tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post5772874567601410654..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Book Shelves and Their (Dis)ContentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-67276168633753379572013-06-24T18:19:25.358-04:002013-06-24T18:19:25.358-04:00I just got back from New York City and my husband ...I just got back from New York City and my husband willingly squired me to Housing Works, Mysterious Book Store and Bluestockings and I managed to leave a portion of my paycheck at every one of them. We also saw "Matilda:The Musical" which is all about books.<br /><br />Thelma, Yes I do believe books mate. I have experienced the phenomenon you describe.<br /><br />Bob, Your story reminds of part of a quiz that was part of a book called Biblioholism. It was an addiction checklist and asked the following question: "When you've spent hours at a bookstore do you lie and tell your spouse you've been in a bar?"<br /><br />And Kate before I met my husband I dated a guy who shouted (as we were breaking up) <br />"I NEVER liked books; I just pretended to because you're so nuts about them." I shudder to think what would have happened had I married him. (By the way, those book shelves look scarily like mine)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-66178570597093800432013-06-23T23:46:18.898-04:002013-06-23T23:46:18.898-04:00"Look! There's no more room! Tell me wher..."Look! There's no more room! Tell me where there's room?!!" My wife says fortnightly. Her last gasp is:"Okay, Okay, just don't buy any more." I agree, but I lie. I found it easier to forego alcohol and cigars than not buy another book. Borders shut down recently in Albany (a store that felt like I was home in my den): a real tragedy but also a favor to me. Never liked Barnes & Noble. It would have worked out except for The Book House, the biggest independent up here, and Dave's Dove Street Used Books on my corner. Still, I did let a book seller from Schenectady peruse the stacks and buy 130 volumes (not all that he thirsted for but I was like an oak). He'll not be invited back. Enough is enough! robert knightlyhttp://robertknightly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-56763137858208351352013-06-23T11:54:58.988-04:002013-06-23T11:54:58.988-04:00Stephanie, I do believe there is a germ in books t...Stephanie, I do believe there is a germ in books that makes them multiply... I often carry a load of books that I don't have room for a block over to the 92nd St. Y - they have a space now where orphaned books can find a home . Problem: when I get home, a few hours later, I swear the damn books have multiplied and there are more books than when I left the apartment!! Is there a doctor in the house, to quote our friend Robin ??? T.J. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-28082543907307041822013-06-23T11:39:35.127-04:002013-06-23T11:39:35.127-04:00I had a friend whose new husband demanded that she...I had a friend whose new husband demanded that she get rid of her books. The marriage broke up after a year. When last I visited her she was living happily with full bookshelves on all four walls of every room in her house. Don't know what became of the husband. Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.com