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The vibes I bring to the function.... 🌱 ✊🏿 🔥 🍲 🎶 🙈 taken in Austin, Texas by @litandleafy

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2 years ago

Got my first wholesale order from @blerdy_girl_readings …. Perfect communication…..perfect product….. perfect messaging…..

READ BLACK BOOKS OR 🌝 by @litandleafy

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The perfect wrap up to an amazing event… memorializing the memories in my junk journal 🥹 so grateful I was trusted to bring this vision alive ❤️🫶🏾 by @litandleafy

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Stood in a room full of people and said “My name is Shakeria and I’m the owner of Lit and Leafy books.” 🥲 I’m really doing it….. thank you so every single person who’s helping make it happen. ❤️🫶🏾❤️🫶🏾 WE DID IT!! by @litandleafy

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Me 🤝 finding a random corner of a bookstore and immediately claiming it as my personality. by @litandleafy

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16 days ago

The last few weeks have been CRAZY. Like… “is this actually my life?” levels of crazy. 🥹
Not a single day has gone by that hasn’t felt like a purposeful dream coming true. Even on the hard days. Even on the days where I’m tired, overwhelmed, second-guessing everything, and wondering how the hell I’m gonna pull it all off.

Because underneath all of that is this little (okay, sometimes VERY loud) reminder: I’m building something I’ve dreamed about for a LONG LONG long time.

MY OWN bookstore. A gathering place. A little corner of the world where books, community, conversation, creativity, and intentional connection get to exist TOGETHER.

And somehow, little by little, it’s becoming real y’all. ITS REALLY BECOMING FUCKING REAL 🥲

So yeah… these last few weeks have been a LOT. But they’ve also been really, really beautiful.
I’m tired. I’m grateful. I’m emotional. I’m excited. I’m probably running on caffeine and sheer audacity at this point. 😂

But I’ll take off of that because I’m watching a dream become a place. And it’s pretty damn magical. 😭😭

If you signed up for my newsletter you’re gonna see this typed again fyi loloool! by @litandleafy

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a month ago

We’re hot AF ….sweating….& tired ….. but still posting this because I know a year from now we’ll reminisce about being in this little room starting a dream ❤️🥰 by @litandleafy

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It’s Black Indie Author Day! 🖤📚✨

Last year, I went down a serious rabbit hole discovering and supporting Black indie authors, and one of my favorite finds was @jacqueaye 🥹

And because apparently I have no self-control when I find a book I love… I just so happen to have TWO copies of this one. 👀 SIGNED!

So, naturally, I want to give one away so someone else can discover it, fall in love with it, and become just as obsessed as I am. 🖤
Just comment your favorite fall drink and I’ll pick someone by Monday! by @litandleafy

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Whew…. Anyway… quit that job and decided to open a bookstore….you should follow along for the journey 😚📚 #blackownedbookstore by @litandleafy

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AUGUST SAID, “You’re gonna need a bigger TBR.”

New releases are HERE! Check out our bookshop.org link to grab them!

✨ What (TF) Do I Do Now? — Tareasa “ReesaTeesa” Johnson
✨ What Will They Say? — Denise Soler Cox
✨ The Book of Chuck — LaToya Watkins
✨ Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life — Samar Yazbek
✨ Tapeworm — A. P. Thayer
✨ Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II — Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
✨ These Walls Remember — Del Sandeen
✨ The Sleeping Sisters — Jennifer Givhan
✨ Behind the Desk at the Main — Dorothy Lazard
✨ Season of the Serpent — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
✨ Mud on the Moon — Nita Noveno
✨ Old Flames — Nadine Gonzalez
✨ Mutual Discord — Liana De la Rosa
✨ Mahalia Jackson: Moving On Up a Little Higher — Timothy B. Tyson & Mary D. Williams
✨ Dreams of Ayn Ara — Sara Abou Ghazal, translated by Katharine Halls
✨ A Very Special Episode — Camille Acker by @litandleafy

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Some bookstore romance day clips ….. 📚😙 by @litandleafy

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✨ ARC GIVEAWAY! ✨🔮 ******GIVEAWAY CLOSED*** Winner notified!

I’m giving away a copy of Katee Robert’s The Tarot Trials and all you have to do is:

Like this post
Share this post to your stories
Tag us so we can see your entry!

That’s it! Easy peasy, tarot-y. (I know I’ll see myself out 🫠)

Good luck, besties! May the cards—and the ARC—be in your favor. 🔮📚

U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY SO SORRY 😅🫠 by @litandleafy

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