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Gluttony at the Dollar Store

Oct 02, 2012
by Caroline Miller
1084, Carola Dunn, Haruki Marakami, Martha Grimes, Patricia Cornwell
3 Comments

I’ve been saving money from my sale of used books to buy a secondhand copy of Haruki Murakami’s latest tome, 1Q84. Originally the novel sold for over $30. I’ve saved $12 and hope I can find his masterpiece at a bargain price now that a year has passed since its publication.

I admit, I can afford to buy new books, but I can also afford to wait for a sale. I’ve a list of titles I want to read, so time is on my side. Finding a wonderful book at half the cost is a sport and constitutes a double happiness.

Not only am I penurious in my reading habits, but I am also lazy. I gravitate to familiar authors over and over again. If books were food, my behavior would be equivalent to preferring jelly beans to peas. Fortunately, the Dollar Store keeps me balanced. They offer a smorgasbord of publishing house scraps over which I have no control, but loving a bargain, as I do, I’m willing to risk sampling the works of a writer who is unknown to me.

My most recent introduction was to Patricia Cornwell, a world famous mystery author whose stories are in as many translations as those of Murakami. For $1, she provided me with a fine tale, complete with characters so deep, and so fully formed, that if they stepped from her pages and into the world, they’d already have a rich history.

I shall always love my jelly beans and old friends like Haruki Murakami, or Martha Grimes or Carola Dunn with whom I am entirely comfortable. But discovery is good, especially when it comes at a delicious price. Thanks to the Dollar Store, I’m learning to become omnivorous.

Patricia Cornwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Patricia Cornwell courtesy of www.us.penguingroup.com)

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  1. Marina October 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm Reply
    My introduction to Murakami was Kafka by the Sea. He's a beautiful writer. That novel inspired me to attempt to read Kafka, but I just couldn't handle all the nonsense. Let us know if you like 1Q84 when you get a chance to read it!
    • Caroline Miller October 5, 2012 at 3:07 pm Reply
      Thanks for checking in Marina. I read Kafka by the Sea. Thought it was great. As for 1084, hope you're a young gal as I haven't bought it yet and by the time I finish reading it, I might be too old to comment. No seriously, am looking forward to the book and you can be sure I'll give you my take on it.
      • Marina October 5, 2012 at 3:48 pm Reply
        No kidding, 1Q84 requires some dedicated reading!

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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