jack bludis said: The nominations are filling out a reading
list for me to pick up on some characters--and writers--I've
missed.
*********************************************** thats my
favorite thing about the list. its opened my eyes to a lot
more books and authors than i would have ever discovered on
my own. before the list, my standard operation for choosing a
book was just to wander the aisles of a big bookstore and
look. thats ok as far as it goes, but what about authors like
charles williams, who's out of print, or willeford, who is
not exactly mainstream?
before the list, i generally kept about 5 books on the shelf
that i intended to read. when it got down to a couple, i went
looking for more. now i've got about 40 books (thanks to
terrill and his mysteries, movies, and mayhem store) sitting
on my shelf, and a list of about 20 or 30 more.
miker
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