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Books for ten cents
Jan. 10th, 2001 04:58 pmI had to do it, at the rate I am reading at the moment, it was a solution. This second hand book store in Sydney I've been to a few times already, sold left overs for ten cents each. Can't go wrong for that price I'd say, so I bought six.
Later on that week I sold another pile of books to him as well. But compared to the first time, this time I got a good price. I'm not sure how many books it was actually, but about half for double the price. Goes to show that the first shop ripped me off! Obviously I spent what I got immediately on new books, for when I've finished these 6 gambles. I have now:
30 Irwin Zacharia - Grandstand rookie
I like books that are about sport, I really like literature that incorporates sports. I'm quite sure this is not literature though. I'm not sure who this is written for though. It reads like a Mills & Boons novel (not that I have ever read one), but as it is about Baseball, I easily managed to get through. The baseball bits weren't even bad, apart from one scene where he got the final score wrong, based on the statistics of our hero. Funny to read about stars selling insurance in the off-season to meek ends meet year round. The first million dollar contract is mentioned as a thing that could happen soon. The world is changing fast, perhaps A-Rod should read this book, just for fun.
31. Michael Baldwin - Miracle Jack
Story about a journalist who gets to revive his career by writing about a guy climbing huge buildings barehanded in London, with the fianl bit going to Manhattan, where he wants to climb the emire state building. I didn't get the plot though. Maybe there wasn't any. Who cares?
32. Michael Parkinson - Sporting fever
Columns about sport from the British times. The newest of these six books, early seventies still. Some funny bits, but most are nice stories to tell in a pub, in a book they get boring though, especially reading a few after each other. I hope my stories aren't as boring. Then again I would trade him for jobs, as he's a BBC-celeb nowadays.
33. Norman Bogner - Spanish fever
Ultimate crap. Pretentious. Even the summary on the back is incorrect. Ten cents is still overpriced. Don't know why I finished it, but I did. No real story, no fun. Ultimate nothing!
34. James Baldwin - Giovanni's room
The best of this pile. Dodgy cover, but good story about a man who has a homosexual affair while his fiancee is travelling. Given the time and country this was published (States early fifties), it must have been a controlversial book at the time. But it was a good read, doesn't ever get seedy, nor predictable. I can recommend this one for anyone.
35. James S. Rand - Viva Ramirez!
Bought it because of the title and the fact that it plays in Central America, where I was travelling early last year. Didn't realise it was about hunting. Nor that is was such a boring activity, this hunting thing. Still went on to read the 400+ pages though. I always hope to find a bit more about Honduras (where it's set, though I sometimes think it is Belize, given the British background of the main character and the author), one of my favorite countries. But the characters are one-dimensional, and very politically incorrect. Glad I'm through, on to the real books again!
Later on that week I sold another pile of books to him as well. But compared to the first time, this time I got a good price. I'm not sure how many books it was actually, but about half for double the price. Goes to show that the first shop ripped me off! Obviously I spent what I got immediately on new books, for when I've finished these 6 gambles. I have now:
30 Irwin Zacharia - Grandstand rookie
I like books that are about sport, I really like literature that incorporates sports. I'm quite sure this is not literature though. I'm not sure who this is written for though. It reads like a Mills & Boons novel (not that I have ever read one), but as it is about Baseball, I easily managed to get through. The baseball bits weren't even bad, apart from one scene where he got the final score wrong, based on the statistics of our hero. Funny to read about stars selling insurance in the off-season to meek ends meet year round. The first million dollar contract is mentioned as a thing that could happen soon. The world is changing fast, perhaps A-Rod should read this book, just for fun.
31. Michael Baldwin - Miracle Jack
Story about a journalist who gets to revive his career by writing about a guy climbing huge buildings barehanded in London, with the fianl bit going to Manhattan, where he wants to climb the emire state building. I didn't get the plot though. Maybe there wasn't any. Who cares?
32. Michael Parkinson - Sporting fever
Columns about sport from the British times. The newest of these six books, early seventies still. Some funny bits, but most are nice stories to tell in a pub, in a book they get boring though, especially reading a few after each other. I hope my stories aren't as boring. Then again I would trade him for jobs, as he's a BBC-celeb nowadays.
33. Norman Bogner - Spanish fever
Ultimate crap. Pretentious. Even the summary on the back is incorrect. Ten cents is still overpriced. Don't know why I finished it, but I did. No real story, no fun. Ultimate nothing!
34. James Baldwin - Giovanni's room
The best of this pile. Dodgy cover, but good story about a man who has a homosexual affair while his fiancee is travelling. Given the time and country this was published (States early fifties), it must have been a controlversial book at the time. But it was a good read, doesn't ever get seedy, nor predictable. I can recommend this one for anyone.
35. James S. Rand - Viva Ramirez!
Bought it because of the title and the fact that it plays in Central America, where I was travelling early last year. Didn't realise it was about hunting. Nor that is was such a boring activity, this hunting thing. Still went on to read the 400+ pages though. I always hope to find a bit more about Honduras (where it's set, though I sometimes think it is Belize, given the British background of the main character and the author), one of my favorite countries. But the characters are one-dimensional, and very politically incorrect. Glad I'm through, on to the real books again!
