Our first New York book exchange

While it was exciting to bring Seen Library to New York — and our first book exchange outside of Los Angeles! — it was also very nerve-racking taking something that means so much to a place it’s never been before.

With that said, I can’t thank the incredible people who joined me enough — new and old friends alike. They welcomed the seventeenth book exchange and the first in their city with open arms and made it such a special morning. It meant a lot that they’d take time out of their day to step into an unfamiliar space and share a little bit of themselves and what has moved them in the form of a book, given to another with the hope that it’ll have that same effect on them.

The theme of this particular exchange was a season of growth — and while it applied to the books that were shared, I’m realizing that it also applies to this period Seen Library (and I!) am in, too. Each guest brought a book that gave them a new perspective — one that helped instill change within themselves or their approach to others or their surroundings.

Everyone gathered at a beautiful studio in Brooklyn on a Sunday morning over KOLLO tea, Sanzo sparkling water, pastries and berries.