Hitting the Books

Our library system has a biannual booksale, where all the discarded and donated books from the previous six months are sold at marvelously cheap prices. It’s a real zoo (especially on Opening Night, which you have to be a Friend of the Library to get in. We used to do that, but don’t anymore–too much hassle with a Punkin on board). 1200+ square feet of books piled on tables, under tables, in boxes, on top of other books. Definitely a hunt for buried treasure.

What I found today:

• Riverdance on VHS (with Colin Dunne, not the oh-so-arrogant Michael Flatley)
• “Muzzy” (the BBC’s excellent language system for children) French addition
• Some books for the Punkin
• Japanese dictionary
• Spanish dictionary
• The Story Behind the Word (word origins)
• Names & Nicknames of Places & Things
• An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
• The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
• Writing Books for Children by Jane Yolen
• The Craft of Revision
• A Short History of Australia
• Parallel Universes (non-fiction, written by a physicist. Also covers time travel)
• Wild at Heart by John Eldredge (we just did Captivating at our women’s retreat, so I was curious as to what he has to say about the male side of things.)

I don’t think I got any “pleasure” reading books, except Ben and Me by Robert Lawson, a kiddie book, but an old favorite of mine. Oh yeah, and Dave Barry Does Japan

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