The Vagaries of Vintage Books
As a confirmed bookaholic, I spend as much time in used book stores as in stores that sell new books. I collect Agatha Christie books, and I'm always looking for books with cool vintage covers. I inherited my mom's collection of John Creasey's Gideon books and Mary Roberts Rinehart books. I don't come across Erle Stanley Gardner books that often, but I usually add them to my collection when I do. Like the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books I used to love, the Perry Mason mysteries don't age particularly well. They are still fun to read, though, and I occasionally binge on the 1950s Perry Mason TV series, too. Some of my favorites are non-Perry Mason books. THE CASE OF THE IRATE WITNESS is a collection of stories, and I enjoyed them all. I've come across some vintage Perry Mason books recently that I also enjoyed. I'm a big fan of short stories - especially mystery short stories - and I've been reading and collecting my favorite anthologies for most of m...