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Wed, Mar. 16th, 2005 09:02 pmSunday was the library paperback sale.
I need to buy more bookshelves.
I think the two might be related.
I would just like to say that I have acquired 37 books for a mere $15. I love my library. I hug it and squeeze it and worship the ground it is built on.
The first time I went, they had trade PBs for $1 and MMPBs for 50 cents each. I swung by again half an hour before the end of the sale (what?? Like you wouldn't have done the same thing), and by that point, it was $2 for a bag, so I ended up dumping in anything that looked remotely interesting. It's really funny because so many of the books they had there were in such lovely condition. And they're all donations! I think the library here gets a ton of donations because the bookstore I used to work at is just down the street. The bookstore sees about 200 people every buying weekend. The people whose books aren't bought often just dump them at the library. I can tell because the library sales always have tons of Oprah's book club books or assorted other books that I know the bookstore sees tons of. And I always wonder if they're worth reading, because everyone seems to have read them, and I can pick them up for so little at the library sales!
( My loot )
ETA: completely unrelated, but does anyone know which short story collection Murakami Haruki's "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" is in? I read it for class freshman year and loved it, and my print out is missing a few words.
I need to buy more bookshelves.
I think the two might be related.
I would just like to say that I have acquired 37 books for a mere $15. I love my library. I hug it and squeeze it and worship the ground it is built on.
The first time I went, they had trade PBs for $1 and MMPBs for 50 cents each. I swung by again half an hour before the end of the sale (what?? Like you wouldn't have done the same thing), and by that point, it was $2 for a bag, so I ended up dumping in anything that looked remotely interesting. It's really funny because so many of the books they had there were in such lovely condition. And they're all donations! I think the library here gets a ton of donations because the bookstore I used to work at is just down the street. The bookstore sees about 200 people every buying weekend. The people whose books aren't bought often just dump them at the library. I can tell because the library sales always have tons of Oprah's book club books or assorted other books that I know the bookstore sees tons of. And I always wonder if they're worth reading, because everyone seems to have read them, and I can pick them up for so little at the library sales!
( My loot )
ETA: completely unrelated, but does anyone know which short story collection Murakami Haruki's "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" is in? I read it for class freshman year and loved it, and my print out is missing a few words.
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