Another Round of Blues
For reasons I won't bother explaining, I haven't felt much like posting here as of late. Yet for reasons I can't quite fathom, there are folks who continue to stop by here. So I feel obliged to offer up some sort of content, so people don't think this blog has gone under entirely.
I am here but not here; just think of me as The-Ghost-Who-Walks. Minus the purple body suit of course.
And now onward... right, the afore-mentioned booksale. There are few things I like better than a purhcasing a dozen books for $8.00, and few things I enjoy more that rooting around in stacks of used books. Sure, the internet has made it ridiculously easy to obtain any book on your 'To Find' list, but it's infinitely more satisfying to do the finding yourself. I'm passionate about books (really Dan? Honest?) and I find ordering books online to be a very sterile experience, as opposed concluding a chase for a long-sought title in a newly discovered used book store. And if I could find a way to get paid to do that - hang out a shingle as Silver Fox, Book Hunter - why I'd be a very happy man.
Anyway I came across a couple of books on my 'To Find' list...
People of the Lie - Dale Peck
Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
..as well as an assortment of 'Just Because' titles, including...
King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
Reading the Fights -Joyce Carol Oates and Daniel Halpern (eds.)
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Michael Chabon (ed.)
Not bad for an afternoon's labor.
Keeping with the literary theme, here's a link to Boston Globe piece on book blogs.
And lastly (for now) - you should be reading The Darth Side regularly. Daily. And I should note that this blog was first pointed out to me at the Hidden Rebel Base, where I have been sadly remiss in posting.
I am here but not here; just think of me as The-Ghost-Who-Walks. Minus the purple body suit of course.
And now onward... right, the afore-mentioned booksale. There are few things I like better than a purhcasing a dozen books for $8.00, and few things I enjoy more that rooting around in stacks of used books. Sure, the internet has made it ridiculously easy to obtain any book on your 'To Find' list, but it's infinitely more satisfying to do the finding yourself. I'm passionate about books (really Dan? Honest?) and I find ordering books online to be a very sterile experience, as opposed concluding a chase for a long-sought title in a newly discovered used book store. And if I could find a way to get paid to do that - hang out a shingle as Silver Fox, Book Hunter - why I'd be a very happy man.
Anyway I came across a couple of books on my 'To Find' list...
People of the Lie - Dale Peck
Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
..as well as an assortment of 'Just Because' titles, including...
King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
Reading the Fights -Joyce Carol Oates and Daniel Halpern (eds.)
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Michael Chabon (ed.)
Not bad for an afternoon's labor.
Keeping with the literary theme, here's a link to Boston Globe piece on book blogs.
And lastly (for now) - you should be reading The Darth Side regularly. Daily. And I should note that this blog was first pointed out to me at the Hidden Rebel Base, where I have been sadly remiss in posting.
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