Rare, Collectible, & Otherwise

Tag: fiction

Boxers, in brief.

Some of them are just typos, no doubt someone creating a Craigslist ad on their small-button smart-phone. Others… I’m not sure exactly what to think.

I like to look over the listings just in case there is someone offering something of tremendous value for very little money. It hasn’t happened yet, but I have found a couple of items that I wound up owning.

Not going for Chester Drawers though. I should have clicked on the link to read the description, but it was more fun to simply wonder if some fellow named Chester was selling off his underwear or – instead – it was a couple of drawers full of chesters. You can never keep enough chesters around the house.

There is a slim possibility that the seller meant to offer a “chest of drawers,” which Chester might have kept his underwear in.

Sunday evening’s listings featured another classic, but when I went back to review it this morning it had disappeared. Hopefully a quick sale ended the need for the ad. I’m fairly certain there are no Craigslist editors out there.

Bestselling Fiction

A book and air conditioning. Does it get any better? The top 5 NY Times bestsellers in hardback fiction include: THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts; THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson; PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro; SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich; and THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. In mass market paperback the top five are THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson; THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson; AUSTIN, by Linda Lael Miller; KNOCKOUT, by Catherine Coulter; and THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks.