powell's Books' most awesome subscription club, arrived at my office.
I opened the box to find many exciting things: a hardcover book in a special box, a giant pamphlet, a pocket atlas, a Powell's sticker and the colorful information cards they include with each volume.
I haven't yet spent much time with the giant pamphlet titled More Information Than You Require. A preliminary perusal reveals that in the categories of Raison/Theology/Monotheistic Concepts, I am considered "bacon-shunning". Or something.
I like the little pocket atlas. Here, the chicken keychain (with simulated egg-laying action) from Volume 4 points its beak in the vicinity of my house.
The main selection, The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews, is gorgeous in chocolate brown, sky blue and silver.
As always, my book is autographed by the author.
Miriam's hand must have been cramping, her eyes a bit blurred and her spine a bit stiff, by the time she lifted her pen to my book. Thanks Miriam, and thanks Powell's, for taking care to make being an Indiespensable subscriber such a fun experience.
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