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First! :) Have a fantastic 2024!
Nyssa wrote: "First! :) Have a fantastic 2024!"
Thanks, Nyssa!
I think I am going to have a New Year's Resolution of not buying any more books. I have thousands which I have not looked at, most of which were free, and I spend quite a bit of time every day looking at the lists of what is on sale.
Starting today, I am not looking at those daily lists. I could go three years reading just the books which cost me $1.99, and I think that's what I'm going to do this year.
That sounds like an excellent resolution! I wish you the best of luck! :)
Nyssa wrote: "That sounds like an excellent resolution! I wish you the best of luck! :)"Thanks, Nyssa!
Hi GA. Checking in. I hope all is going well with you.
Nyssa wrote: "Hi GA. Checking in. I hope all is going well with you."
Thanks, Nyssa!
I'm up to 33, so I have passed my goal of 24.
For decades I have wanted to read the stories of the old Dime Detective pulp magazine. Many are now available, and I have read five books. Honestly, they're not very good. Oh, well!
GA wrote: "I'm up to 33, so I have passed my goal of 24."We're tied! I am also at 33. Surprised myself, actually.
Those old stories often do not age well. But some of them can still be a lot of fun!
Christa wrote: "GA wrote: "I'm up to 33, so I have passed my goal of 24."We're tied! I am also at 33. Surprised myself, actually.
Those old stories often do not age well. But some of them can still be a lot of..."
Good work, Christa!
The worst of the Dime Detective books I have read was called Mike Blair. The stories were written in the late '40s, as the pulp mags were fading away. I wondered if they were fading away because the writing was bad!
GA wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "Hi GA. Checking in. I hope all is going well with you."
Thanks, Nyssa!
I'm up to 33, so I have passed my goal of 24.
For decades I have wanted to read the stories of the old Dime..."
Haha. I've been off and on reading the first ten Hardy Boys books. They are also, not very good.
Congratulations on finishing your goal.
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "GA wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "Hi GA. Checking in. I hope all is going well with you."
Thanks, Nyssa!
I'm up to 33, so I have passed my goal of 24.
For decades I have wanted to read the stories of t..."
Homey, I recently picked up the first Hardy Boy book, The Tower Treasure, from 1927, for my nephew.
Hamilton Books had it for only $1.99!
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Haha. I've been off and on reading the first ten Hardy Boys books. They are also, not very good."LOL. I honestly can't remember if I liked them as a kid, nor if I liked Nancy Drew. I know I read a few.
Nyssa wrote: "HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Haha. I've been off and on reading the first ten Hardy Boys books. They are also, not very good."LOL. I honestly can't remember if I liked them as a kid, nor if I liked Nanc..."
Nyssa, years ago I gave my young niece a Nancy Drew book for Christmas. Many years later she told me that I had gotten her started, and that she had read a million of them!
GA wrote: "Homey, I recently picked up the first Hardy Boy book, The Tower Treasure, from 1927, for my nephew.Hamilton Books had it for only $1.99!"
$1.99 is ridiculous for that. What a find!
Someone put a boxed set of the first ten books in the Free Little Library I have in front of our house. The eldest claimed them and we read the first three together and now I'm on book five.
My real goal this year will be to spend much less on books. I have a large number of books piled up. I bought them for a reason, and it's time I get to them!