When books just happen to align just right... #youarehere #hereweare #silly #bookalignment #bookshopshenanigans (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

When your Cookbook Buyer is from New Orleans, you get to start out your Fat Tuesday with King Cake. #theperksofbeingabookseller #fattuesday #kingcake #mardigras #leslebontempsrouler #letthegoodtimesroll #bookshopshenanigans (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

Assistant Receiver Ian tried really hard to stretch like Bob Anderson taught us. #stretching #ergonomics #oshaguidelines #bobanderson #bookrecommendations #bookshopshenanigans (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

When your rainy work day becomes infinitely better with the gift of MINI CUPCAKES for your staff from a friend! Thank you Buttercup Cakes (@scbuttercupcakes), our across-the-street neighbor and co-sponsor of the Winter Reading Program, for making our staff's morning so much brighter! #thankyou #buttercupcakes #downtownsantacruz #cupcakes #minicupcakes #yum #neighbors #friends #gratitude #theperksofbeingabookseller #bookshopshenanigans (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

Bookshop staff (and some family members) decided they wanted to get in on the fun of the Mannequin Challenge as we gear up for the holidays. You may spot some of our favorite Bookshop icons (and books) not-so-hidden throughout... #mannequinchallenge #bookshopsantacruz #bookstoremannequins #bookshopshenanigans #holidaymoid #bookshopmannequinchallenge #santacruz #bookstoremannequinchallenge #downtownsantacruz #gettingreadyfortheholidays #braceyourself #freeze (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

Sometimes we find wonderful things in the used books that come in. #found #peptalk #usedbooks #usedbookfind #wonderful #love #thealtruisticbandit #bookshopshenanigans #thankyou (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

We take quality control testing very seriously in Receiving. #qualitycontrol #receiving #shippingandreceiving #sidelines #notbooks #BookshopShenanigans (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

Political expression can get creative in a bookstore... (p.s. The book turned around is THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP by David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist who's studied The Donald for three decades, evaluating the man's history of decisions and business, identifying him as holding the roles of both "dictator" and "deceiver". Just FYI...) #BookshopShenanigans #creativeexpression #politics #drumpf #hillary #themakingofdonaldtrump #davidcayjohnston #politicalprotest #imwithher #vote #freedomofspeech (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)