Another lovely custom at Midtown Reader in Tallahassee: The downstairs bathroom is lined with wallpaper patterned with bookshelves filled with nameless books. Authors, after their readings, are given a pen and asked to write the title of their book, along with their name, on one of the blank spines. So now women getting up from the toilet can look to their right – and men standing at the toilet can look to their left – and see the words “Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer.” Though I was tempted to write: "The Art of Sitting Brokenhearted."
