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Golden Leaf Books
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💙📚 A small bookstore in upstate NY. Just outside Albany.

Next to a Stewart's. ☕
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The Senate yesterday vs the Senate today.

We support Senator Booker's speech.
Photo of the window display at our bookstore. Full of books and topics, much like the floor of the Senate yesterday. The same bookshelf as the previous image. The bookshelf shows scattered book displays that are empty, with the exception of one book. The title is "On Tyranny". A close up of the book "On Tyranny" on an otherwise empty book display.
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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That moment when someone donates a used book to the store that is absolute treasure and you have to choose between selling it and keeping it for yourself...
Shows the front cover of Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer, an Obama Biden Mystery Shows the back cover of Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer, an Obama Biden Mystery
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Updating photos on our website rn. I'm particularly proud of how much better these covers look.
The book "Give Way to Night" is pictured. Backdrop is a cozy bookstore in upstate NY. The Marvel comic "Death of X" is pictured. Backdrop is a cozy bookstore in upstate NY. The DC Comic "Green Lanterns vol 1 Rage Planet" is pictured. Backdrop is a cozy bookstore in upstate NY. The Marvel comic "Ms. Marvel" is pictured. Backdrop is a cozy bookstore in upstate NY.
December 3, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Very excited about the editions of a lot of classics that we just brought in!

The order they came in had over 200 books in it. So you're definitely going to have to stop by the shop to see all the new books!
Hunchback of Notre Dame the novel is shown in front of a back drop of a cozy bookstore. Bookstore is located in upstate NY. Pride and Prejudice the novel is shown in front of a back drop of a cozy bookstore. Bookstore is located in upstate NY. Peter Pan the novel is shown in front of a back drop of a cozy bookstore. Bookstore is located in upstate NY. The Phantom of the Opera the novel is shown in front of a back drop of a cozy bookstore. Bookstore is located in upstate NY.
November 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Well behaved pet owners are allowed to come in with their pets, so long as it is neither Wednesday nor Friday nor a day Allen felt peculiarly sad as those days are reserved for Mister Growley himself.

Also, no pets are allowed Mondays, but that is strictly due to the practicalities of our hours.
Mister Growley, an Aussie mix, is pictured directly in front of little bags of crystals and other merchandise.
November 22, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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It's Wednesday and that means Mister Growley is in store today, so you get a picture of two of the best things: the cutest pupper, and new books coming into the store for you to buy.

💙📚&🐶

#dogs #bookstores #ShopSmall #DogPics #DogSky #Booksky
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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It worked, your book is showing up in the feed! My comment pulled it in, but instead of my comment it shows your post, just like it should!

I'm excited!
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November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Onyx Storm(the third book) comes out in January, so if you haven't already read Fourth Wing, now is the time to start!

It's great for people that love the following:

Enemies to Lovers
Magical War Colleges
Dragons
Angst & Betrayal
Disability Rep

#SpicyBooks #Romance #ShopSmall #Bookrecs
Shows the front cover of Fourth Wing, the book being recced today by Golden Leaf Books. Book cover has a line illustration of the sky and two dragons over a textured background that looks like aged metal. Backdrop is cozy bookstore shelves that you can browse if you go to Golden Leaf Books in Waterford NY. Photo shows the back of the book, which features glowing reviews of the book. Backdrop is cozy bookstore shelves that you can browse if you go to Golden Leaf Books in Waterford NY.
November 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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I got it! And another Romantasy, "This Monster of Mine"and a Sapphic YA, "Come Home To My Heart"!

I'm so stoked! We didn't normally get much romance in our box, they must have noticed our shift in sales!
Photo shows the first two books mentioned in the post, one laying slightly on top of the other. Shows the last book mentioned in the post. Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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How To Find A Princess by @alyssacolelit.bsky.social is this week's #SapphicSunday pick!

#ForcedProximity
#OneBed
#FakeMarriage
#SlowBurn

At just $8 in Mass Market Paperback it's an accessible read too!

#BlackRomance #IndieBookstore #Romance #Books

Order now
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The cover of How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole is featured by propping a copy up on a display. The book cover features the Black FMCs posing together in front of a bright blue background. Once it's wearing a woman's suit that is exquisitely tailored. The other wears a bright printed dress. The backdrop is the shelves of the indie bookstore selling the book. Dark wood shelves and romantic lighting make for a cozy feeling. With the same display and backdrop as the other image, this image shows the back of the book. The blurb on the back of the book reads: Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir. Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if Bez is determined to drag her into a world of royal duty Makeda wants nothing to do with. When a threat to her grandmother’s livelihood pushes Makeda to agree to return to Ibarania, Bez takes her on a transatlantic adventure with a crew of lovable weirdos, a fake marriage, and one-bed hijinks on the high seas. When they finally make it to Ibarania, they realize there’s more at stake than just cash and crown, and Makeda must learn what it means to fight for what she desires and not what she feels bound to by duty.
November 17, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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#SapphicSaturday is a thing here? How positively delightful!

We'll start with The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics.

A historical #sapphic #RomanceNovel featuring a woman fleeing her ex lovers wedding by signing up to help a widow translate her husband's last work.

A classic, in Mass Market.
November 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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I changed to warn and now I see it:
November 16, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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You have to opt into it! Apparently bluesky has all of these things as settings so you can opt out of things like hate speech and threats, but also opt into things like spicy stuff.

Seems like they care more about consent of the individual than their overzealous auntie?
November 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Uploading a photo of Mister Growley himself in store yesterday was more important than uploading our avatar.

Follow me for the important things about running a bookstore.

(AKA pictures of Mister Growley)

(Perhaps also people's pets that come visit us. Two weeks ago someone brought their snake.)
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM