I went to Indigo's website and checked when the 2008 Writer's Market comes out and how much it will be.
Then I noticed at the bottom of the page, a little section called "May we also recommend?" based on, I presume, what I had clicked on.
This is what it said:
May we also recommend...
Dead Reckoning by Robert C. Brewer
and
UFOs - 7 Things You Should Know by Robert C. Brewer.
At first I thought this was some sort of omen (Publishing is deadly! You seem delusional!), but I soon realized that the compiler of "Writer's Market 2008" and the other books share the same name save one initial.
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Ran into friend and former Starbucks regular, S., yesterday. She is a voracious reader and asked me what I'd been reading lately. I've been reading Agatha Christie. (So had she!) I read all the Poirots (I think) when I was quite young and now I'm old enough to appreciate Miss Marple. So far I've read:
Murder at the Vicarage - a very funny book, narrated by the Vicar of St. Mary Mead and the first Marple book
They Do it with Mirrors - takes place at the Serrocold home for delinquents that Christie set a few mysteries in
4:50 from Paddington - a murder witnessed as two trains pass in the afternoon
If I could, I'd read them all in Harper Collins' hardcover "facsimile editions" (click any of the above). They've re-issued some Marples and some Poirots with fantastic old covers. They're not cheap, but I did find one at a used bookstore recently.
I haven't watched any of the BBC series with Geraldine McEwan yet, but I hear it's very good. It airs on CBC and PBS too.
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Also read:
Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Still reading:
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
To be read:
Enemies; A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
To write:
...oh...lots...
So, what are you reading?
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Note: As for whether I purchase used/new books; today I made a decision. Books by dead authors (or out of print books) I can buy used. Books by living authors I'll buy new or borrow from the library. I think it will ease my conscience. I'll let you know.
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I'm reading Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, Mindset by Carol Dweck and Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison. I'm not reading much fiction this year, but there's a new Vachss novel (Terminal) coming out at the end of September.
Let me know if the self-help ones are any good. I almost picked up "The One Decision" by Judith Wright the other day.
A friend emailed me with:
Trout Stanley (Claudia Dey)
I'm with the Band (Pamela des Barres)
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
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