tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post6453324345235417901..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Loving Books Too MuchKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-76363430864908429702010-07-27T15:48:34.610-04:002010-07-27T15:48:34.610-04:00Oh, the Lure of the Books! Yep, I'm with you ...Oh, the Lure of the Books! Yep, I'm with you on that too. I do have some 'collectible' copies and signed first editions, but not many, and only books I really, really love (like Terry Pratchett). And I'm sorry, but while together we own thousands of books, there's not one single copy of Shakespeare. Not one. H G Wells, yes. Thomas Hardy, Dickens, Winnie the Pooh, yes. No Shakespeare.<br /><br />Neither of us like him. <br /><br />Ducks and runs.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496924033221866102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-69623224289980927492010-07-27T14:27:41.899-04:002010-07-27T14:27:41.899-04:00I've actually met Ken Sanders... his shop is o...I've actually met Ken Sanders... his shop is only two blocks from my place of employment. He's a pretty colorful character and something of a local celebrity. Well, maybe not a <i>celebrity</i>, but most everyone around here seems to know who he is, and he's definitely a striking figure if you see him on the street with his long ZZ Top-style beard.<br /><br />Sounds like a good book; I'll have to pick it up.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001416935247782462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-71873193453385636882010-07-27T09:12:35.690-04:002010-07-27T09:12:35.690-04:00Have you read any John Dunning? He's a mystery...Have you read any John Dunning? He's a mystery writer, but his detective, Cliff Janeway, is a rare book collector. BOOKED TO DIE and THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE are two of the titles. I think you'd like them.M. D. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820831338678743992noreply@blogger.com