Went to my local library sale here in Iowa last week, and though they didn’t have any books for 10 cents this time, I’m still pleased with my finds. I got the following 4 books for $3:
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Likeness by Tana French (I got In the Woods last year at this same library sale!)
And then I went to my local Goodwill (which I LOVE) and found American Pastoral by Philip Roth (a Pulitzer winner) for only $0.60.
Went to a library sale here in Kentucky, and though I didn’t come away with much, I’m very pleased with my finds! I would have bought so much more if I had been in Iowa, but I already have too many books to bring back that I had to limit myself.
Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau — this is an older Pulitzer that I got for 10 cents!!
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse — 10 cents — I was already thinking of purchasing this for the Japanese challenge!
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers — 10 cents
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis — 25 cents — another Pulitzer winner
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing — 10 cents
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly – $1.00
A great day, and I may go back tomorrow because they’re always putting new books out. I’m just in love with library sales and always will be…
Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi. I found this at Amazon or B&N when I was looking for Japanese reading material. It would fit three challenges for me: Japanese, RIP III, and A-Z (V title). I have no idea what I’d be getting myself into by reading this title, but it seems it is quite popular and there is even a movie series of it. I believe there are several books in the series as well.
Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago. Saw this at the library and knew I wanted to read it. BiblioAddict has a great review.
Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan. Another one at the library. Logophilia has a very favorable review.
I forgot (#%@*&!) to go to Omaha’s Library Sale in early September. I love their sales because the trade paperbacks are alphabetized and only 50 cents. I love it, but I missed it. Oh, well, the next one is in December, and I will be there with book bags.
So anyway, I was excited to go to a library sale closer to where I live yesterday. Disappointing. Kind of pitiful, really. I only came out with three books of any interest and, oh yeah, their trades are $1.00. It wasn’t a total loss, though. I picked up some great books I had on hold, plus these three from the sale:
In the Woods by Tana French
On Writing by Stephen King
The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand (Pulitzer winner in 1938)
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1, ESV)
Went to my local library sale here in Iowa last week, and though they didn’t have any books for 10 cents this time, I’m still pleased with my finds. I got the following 4 books for $3:
Went to a library sale here in Kentucky, and though I didn’t come away with much, I’m very pleased with my finds! I would have bought so much more if I had been in Iowa, but I already have too many books to bring back that I had to limit myself.
I forgot (#%@*&!) to go to Omaha’s Library Sale in early September. I love their sales because the trade paperbacks are alphabetized and only 50 cents. I love it, but I missed it. Oh, well, the next one is in December, and I will be there with book bags.
So anyway, I was excited to go to a library sale closer to where I live yesterday. Disappointing. Kind of pitiful, really. I only came out with three books of any interest and, oh yeah, their trades are $1.00. It wasn’t a total loss, though. I picked up some great books I had on hold, plus these three from the sale:
