tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3383631779741498479..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: My Dirty Little Secret..... Catherine JohnsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-8591437069215315422008-11-26T07:23:00.000+00:002008-11-26T07:23:00.000+00:00When I traveled in Australia I used to haunt the b...When I traveled in Australia I used to haunt the book swap shops. Because choice was limited to what other people had taken in my reading was wonderfully eclectic.<BR/>I read Woman in White on the beach, hot sun blazing down, snakes in the grass and dolphins shapes glassy in huge rolling waves, and was transported into Victorian Britain. I read Raymond Chandler and had for a while a beautiful first edition of The Well of Loneliness by Radcliff Hall. <BR/>Because I was traveling I had to part with all and every book I read, returning and part exchanging for another wondrous world. There was always something there to delight.<BR/>Such a shame I didn't realize how much the Radcliff Hall was as a first ed, but then I did get sand between the pages.<BR/>And in a wonderful second hand bookshop in Ireland , where the books lived two deep on the shelves and I moved almost every row to get at what was behind, I found a book by George Mackay Brown, short stories, perfect. This one I still have.The Ginger Darlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85254074633398954422008-11-19T16:06:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:06:00.000+00:00Agree with Mary totally! Especially as many may be...Agree with Mary totally! Especially as many may be out of print, temporarily or permanently. However, at my reading group last night I've just heard of a fairly local village pub stacked to the windowsills with secondhand books, all sold for a good cause . . . Best if both worlds???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48591083329811136162008-11-19T12:12:00.000+00:002008-11-19T12:12:00.000+00:006p? We should be so lucky! Otherwise I'm in comple...6p? We should be so lucky! Otherwise I'm in complete agreement with Anne. I think most people who haunt secondhand book shops also buy new books, both in shops and on Amazon. We certainly do in this family - all five of us.<BR/><BR/>And, Catherine, anything that gets you through a difficult time is OK and it's cheaper than booze and cigarettes and not even bad for you. What's not to like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58003207114181249792008-11-19T07:17:00.000+00:002008-11-19T07:17:00.000+00:00Don't feel guilty, Catherine. You don't buy the ol...Don't feel guilty, Catherine. You don't buy the old books *instead* of buying new books, they're just extras. I buy lots of secondhand books, too - it's environmentally friendly, and I'd much rather one of my books was passed on for someone else to read than languished on a shelf for years and was then chucked in landfill! And many secondhand books we buy are by dead people - they don't need the money :-) More reading is good - don't feel bad about it. And the money is for a good cause if you're buying from a charity shop. It's not so different from getting a book from a library. The author won't begrudge you the 6p PLR :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28408500529233520792008-11-17T16:24:00.000+00:002008-11-17T16:24:00.000+00:00No, Catherine, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I to...No, Catherine, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I too am a greedy golloper of pulp fiction of all kinds and I think we ought to be proud of it! I buy lots of new books too, and some of those are pulpy as well....oh dear. No hope for me, I'm afraid. But it's GOOD PULP. I can't read the bad pulp. And good pulp is excellent stuff.<BR/>You enjoy yourself and good recovery to your Mum.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com