Oh, sweetie. If your GF is shopping S-F/F and Tarot cards, she probably does not actually *need* to read Anna Karenina (or any Tolstoy). She is a grown-ass woman in her 30s who clearly wants to read something besides the Dead White Man "canon". - ThreadSky

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billie.bookstoreromanceday.org • 29 days ago

Oh, sweetie. If your GF is shopping S-F/F and Tarot cards, she probably does not actually *need* to read Anna Karenina (or any Tolstoy). She is a grown-ass woman in her 30s who clearly wants to read something besides the Dead White Man "canon".

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bngsplat.bsky.social•29 days ago

I read Anna Karenina and I can attest that no one needs to read it. Just quote the first line in business meetings and you’re good to go.

literarygadd.com•29 days ago

Spoken like a true bookseller overhearing convos in the stacks 🤣

billie.bookstoreromanceday.org•29 days ago

Sometimes I wish I had yellow and red cards in my pockets like a footy ref. He hadn't quite reached red card territory, but was solidly in yellow.

kapuytyerkink.bsky.social•29 days ago

I absolutely *hated* Anna Karenina. When a guy brought up how much he loved it on a first date, I knew immediately it was game over for him.

billie.bookstoreromanceday.org•29 days ago

At least it wasn't Ayn Rand.

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•29 days ago

Is it bad/weird that I like Tarot and also liked Anna Karenina lol?

billie.bookstoreromanceday.org•29 days ago

Not at all. She just seemed very uninterested and he seemed determined to get her to read a "classic" and it all felt very mansplain-y and uncomfortable.

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