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The limited-to-100-copies, signed by the author edition of "Ghosts of Yesterday" (Jack Cady) with the accompanying "Miss Molly's Manners: A Book of Etiquette for Dogs" written by Cady and his wife, Carol Orlock.

I rarely get excited about anything, lol. I am actually more excited about this than I got over the very beautiful old diamond and white gold ring I scored at a yard sale for $20.

Yes, I am a book geek — and a dog geek, so this is a double score.

Haha, not bad. How much did it cost?

More than I had to spend, lol . . . but for $50 I couldn't NOT get it. I'd found the Manners booklet by itself . . . but not for less than $20.

My dogs need to read that book.

Oh, GODS.

I need to get this job Saturday (grocery store, go figure). . . Found a pristine, signed first edition of "The Hauntings of Hood Canal" for $30.

Books are going to be the death of me . . . and Cady's books are like crack . . .

But, the signed first of "The Night We Buried Road Dog" I bought last year for less than $10 is now selling for $60+.

Not that I'm going to be selling mine!

I find myself laughing arrogantly and smugly at the people on the TV on Black Friday, only to forget that I too spend waaay too much on the three things I can't resist: books, whisky and coffee. Only difference is I buy them in front of my computer.

Paul Martin wrote: "I find myself laughing arrogantly and smugly at the people on the TV on Black Friday, only to forget that I too spend waaay too much on the three things I can't resist: books, whisky and coffee. On..."

Hahaha! Coffee makes me happy, can't drink the whiskey- for some reason once I start that I cannot stop. Coffee and Nicorette gum makes me happy, and I shop in front of my computer too.
I now own my two favorite books. The Sound And The Fury and The Great Gatsby, so I feel rich.

I need an e-reader so I can pare down the space taken up by physical books and just concentrate on keeping the old and the first editions of authors I love. I've got several FE of Patricia McKillip, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, Anne Rice, one of the Silmarillion, Tam Lin by Pamela Dean, the Kingkiller Chronicles (two of each book, one signed by Rothfuss thanks to my wonderful friend, Lorraine) . . .

Yes, I have a problem . . .

Haha, it's the opposite with me, Karen. Alcohol is no problem, but keeping coffee consumption at a reasonable level is a challenge.

@Renee: You got a first edition of the Silmarillion? Maaan, that's amazing! Did you buy it at auction or did you find it by chance? I only have one signed first edition, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Shame I didn't enjoy the book very much...

The Daedalus Books flier is a temptation I infrequently bin without perusing. Through them I have bought a history of rabies, a study of khat addiction in Ethiopia, the Russian destruction of Siberian tribes through disease and fur trading, craft and art books, journals, post cards and note cards (though I use email almost exclusively). I go to the local indie for fiction.

Paul Martin wrote: "Haha, it's the opposite with me, Karen. Alcohol is no problem, but keeping coffee consumption at a reasonable level is a challenge.

@Renee: You got a first edition of the Silmarillion? Maaan, that..."

Would you believe I bought it when it came out? I'd been waiting on it, skipping lunch so I'd have money for it.

In 1977? No, I wouldn't have believed that;)

Either I have a portrait in my attic that is frightening, or Coco Chanel was right . . . "Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve."

I must of been a lot nastier than I thought if this is what I deserve. :}

You should see my sister, lol! And she's 6.5 years younger than me.

People usually ask if she's my mother's or father's sister.

Yes. I thoroughly enjoy that.

And no, E.D., you don't look like you've been a nasty sort.

Renee wrote: "You should see my sister, lol! And she's 6.5 years younger than me.

People usually ask if she's my mother's or father's sister.

Yes. I thoroughly enjoy that.

And no, E.D., you don't look like yo..."


Ouch. That would be tough for a woman; if she deserves that fate she must have been really bad. Were you Cinderella?

Pretty much, lol. The darkest version.

With no prince.

Ever read that old fairy tale, "Cap O' Rushes?"

Renee wrote: "Pretty much, lol. The darkest version.

With no prince.

Ever read that old fairy tale, "Cap O' Rushes?""

Not grim at all:

http://www.authorama.com/english-fair...

I guess this isn't the darkest version.

Yeah, that one's cut a good bit.

I first read it in one of the old, turn of the century sets of fairytales that belonged to my grandmother — probably they originally belonged to her mother, or even grandmother.

There were two sisters in it. Nasty, manipulative, deceitful wenches.

Aleksander Hemon. I'm looking forward to that. Still waiting for Cady.

I can hardly wait for you to read the Cady!

Inagehi yesterday and The Night They Buried Road Dog today. I started Inagehi last night and really like it; it's not quite like anything I've read before. But Renee it did remind me, you might like Linda Hogan's 'Solar Storms' (great book). Cady's style reminded me of her and she writes from a Native American p.o.v. (is partly Native American, I think).