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Labels: Book Carnival, bookstores, California, independent bookstores, The Bookman, what I did on my vacation
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 3:03 PM
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I wonder what the women's adventure section looks like. Hmmm. I guess there is none. Hmmm.
Well, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and Marcia Muller came along and started writing P.I. stories with women as protagonists, but I'm not sure there have been too many female counterparts to the Eecutioner, the Destroyer, and so on. If you wonder what the women's adventure section looks like, I wonder the same about men's romance.
Good points. Have I offended? Perhaps I should not kibitz so wantonly.
Not at. The questions opens the way to serious, probing questions. Wanton, even irresponsible, kidding is welcome here.
I spent several of my grade school years living in Buena Park and knew Knott's Berry Farm quite well, at least as it was back then.
I'm glad Bookman is a kind of repository for vintage paperbacks. Our local large used store seems to be letting the stock of old pocket book size volumes dwindle away, following the trend in new book stores. It really seems a shame.
Maybe it's just Southern California that remains a center of interest in vintage paperbacks. That took up the entire first section of that long bank of shelves.
"As it was back then ... " I have heard about the vanished low-key Knott's Berry Farm of the past. I also passed a sign for Buena Park today.
I can see that Southern California would be the main concern down there.
Knott's Berry Farm was a different thing from Disneyland even way back then. On the other hand we did ride around in a stage coach which was stopped by rider on horseback, which was pretty exciting. Actually, it was all pretty fun, and I think even kids today would like it.
The place was packed with kids last night, I can tell you. And I hear tell that it was a real western type of place years ago, that the restaurant started a a small building serving just fresh chicken dinners, and so on. Even today, that old, original building is visible beneath later accretions.
I have fond memories of the place. I think it was a great combination of low tech and high tech for that era.
The roller-coaster still clatters over its old-fashioned, at least partly wooden frame.
Too bad Book Carnival was closed. Yep, Orange. I get the Tustin-Orange border mixed up sometimes. Great little place, though I sure don't recall much in the way of "romance" ever being there. It may have changed hands after Ed passed away.
And I didn't see much romance at Bouchercon. Some, but not much. I did get a kick out of seeing "Romantic suspense" displayed so prominently on the sign.
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