I stopped checking out books from the library a few months ago (the nasty fines I had wracked up because I really just couldn't get the books back on time!). But that doesn't mean I can't support the library by going to their quarterly Friends of the Library sale. Never mind that I haven't read a single one of the five books I bought last quarter, yesterday I was off to this quarter's sale. I could easily have picked up 30 or 40 books but it would have been so hard to smuggle in that many books. And I was at least disciplined enough not to buy anything that wasn't already pretty high up on the wish list.
Here's what I found:The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Glory Cloak by Patricia O'Brien
The Lady and The Unicorn by Tracy Cheveliar
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
The English Major by Jim Harrison
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
The Well and The Mine by Gin Phillips
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Oh, there were so many more books that wanted to come home with me! But I really couldn't spend any more money with the piles of books I already have to be read. I did justify the whole expedition by buying "Crazy Heart" by Thomas Cobb for The Big Guy. And if I'm lucky, he won't ask what else I bought while I was there!
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Oh I adore library sales! The treasures to be found there :) I´ve only read The Blind Assasin but loved that one.
ReplyDeleteI love book sales at the library! You got some great ones! I have had Physick Book of Deliverance Dane on my TBR for ages!
ReplyDeleteI'm so envious - I wish we had Friends of the Library sales.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your loot.
I really enjoyed The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane! I hope you do too!
ReplyDeleteYou found some great deals! I loved The School of Essential Ingredients.
ReplyDeleteI love library sales and you grabbed some great reads!!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds Lisa---Sharp Objects was good IMO enjoy them all.
ReplyDeleteOoh, The Well and the Mine...EXCELLENT choice.
ReplyDeleteI ADORED THe End of the Affair and Blind Assassin in high school! I keep meaning to read more Graham Greene, and I've read a few Atwoods over the years; they're always so good. And I sympathise with the siren call of library sales, lol.
ReplyDeleteYou have a ranked wish list? I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being so disciplined at the book sale. Nice set of books.
ReplyDeleteLibrary book sales are evil - I cannot ever resist one, especially when they have .50 cent or $1.00 books!
ReplyDeleteGreat books Lisa. The School of Essential Ingredients is really good. I wouldn't trust myself at a book sale. I can only imagine how many books I'd come home with.
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't heard of a few of these (huh!?) and am excited that Softdrink mentions The Well and the Mine since that's one I don't know. Looking forward to your thoughts on The Blind Assassin - it reads fast, btw. I had no trouble speeding thru those 500+ pages and I usually dread chunksters.
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean about not being able to sneak anymore books in the house!! It sounds like you found a lot of neat stuff at the sale, and I will be interested in hearing what you think of these!!
ReplyDeleteFriends of the library sales are my favorite! I don't usually bring home that many books though. And I still don't think I've read any of them...
ReplyDeleteThe Blind Assassin and The Lady and the Unicorn are both fabulous. I used to have the same problem with racking up library fines but lately I have been a lot better about it.
ReplyDeleteI've heard great things about The School of Essential Ingredients. And I really want to read Howe and Flynn's books. I hope you enjoy all the books!
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