Friday, August 03, 2018
Eleven Years of the Blog and The Sunday Haul (on 29-07-2018)
I am dimly aware of why I keep buying books week after week but I am finding it a bit difficult to understand why I am keeping this blog going. I don’t really relish the idea of writing the posts here as regularly as I am doing so it is not that I love to write and I also am not looking to be famous or popular with this blog. But I’ve managed to keep this blog going for eleven long years somehow. I have no idea of how long the blog will last but right now I am thinking of a short break of a couple of weeks.
Books published in the fifties and sixties hold a special attraction for me, more so if it is a crime fiction title. More than what it inside it is the cover that gets me. Last Sunday at Abids I came across a slim book in a heap with an attractive cover. I picked it up and the title on the cover was ‘Murder Me for Nickels’ by Peter Rabe. It was published in May, 1960 by Gold Medal Books in USA. I got it for just twenty rupees. This was the only title in last Sunday’s haul.
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4 comments:
Go on, maan, take a break ... eleven years is a long time, Vinod ... here is a suggestion -- don't write, just post pictures of covers of books that you hauled in at Abids ...
btw, that cover is splendid ... full of possibilities ... reminds me of all those old b/w Hindi crime capers like Howrah Bridge ... music hai, dhuaan hai, masti hai, danger hai ...
Hi Vinod,
I have been a follower of your blog for the past five years. In fact, at the time of writing this message, I opened your blog wondering how you manage to be so steadfast with your posts. So, it would be quite unusual to open my feed and not find a "Sunday Haul" post, should you decide to take your break. On that note, any words of wisdom about maintaining your levels of discipline?
Best
Serial Procrastinator
Hari, thanks. I am lazy too and procrastinate a lot. But when it comes to the blog I try to maintain a military like discipline though I work for the government, where, you might be knowing how things (and people) are. :)
For the blog I have a schedule and try to stick to it. That's the only secret, if you can call it that.
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