Libaray Book Sale

Every quarter, the library in my district has a book sale. This book sale is a fundraiser of sorts for the library itself. Several of the books sold are old ones the library does not have the room to keep anymore. Either because it was a popular book at first, so library ordered a bazillion copies, or because the books are less popular and not really read anymore. Most of the books though, are donated to the library for the purpose of the book sale.

Not to say there are only books. There are also Cd's, and movies, mostly books though.

It is a great time to get a stellar deal on books and Cd's. Most of the paper backs are only $0.50, and the hard backs are mostly $1.00. The hardbacks that are in excellent condition, or that are old enough to be considered "vintage" are priced somewhat higher. I actually have a copy of The Three Musketeers which is at least over fifty years old, and is still in really good condition.

Eragon and Dragon Rider are old favorites. The copy of Eragon I go was actually in pretty good condition, almost as if I had bought it from the store. Dragon Rider on the other hand...well let's just say you can tell it is used. Hu, I just now noticed they are both about dragons.

 I got The Book of Lost Things and Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonder simply becuase they looked intersting. Not sure how good they are going to be.

 



Usually I get several more classics, such as Dickens and Twain, but the classics section to the books sale was sorely lacking this year. All I found of any interest to me was the, The Great Books collection, which is a  compilation of a bunch of classics. I have already read most of them, but I still thought it would be a good thing to own.

Come summer I will have finished my old Bible reading program,  so I picked this up with that in mind. I also like how it integrated prayer with Bible reading. The prayer's are not fed to you though, like in some study Bibles. It gives you a topic that goes along with the passage and then you have to make up your own prayer on the subject.

I saw this Avalon book, and knowing it was a series my little sisters were interested in, bought it for them. They were there too, the books sale is always a family event, but this book was in the adult  fantasy section instead of with the children books. Abi was delighted, Colleen wondered why I did it. Ah well.

I have never read The Help, but I hear it is really good.

Now onto the Cd's. All of them but the Disney on is instrumental. I usually grab a couple instrumental Cd's while at the books sale because I like listening to it while doing school. Music with words distracts me.