I had half a mind to let today slink away without posting. I’d feel guilty about it; this resolution to post every week day would get added to the extremely long list of unfinished, petered-out resolutions, projects, and things of a general nature; which would then pad the case against my being a Person of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Dickens'
In which I start talking about mysteries but wind up elsewhere
June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · books, projects, writing
I went to a marvelous place on Thursday night called the Mysterious Bookshop. Mysterious indeed. Not only is it a speciality bookstore dealing only in mysteries, thrillers, crime and espionage novels (as well as rare and out-of-print editions), but I had no idea it existed, despite its being around for almost 30 years. It used [...]
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