My guess -- totally out of the blue -- is that Harlequins, along with all the rest of that list of categories, fall out of date or out of print quickly and have no collector value. (Encyclopedias are only valuable if they're really really old, book club books aren't as valuable as non-book-club editions, and "very specialized books" sounds like a catchall category for "won't fetch a nice price considering the amount of space it will take up".)
my one trip into a used book store in DC
FWIW, I used to visit this one place outside Dupont Circle that had all manner of books, including the dusty tiny-print elderly stuff, but also sold vintage movie posters in frames. They had a French 3-sheet poster for
Mad Max
premiering at Cannes, and a 1-sheet size of
The Empire Strikes Back,
with a little banner in the corner with "Coming soon! Revenge of the Jedi!" (It was like $300, or I might have bought it.)
For the life of me I can't remember whether I ever bought any books there, but I sure remember the posters.
Deena was the Stephanie Laurens book that disappointed the one about the brother of the wife of the eldest Cynster (Devil?) -- because I had already taken it out of the library before reading your comment -- and now I've started it. It doesn't seem so bad.
Yes, sumi. It doesn't start out too bad. But it gets much worse. I think what bothered me the most is that she doesn't let a chapter go by without reminding you that he's a brilliant young politician. The story itself isn't bad, I don't think. It's the execution that leaves a lot to be desired.
Maybe she needs to take a break from writing for a bit!
They sell Harlequins, but they don't buy them or take them in trade. That's because they don't sell as many as there are used copies out there and they would end up overrun.(Psst! They DO buy them if they run low, but it's not a general policy).
I just found it funny because they are so specific. Hell, Harlequins are how I learned about sex (the horrible, neverending sex talk where my mother had a legal pad with an outline where she checked the subjects off as she went over them notwithstanding)
Really?
yes really. I have no actual memory of what she said, I just remember staring at a spot on the carpet and praying for it to be over. And having her say "Do you have any questions?" and when I mumbled "no", she would check off the subject.
yes really. I have no actual memory of what she said, I just remember staring at a spot on the carpet and praying for it to be over. And having her say "Do you have any questions?" and when I mumbled "no", she would check off the subject.
It's a wonder you ever had sex. My parents gave me
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex,
and
The Sensuous Man
and
The Sensuous Woman
when I started asking questions at age 9. I learned about penis piercing and oral sex at the same time.
At this point, I've worked through my sexual hangups, but my mother probably was to blame.
