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Fiction

rzemanfl

(30,291 posts)

21. Smart enough to know good writers it seems.

Reply to hermetic (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 15, 2021, 01:57 PM

Nov 2021

Last edited Wed Nov 17, 2021, 08:31 AM - Edit history (1)

I found in years long gone by that buying a best seller and then selling it after reading recouped a good chunk of the price. This was before personal computers, when IBM memory typewriters were the state of the art.

On edit, I have herniated disk and am on a lot of drugs. Please excuse typos.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, November 14, 2021? [View all] hermetic Nov 2021 OP

"Elsey Come Home" bif Nov 2021 #1

Any good? hermetic Nov 2021 #2

I'm just about to start it. bif Nov 2021 #11

Clap When You Land MontanaMama Nov 2021 #3

Fascinating! hermetic Nov 2021 #5

All's good here...or, as you said MontanaMama Nov 2021 #15

Yay! hermetic Nov 2021 #16

About to start the latest Michael Connelly, rzemanfl Nov 2021 #4

Lucky you! hermetic Nov 2021 #6

Sorry about the misspelling which I just caught and corrected. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2021 #7

Didn't even notice hermetic Nov 2021 #9

Dayum! hermetic Nov 2021 #8

How many copies? I was #19 on 23 copies but placed the hold long before the publication date. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2021 #10

2 hermetic Nov 2021 #12

Smart enough to know good writers it seems. rzemanfl Nov 2021 #21

I was actually referring to hermetic Nov 2021 #22

Five thousand three hundred 1980's dollars typewriters. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2021 #23

still running long cons with The Sisterhood. yellowdogintexas Nov 2021 #13

Good for you hermetic Nov 2021 #14

Still reading Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz japple Nov 2021 #17

Aww, newbies hermetic Nov 2021 #18

"Consequences" by R.C. Bridgestock The King of Prussia Nov 2021 #19

I like PD James hermetic Nov 2021 #20

SuperGrow: Essays and Reports on Imagination in America dandrews Nov 2021 #24

Hope you are enjoying the tour around the site BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #25

Welcome to DU! hermetic Nov 2021 #26

I finished two mysteries by Dervla McTiernan iemanja Nov 2021 #27

Dervla McTiernan hermetic Nov 2021 #28