The sale started at 9 am, and it already was crowded when we arrived at 9:15. It reminded me of Filene's Basement in Boston, except with men. People were lugging around cardboard boxes filled with books, and one woman kept popping up and saying that whatever book you had your hand on was the one she wanted. And the man who checked out ahead of me said he chose titles he thought he'd be able to resell. At 50 cents per paperback and $1.00 per hardcover (25 cents per paperback and 50 cents per hardcover in the children's section), it was a bookworm's paradise!
Here's what I snagged for just $8.50:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
Good Grief by Lolly Winston
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
The Doctor's House by Ann Beattie
Multiple Choice by Claire Cook
July's People/My Son's Story/Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer
And for those of you interested in children's books, The Girl also made out like a bandit. For $3.50, she snapped up:
The Official Pokemon Handbook by Maria S. Barbo (her favorite find of the day, of course!)
The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Shark Encounter by Nancy E. Krulik
Disney's Aladdin adapted by Don Ferguson
Little Women (illustrated version) by Louisa May Alcott
SpongeBob Squarepants: Drive Thru by Erica David
The Baby-Sitter's Club #26: Claudia and the Sad Good-bye by Ann M. Martin (I loved this series as a kid!)
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Clearly (one of my all-time favorite authors!)
The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Terrible Talking Termite by Stan & Jan Berenstain
SpongeBob Squarepants: Sandy's Rocket by Steven Banks
The library is having another book sale in September. I'll bring two bags next time to be on the safe side!!
5 comments:
It may be worth a road trip from NJ for this sale!!
PS I tagged you.
I think this was a great sale and can't wait until Sept.
Hopefully the September sale will rock just as hard!
nbbaker: Thanks for the tag! I've never been tagged before! I'm playing catch up now, but I'll see what I can do!
That is amazing!!! My parents live in G-town, MD, so I may have to make my way over there :)
If you're in the area, it'd definitely be worth it! But now that I've said how great the sale is, it'll stink next time.
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