tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post2791005310369038489..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: LEFT INSIDE: Business Card BookmarksJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-59714849111820243092016-06-28T23:38:48.335-05:002016-06-28T23:38:48.335-05:00The most haunting thing I ever found in a book was...The most haunting thing I ever found in a book was a small photo of a nude woman in longshot--way too small an image to be erotic: the figure was about three-eighths of an inch high. She standing by the side of a heated swimming pool at night with the pool light bathing the pool in an aqua glow. The temperature differential between water and air was making steam rise from the pool. <br />I've lived in L.A. all my life and the photo was clearly taken looking south in the Hills above Bel Air or Beverly Hills.<br /><br />I carefully put the photo away and have of course lost it. But I've never forgotten it. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363685364481896091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-65662345453405847052016-06-16T11:12:29.522-05:002016-06-16T11:12:29.522-05:00I think you need to write a novel around that firs...I think you need to write a novel around that first mysterious card, John. Who, what, where and why. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-1014123689199921122016-06-14T03:57:42.910-05:002016-06-14T03:57:42.910-05:00I suspect that in any of the crime books I've ...I suspect that in any of the crime books I've read in the last 5 years all you are likely to find are scraps of paper on which i made my blog notes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-76653691032696920922016-06-13T16:28:51.773-05:002016-06-13T16:28:51.773-05:00Bev’s find of a letter from a soldier during WW2 w...Bev’s find of a letter from a soldier during WW2 was something called V-Mail. You can see blank forms if you Google it. In the letter, the Army censors struck out the name of a place, so that his group could not be tracked. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-53204124565101883492016-06-13T15:25:29.986-05:002016-06-13T15:25:29.986-05:00I love finding things in books I pick up. My favor...I love finding things in books I pick up. My favorite found item is still this one <a href="http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2012/02/bevs-believe-it-or-not.html" rel="nofollow">Bev's Believe It or Not</a>. Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-83623016254067643582016-06-13T00:03:43.517-05:002016-06-13T00:03:43.517-05:00I collect old cookbooks, which often have insertio...I collect old cookbooks, which often have insertions, usually recipes torn from magazines etc. But I've also had original Ministry of Food leaflets from WW 2; a letter to a little girl telling her to be good with her new Mummy and Daddy; and a recipe clipping from a Johannesburg newspaper which gave that week's curfew times on the back. I always leave them in place; I feel they're part of the book's history.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364042277590960215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-46689752214416523832016-06-12T08:11:33.007-05:002016-06-12T08:11:33.007-05:00I'd like to see that merchant navy officer'...I'd like to see that merchant navy officer's card. Pressed flowers turn up a lot. Often they leave stains on the pages. I throw them out. Not really worth taking photos of ancient crumbling flowers.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-37395580145475648492016-06-12T07:47:04.722-05:002016-06-12T07:47:04.722-05:00John, I liked "the good life" business c...John, I liked "the good life" business card you found in "End of the Line." The closest I have come to finding something interesting is a picture of a Hindu deity, a pocket card-calendar, a flattened leaf, and a business card belonging to a merchant navy officer in British Columbia.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com