# independent bookstore (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover independent bookstore. Page: Feed: --- ## [What's a Bud Billiken?](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/whats-a-bud-billiken) _2026-08-11 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ Well, let me tell you! ## [Oh Boy, Oh Joy!](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/oh-boy-oh-joy) _2026-07-29 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ In which I try to put on a happy face. ## [Little House on the Children's Blizzard](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/little-house-on-the-childrens-blizzard) _2026-07-21 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ Have you watched the Netflix reboot of Little House on the Prairie? ## [Stealing Home](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/stealing-home) _2026-07-14 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ I hope everyone’s staying cool right now! ## [Now Wait a Bicentennial Minute!](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/now-wait-a-bicentennial-minute) _2026-06-29 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ 50 years later, it feels different. So does my foot. ## [I Put a Ring on It!](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/i-put-a-ring-on-it) _2026-06-23 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ (In other words, I know what I'm going to write next.) ## [Happy Juneteenth!](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/happy-juneteenth) _2026-06-19 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ Happy Juneteenth! ## [What do you do after the book is published?](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/what-do-you-do-after-the-book-is) _2026-06-15 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ Or - adventures in hitting the wall. (And watching John Wayne movies.) ## [PHEW!!!](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/phew) _2026-06-05 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ Publication & hospital week is OVER! ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vavUrxOmDs50) _2026-06-05 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [How to be a Magical Reading Elf](https://melaniebenjamin.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-magical-reading-elf) _2026-05-29 · Melanie Benjamin · Melanie Benjamin: The Reluctant Extrovert_ And why are we dumbing down literature?