Blades upon Books - Traditionals

One last thing to fail at:
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screened porch said:
One last thing to fail at:
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You plan to fail at dying, Jer?? I suspect lots of people would pay big bucks to learn your secret! 🤓

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Daughter got this for me, very interesting facts in here.
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Looks like an interesting book. :thumbsup::cool:
I've been an avid bathroom reader all my life, although to be considerate of others, I've tried to restrict my bathroom reading to magazine articles.

I have a relatively large backlog of books I've read since last August for which I have photos that I haven't posted here yet. I should try to get caught up on those before the Fourth of July, just to set an arbitrary deadline. Here's a start. Many years ago, I read most of Scott Turow's books and usually enjoyed them, although most of them had a fairly negative view of humanity. One of his main themes seemed to be something like, "Is everyone a victim, or is no one a victim?" (which I suppose could be seen as a version of determinism vs. free will). Anyway, my wife happened to pick up this novel cheap at a used book store, and I re-read it around Christmas sometime. It was one of my favorites in the old days, because it has flashbacks of all the main characters while associated with a college back in the 1960s, and how their experiences back then affected their actions and decisions decades later. I tend to find stories involving college experiences in the 60s and 70s interesting simply because I was in school at that time.
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My local branch of the city's public library has had a small section of the shelves devoted to "instant book clubs" for almost a year, I think. They have maybe a dozen copies of each of about 8 different titles stacked in this area, with a card describing the content of each book. The idea is that if an individual sees a book they'd like to read with friends, that individual checks out as many copies as they need and can get a "book club" going without having to worry about everyone acquiring copies of the book in a timely manner. I think these books can also be checked out for 6 weeks rather than the usual 3-week checkout.

Around Christmas, I checked out this "book club" book that is actually about a book club. After reading the first chapter, the book seemed like it was going to be wonderful! I think it somehow reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird or some other book set in the American South and featuring kids that I had enjoyed. But the first chapter was the best. It was an OK book. The author was really good about writing the scary, creepy, exciting parts (I had to remind myself to breath while reading those kinds of passages), but character development was lacking, and I didn't really like any of the characters except one. The men in the book were all complete idiots, and each woman in the book was a different "one-note character" (the religious one, the rigid but dependable one, etc.). The kids were all a pain. Glad I read it, but didn't really enjoy it very much.
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5K Qs said:
My local branch of the city's public library has had a small section of the shelves devoted to "instant book clubs" for almost a year, I think. They have maybe a dozen copies of each of about 8 different titles stacked in this area, with a card describing the content of each book. The idea is that if an individual sees a book they'd like to read with friends, that individual checks out as many copies as they need and can get a "book club" going without having to worry about everyone acquiring copies of the book in a timely manner. I think these books can also be checked out for 6 weeks rather than the usual 3-week checkout.

Around Christmas, I checked out this "book club" book that is actually about a book club. After reading the first chapter, the book seemed like it was going to be wonderful! I think it somehow reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird or some other book set in the American South and featuring kids that I had enjoyed. But the first chapter was the best. It was an OK book. The author was really good about writing the scary, creepy, exciting parts (I had to remind myself to breath while reading those kinds of passages), but character development was lacking, and I didn't really like any of the characters except one. The men in the book were all complete idiots, and each woman in the book was a different "one-note character" (the religious one, the rigid but dependable one, etc.). The kids were all a pain. Glad I read it, but didn't really enjoy it very much.
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But a very nice knife.
 
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But a very nice knife.
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Thanks. :) I agree that it's a very nice knife. Around Christmas, I happened to post a photo of the Imperial clip/pen toothpick I've had for quite some time, and mentioned that someday I'd like to find one like it as a back-up, since the knife was one of my favorites. And Jeff black mamba black mamba contacted me soon thereafter and kindly offered to sell me the striped version pictured above for a very fair price!

Here's another book I read recently that's pictured with the same toothpick. I picked up a prescription a month or two ago, and happened to notice that the drug store (that's what I still call them - we never said "pharmacy" when I was growing up) had a bunch of books about Grand Rapids in one of the "endcaps" of an aisle. Since my wife listens to a lot of murder-related true crime podcasts (which worries me a little :rolleyes:), I thought she might be interested in the book. I didn't buy it on the spot, but walked home and checked the public library website to see if they had it. They did, so I put it on hold and it eventually arrived at my local branch for me to pick up. All the crimes in the book were before 1930, but I thought it was quite interesting to read. The old photos of city locations and the quotes from local newspapers at the time were fascinating.
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5K Qs said:
Thanks. :) I agree that it's a very nice knife. Around Christmas, I happened to post a photo of the Imperial clip/pen toothpick I've had for quite some time, and mentioned that someday I'd like to find one like it as a back-up, since the knife was one of my favorites. And Jeff black mamba black mamba contacted me soon thereafter and kindly offered to sell me the striped version pictured above for a very fair price!

Here's another book I read recently that's pictured with the same toothpick. I picked up a prescription a month or two ago, and happened to notice that the drug store (that's what I still call them - we never said "pharmacy" when I was growing up) had a bunch of books about Grand Rapids in one of the "endcaps" of an aisle. Since my wife listens to a lot of murder-related true crime podcasts (which worries me a little :rolleyes:), I thought she might be interested in the book. I didn't buy it on the spot, but walked home and checked the public library website to see if they had it. They did, so I put it on hold and it eventually arrived at my local branch for me to pick up. All the crimes in the book were before 1930, but I thought it was quite interesting to read. The old photos of city locations and the quotes from local newspapers at the time were fascinating.
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I bought this one because it was three dollars. I might have to read it to see if that vegetable stand in the lower left is one I remember.[Nope, that vegetable stand is in Oak Lawn IL, ]
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