I'm glad you scored some great books! I bought a boxful of books at a used bookstore that closed here a couple weeks ago. We're just down to a handful of used bookstores now. It's sad.
I didn't feel one iota of guilt spending so much on the 60%-80% off books at the several Borders that shut down in Chicago. I was a regular shopper when they were in business. I visited at least four of them all the time. It's more than sad that Chicago got all of its stores axed. It's sickening. I'd never have thought our city was filled with browsers rather than buyers. [...sigh...]
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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They can hardly blame you.
Some of these were under $4.
I'm glad you scored some great books! I bought a boxful of books at a used bookstore that closed here a couple weeks ago. We're just down to a handful of used bookstores now. It's sad.
I didn't feel one iota of guilt spending so much on the 60%-80% off books at the several Borders that shut down in Chicago. I was a regular shopper when they were in business. I visited at least four of them all the time. It's more than sad that Chicago got all of its stores axed. It's sickening. I'd never have thought our city was filled with browsers rather than buyers. [...sigh...]
We got another twenty books today for forty bucks. I am sick and yet excited.
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