Monty, the lovable bookstore cat, is scheduled for surgery on February 11th for an extraction of a premolar tooth. The estimate is around $800 and comes at a very bad time for me. I am hoping to help pay for it by offering a Valentine’s “sweet deal” discount on some of the books in the … Continue reading
In the book business, the acquisition of an impressive collection of books on a single subject usually involves a death. Occasionally these days, such a windfall will occur when the former owner is downsizing or moving and has to dispense with the baggage of a lifetime pursuit. Such was the case when I recently obtained … Continue reading
James Lee Burke fans…look what just came in! Ah, so sorry, you will have to wait another six days. We will be closed for a short vacation so that I can wiggle my toes in the Pacific Ocean and see my granddaughters. Hopefully you will stop by in a week to see what else has … Continue reading
Confession: My reading is not limited to classics, literature and deep philosophical tomes. I am an eclectic reader. A compulsive reader. Couldn’t pass up reading the back of a cereal box when I was a kid. Today, I am enchanted by the blurbs in Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer. The American Science and Surplus catalog has … Continue reading
Grab your Kodak, your Nikon, your Minolta, or maybe your digital camera, your iphone or whatever takes pictures these days, and come on over to The Eclectic Reader. We’re having an October photo contest. The challenge will be to take a picture of Monty, our bookstore cat, that is a clever combination of “cat-ness” and … Continue reading
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