<![CDATA[If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles?]]>If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7adeb688-906a-4dba-9b69-c6d48af74ef4/if-you-had-the-resources-what-book-would-you-put-in-hotels-a-la-gideons-biblesRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:52:43 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 01:52:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:27:56 GMT]]>@michelestrider
The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/RyeNCode/statuses/116519605173591357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/RyeNCode/statuses/116519605173591357Tue, 05 May 2026 02:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:55 GMT]]>@michelestrider Well, if the idea is to convert them to our cult, then it should be a copy of Dungeon Crawler Carl.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/SadieSays/statuses/116519601131944032https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/SadieSays/statuses/116519601131944032Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:44 GMT]]>@michelestrider I love this question!

The Hobbit. Or maybe a collection of Gertrude Stein poems (is "Tender Buttons" what I'm thinking of? Help!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/quadrivial/statuses/116519600399472227https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/quadrivial/statuses/116519600399472227Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:39 GMT]]>@michelestrider Guns of August

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/count_01/statuses/116519600127007895https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/count_01/statuses/116519600127007895Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:38 GMT]]>@sbourne That's good!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519600044103217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519600044103217Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:21 GMT]]>@t60n3 I guess not. Read banned books!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519598916238297https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519598916238297Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:14 GMT]]>@michelestrider Also got to read them myself. 🥰 They're absolutely wonderful.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/jhv/statuses/116519598479231829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/jhv/statuses/116519598479231829Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:12 GMT]]>@michelestrider @futurebird I read this too fast and thought you said, “Gibson” so I guess Neuromancer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/netopwibby/statuses/116519598309409943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/netopwibby/statuses/116519598309409943Tue, 05 May 2026 02:26:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:25:11 GMT]]>@liferstate @michelestrider For a really swanky hotel!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116519594339531329https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/ShiitakeToast/statuses/116519594339531329Tue, 05 May 2026 02:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:25:07 GMT]]>@rythur I'm adding to my reading list!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519594051691703https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519594051691703Tue, 05 May 2026 02:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:54 GMT]]>@michelestrider The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir would be a good one.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gdinwiddie/statuses/116519593190119217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gdinwiddie/statuses/116519593190119217Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:36 GMT]]>@liferstate That's good to know!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519592063392335https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519592063392335Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:32 GMT]]>@michelestrider Probably "A Mathematician's Lament" by Paul Lockhart

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.nouveau.community/users/labtoast/statuses/116519591748293916https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.nouveau.community/users/labtoast/statuses/116519591748293916Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:02 GMT]]>@earthshine @michelestrider

Re-reading it currently. No relationship to anything going on in the world nowadays, of course 😇

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116519589806286721https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116519589806286721Tue, 05 May 2026 02:24:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:23:58 GMT]]>@michelestrider Changing Planes - collection of Ursula K. LeGuin's short stories.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sbourne/statuses/116519589537839230https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sbourne/statuses/116519589537839230Tue, 05 May 2026 02:23:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:23:28 GMT]]>@michelestrider Art Spiegelman's Maus l & ll. No one's sleeping tonight.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/t60n3/statuses/116519587609653002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/t60n3/statuses/116519587609653002Tue, 05 May 2026 02:23:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:22:31 GMT]]>@michelestrider

Could go with 10th of December too. George Saunders is 100%%%

Thanks for posing such a nerdy question.

I like it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rythur/statuses/116519583821160356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rythur/statuses/116519583821160356Tue, 05 May 2026 02:22:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:22:20 GMT]]>@michelestrider I used to have a copy of the Book of Mormon (never read it, maybe I should have?) and it just had regular-weight paper.

Though I'm told any paper can be a rolling paper if you're desperate enough.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/liferstate/statuses/116519583131238414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/liferstate/statuses/116519583131238414Tue, 05 May 2026 02:22:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:21:47 GMT]]>@josh0 Well, of course

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519580933195029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519580933195029Tue, 05 May 2026 02:21:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:21:22 GMT]]>@sng @liferstate I just recently learned that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519579335822249https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519579335822249Tue, 05 May 2026 02:21:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:53 GMT]]>@superflippy This is a wonderful idea!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519577414690284https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519577414690284Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:11 GMT]]>@michelestrider there’s clearly only one choice

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/josh0/statuses/116519574677143355https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/josh0/statuses/116519574677143355Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:04 GMT]]>@futurebird
It's not shocking, but also that's why we love you.
@michelestrider

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116519574183545048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116445370832752574/statuses/116519574183545048Tue, 05 May 2026 02:20:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:19:52 GMT]]>@CatsofArrakis Now that's fun!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519573392497469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/michelestrider/statuses/116519573392497469Tue, 05 May 2026 02:19:52 GMT