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| 1. Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:28 AM |
| nuart |
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How many of these have you bought? Or read? These are only a handful of the books sold in bookstores but the numbers are surprisingly small, when compared to the numbers of viewers of King Kong or Desperate Housewives. Oh well. Seems like a hard way to get rich, doesn't it?  I doubt that any author gets more than a buck a book, do they? I was surprised by these numbers! Wonder how many books JD Rowlings sells. She has got to be the champ.
Anyway, I bought four of them -- the ones in red. I'd have to be blind-folded, gagged and under the influence to buy a copy of America's Lamest Brain, Dr. Phil.  Isn't Jim Henson dead? Who are John Grogan and James Cramer???? I have Martha's very first cookbook, but I think this one is a bio. Haven't even noticed it.
Susan
BOOK SALES RACE:
[CURRENTLY ON LIST, TOTAL SCANNED FOR YEAR]
DAVID MCCULLOUGH 1,217,079
TOM FRIEDMAN 1,044,725
FRANK MCCOURT 393,371
DORIS GOODWIN 391,363
JIMMY CARTER 387,612
JON STEWART 368,233
JOHN GROGAN 285,569
JOAN DIDION 265,350
AL FRANKEN 229,843
JAMES CRAMER 173,744
BILLY CRYSTAL 151,509
DR. PHIL 123,905
ALAN ALDA 107,036
MARTHA STEWART 95,881
JOHN MCCAIN 94,204
MAUREEN DOWD 92,836
JIM HENSON 67,239
“Half a truth is often a great lie.” Ben Franklin
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| 2. Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:11 PM |
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What did you think of the Joan Didion, Susan? I've been on the edge of buying it for a month or more now...
 
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| 3. Friday, December 30, 2005 10:27 AM |
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I've bought both Alan Alda and Jim Henson. Jim Henson's book was actually compiled by his daughter Cheryl. It's called It's Not Easy Being Green (surprise). Got it for my mum for Christmas. I'm with you on Dr. Phil, Susan. I think I'd rather eat my own body parts than buy anything that man puts out. He's a scourge.
~ Amanda "Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..." 
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| 4. Monday, January 9, 2006 11:27 AM |
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I've read McCourt's book Angela's Ashes, and thought it was good. It is definitely not one that i will consider reading again, as I do some books that I really enjoy.
It is important to remember that some dark places do not need light.
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| 5. Sunday, October 1, 2006 5:11 PM |
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am reading teacher man, got it for my birthday, not great, but people love :poor boy makes good"
Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.
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| 6. Wednesday, October 4, 2006 9:11 PM |
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My loving mother was kind enough to give me a copy of Dr. Phil's book for my birthday, which I promptly returned for credit. I'm surprised there's so many biographies. Where's the Da Vinci Code rank?
Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL
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