No, I don’t mean self help titles or sob stories, but how a book feels in your hands while reading it. ABE books again came up with an interesting topic, tactile reading.I know I send links to ABE a lot, but they have fantastic collections and ideas that are unusal in the book world. So, … Read more
A tasty little look at children’s books with food as the theme. bon appetit! http://www.abebooks.com/books/childrens-kids-fruit-stories/james-giant-peach.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-110517-h00-gpeach50A-_-01cta
If you’re thinking a relative of mine died and left me a fortune, sadly, no. But almost as valuable, an edition of a book I’ve been searching for over 15 years is now in my excited hands. The Plumley Inheritance is incredibly scarce. The author, Christopher Bush is not a favorite of mine–not at all. … Read more
Which–you all probably already know! But if you are like me when I first started, this book dilemma was perplexing and I’d no solution. If you have a hardcover, or to a lessor extent, paperback, that is cocked, meaning all the pages list to one side, there is a way to set them correct without … Read more
All Carved Up: Performing Autopsies on the Great Bodies of Crime Fiction When I first decided to write an article about this short-lived publishing house I believed that reading the 30 titles published between 1930 and 1933 would be an easy, delightful task. After trudging through about five, I amended my expectations to scanning all … Read more
I don’t read Stephen King. Not because I don’t think he’s an excellent writer. He is. Too too good of a writer. I am one of those people who loves fictional murder because there is a structure, foul play occurs; clues abound; are investigated; characters throw around red herrings; the detective investigates and the murderer … Read more
Another fascinating look at the variety of title within one particular genre. I am not a fan of boxing, I don’t get it. But, I do understand collecting. http://www.abebooks.com/books/pugilism-boxers-ring-heavyweight/boxing-books.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-110314-h00-beaubookA-_-01cta
Politically correct or not, I love the artwork on old paperbacks, magazine covers, and dust jackets depicting barely clad babes. I go as far as to collect them. And I find I’m not alone, by a long shot. I belong to flickr, the website for sharing photos. But besides pictures, there’s an underground section filled … Read more
