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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes

« on: June 13, 2019, 09:43:06 am »

Three favorite quotes, all from Mark Twain:

The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco.

If two people agree about everything, one of them isn't necessary.

Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 12, 2019, 09:05:03 pm »

When I was a kid I needed glasses but nobody had realized it yet.

I understand.  When I was in 5th grade, the school tested my eyes 3 times, but they never bothered to tell my parents.  Shortly thereafter, I complained to my mom that I couldn't read a clock on the wall.  A couple of weeks later, I had my first pair of glasses. 

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 12, 2019, 08:57:52 pm »

The one that sticks in my mind the most is the one about Richard III.

That's The Daughter of Time.  I like it, too; I just wish some of her others got more attention, like Brat Farrar and Miss Pym Disposes.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 12, 2019, 05:44:37 pm »

So, who was your "first"? (Adult mystery novel/novelist, that is.)

The first grownup mystery I read was serialized in my mom's Ladies Home Journal.  It was about a young man posing as someone else.  I loved it then, and loved it even more when I read it as an adult - Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey.

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Say Hi and Introduce Yourself

« on: June 11, 2019, 09:13:53 pm »

  Anyone else out there a re-reader?

To me, not re-reading a good book is like not eating a good meal because you've had it before. 

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: Stuart Palmer - Help an editor out!

« on: June 11, 2019, 08:02:58 pm »

I love the books, but I don't think I've ever seen a picture..

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Welcome and General Discussion / Re: POLL: Favorite Kid Detective

« on: June 11, 2019, 08:01:26 pm »

The first mysteries I ever read were the Trixie Beldens and the Ginny Gordons (both by Julie Campbell). I read them when they first came out (on papyrus scrolls).