No, I'll have to check that out.I agree. Have you read her On Gold Mountain? Nonfiction that reads like fiction.
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No, I'll have to check that out.I agree. Have you read her On Gold Mountain? Nonfiction that reads like fiction.
Hello! An Uncorrected Proof is a copy of the book that is sent out to people who do reviews for magazines, newspapers, on-line blogs, etc. They usually are sent out a few months in advance of the book's publication date to generate 'buzz' for the title. They are also called Advance Readers Copy. The ones for a new Stephen King book will show up on the secondary market and sell for hundreds.Just picked up a novel called The Virgin Cure, by Ami McKay, an author I'd never heard of. Got the book for a quarter at the library sale. Here's the weird part: on the cover it says, "Uncorrected proof, not for sale." I've never seen this. Are any of you familiar with it? What the heck?
The book, by the way, is riveting. Think underbelly of 19th century NYC. A 12-year-old female protagonist who'll steal your heart...or you have no heart. Filing this book under "Wish I'd written that."
And you have an advanced readers copy coming soon on Prince, I promise!Hello! An Uncorrected Proof is a copy of the book that is sent out to people who do reviews for magazines, newspapers, on-line blogs, etc. They usually are sent out a few months in advance of the book's publication date to generate 'buzz' for the title. They are also called Advance Readers Copy. The ones for a new Stephen King book will show up on the secondary market and sell for hundreds.
Very cool.Came home with this today:
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Not 100% sure if it's her siggy. The front cover has an area right where it says 'A Memoir' where it looks like one of those round stickers that says 'Autographed Copy' was stuck on.
No worries, luv. I still have an ever growing TBR pile here at my end.....And you have an advanced readers copy coming soon on Prince, I promise!
...his development of character and plot are less intense than King....Koontz pretty well straight lines it, while Steve weaves a tapestry....View attachment 21454I've been keeping an eye out for strangers,watchers and lightning by Dean Koontz recently as they seem to ne his best liked books by fans (certainly lightning and watchers, strangers sounds the most interesting to me), and found this for free a couple of days ago. I'm currently reading lightning on my ereader, it's good so far. Koontz seems to be alot more direct and to the point than king.
View attachment 21454I've been keeping an eye out for strangers,watchers and lightning by Dean Koontz recently as they seem to ne his best liked books by fans (certainly lightning and watchers, strangers sounds the most interesting to me), and found this for free a couple of days ago. I'm currently reading lightning on my ereader, it's good so far. Koontz seems to be alot more direct and to the point than king.
I'll likely be the same, Kurben. I managed to be tough with myself and give away hundreds of books last year, and now the shelves are packed and the piles growing once again.The depressing conclusion of all this is that eventually i am going to drown in books! Incapable of resisting booksales, incapable of throwing books away... I see the future when i cant move for books cover every space and they are gonna overwhelm and block my breathing and eventually people will find, have to do an excavation first of course, me covered in books. In death as in life hugging them..... (sorry, a slightly macabre fantasypicture suddenly came to me.)
Have you read anything by author Anne Perry? Heard of her? Got a book by her and just wondered. Historical fiction seems like.I'll likely be the same, Kurben. I managed to be tough with myself and give away hundreds of books last year, and now the shelves are packed and the piles growing once again.
So I'm going to re-donate this book as the more I look at the siggy the more I see it's not Hillary's. Also, went back to the same thrift store where I picked this one up and there were a couple of other books by political figures there with signatures that looked an awfully lot like this one, so it must be the previous owner's siggy.Came home with this today:
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Not 100% sure if it's her siggy. The front cover has an area right where it says 'A Memoir' where it looks like one of those round stickers that says 'Autographed Copy' was stuck on.
I've heard of her, but haven't read anything. I'm interested in what you think of her!Have you read anything by author Anne Perry? Heard of her? Got a book by her and just wondered. Historical fiction seems like.
I have read many Anne Perry. She's okay.Have you read anything by author Anne Perry? Heard of her? Got a book by her and just wondered. Historical fiction seems like.
The depressing conclusion of all this is that eventually i am going to drown in books! Incapable of resisting booksales, incapable of throwing books away... I see the future when i cant move for books cover every space and they are gonna overwhelm and block my breathing and eventually people will find, have to do an excavation first of course, me covered in books. In death as in life hugging them..... (sorry, a slightly macabre fantasypicture suddenly came to me.)
I had to prove to myself that I could do it I have literally thousands of books (between my personal shelves and those of my husband and kids)-- shelves and piles in every room but one bathroom (lol).i have 3 bookshelves and i need at least two more. and yet, give books away? never. there's a very good used bookstore an hour or so away from me, and another version of it on the way to louisville, ky, where a good friend lives, and i go to visit from time to time, so every time i go, both those stores get raided. warehouse full of stock, very good prices. i think my best haul was 120 books for $98
I had to prove to myself that I could do it I have literally thousands of books (between my personal shelves and those of my husband and kids)-- shelves and piles in every room but one bathroom (lol).
I trace my book hoarding to my military childhood. There always a weight limit for moves, and books are heavy, so I could only take a single box for every move (approximately every 18 months). Now I have a very hard time parting with books at all.
I simply cant resist!! Today they had one of these sales where you get to buy a plastic bag full of books for about 6 dollars. Found me some Sandfor d, a couple of history books, Black Sunday by T. Harris, Lerouxs Phantom of the Opera and a book by one Anne Perry No Graves As Yet which sounded interesting. Historical fiction. 1914, pre WWI. Anyone heard of her? Any good? Also a Linwood Barclay, one of the Promise Falls trilogy, Also The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman who wrote Anno Dracula. Dracula is back, Surprise, in WWI-times. The evil count is using his powers to create super vampires and the most super of them is Manfred van Richthofen, The Red Baron as history knows him. Could be a fun read. Never know with Newman. And to finish it off a true crime book by a Jonathan Goodman, Murder In High Places. Never heard of, we'll see if it is any good.
The depressing conclusion of all this is that eventually i am going to drown in books! Incapable of resisting booksales, incapable of throwing books away... I see the future when i cant move for books cover every space and they are gonna overwhelm and block my breathing and eventually people will find, have to do an excavation first of course, me covered in books. In death as in life hugging them..... (sorry, a slightly macabre fantasypicture suddenly came to me.)