Book Sale

[tarotgal]

I just spent an hour poking around my local library. They're having a 3-day book sale and I TOTALLY scored. I got more books to Bookcross with as well as at least a half dozen just for me. I'll type up a full list when I get home but I'm sooooo happy now. Happy books! *pets* I even got the whole of HP1 on cassette tape for $3. Can't beat that! I also got HP books 1 & 2 in paperback so that I can mark them up for canon references. I've got little post-its all ready. Now all I need are the other 4 books in paperback... But, yeah, I really got some great things. I'm so excited. They had A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 2 in audio tapes but I passed because I haven't *read* them yet and I want to do that first. I'll probably regret passing later, but I'm sure someone will snatch it up and love it :-)

EDIT: It was a MADHOUSE there! The library opened at 10am and at 9:45 there was a line halfway around the building! People bought large boxes and cloth bags to carry all their books. There wasn't any pushing/shoving but there were some mad dashes and quick grabs. Whoa. People take their books very seriously! Good for them!

I got:

• The Cave of Time- Edward Packard- A Choose Our Own Adventure Book! (Remember those? Gods, I used to LOVE those. I tried to write a sneezefic like that once and, gah, it so isn't working out well)
  
• Angel: Bruja- Mel Odom (Another Angel novel. With Doyle, no less. I couldn't resist)
  
• This is Jeopardy (I read Trivial Pursuit cards for fun. So this will definitely rock. And, again, I can give away when I'm done)
  
• The Cat Who Came for Christmas (I intend to read this before Christmas and Bookcross with it, releasing it on Christmas)
  
• Life's Little Instruction Book (I'm in the mood for advice on life and I can always give it away when I'm done with it)
  
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz- L Frank Baum (One of the few Oz novels I never made it through as a kid- probably because the pictures are freaky!!! But I would LOVE to have a full Oz collection and this makes book #3 So Yay!)
  
• HP and the Sorcerer's Stone- JKR (Paperback- I intend to mark it up and cover it in post-its so I can use it for canon references when I write fanfic)
  
• HP and the Chamber of Secrets- JKR (Paperback- Same deal, use for canon look-up)
  
• HP and the Sorcerer's Stone- JKR (Audio tapes!)
  
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- L Frank Baum (Audio tapes! I don't have my hopes up, but we'll see if it's as good as the audio version I grew up with- it's with a whole cast... so we'll see)
  
• Becoming a Writer- Dorotea Brande (Because I was curious- what the hell *innocent shrug* It was first published in 1934 and talks about typewriters in one section- it'll be amusing if nothing else! But parts seem very interesting)
  
• The Pooh Cook Book- Virginia Ellison (I ADORE Winnie the Pooh, if I've never mentioned it here before. And this is a hardback copy and sooooo cute! Chapters include: Breakfasts; Smackererls, Elevenses, and Teas; Provisions for Picnics and Expotitions; Honey Sauces, Christmas Specialties, and more)
  
• Castle- David MaCaulay (I used to LOVE this book/series as a kid! And I find myself needing it for reference all the time, what with castles in the LotR-verse and the HP-verse, etc. So I expect to use this frequently for reference)
  
• City- David MaCaulay (Same deal as above, only I'll probably use it less for reference and more for staring at the illustrations and basking in having both these books if needed- But, hey, you never know when I'll write a ROME fic and need this for reference, too!)
  
• One Hundred Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I've read parts of this, and I've read other works by him, but I've always wanted to read this and never have, so here's my chance)
  
• People of the Wolf- W Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear (I'm not sure I'll like it, but it looks good...)
  
  
  
  For Bookcrossing only:
  
• Jurassic Park- Michael Crichton
  
• HP and the Sorcerer's Stone- JKR
  
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- CS Lewis (I intend to leave it on a bench/seat somewhere outside the movie theater when I go to see this on Dec 9th)
  

So... 17 books and 2 audio books for $13? Not bad at all!
I convinced myself to avoid the Video Tapes because I really should be buying things on DVD instead. I might go again tomorrow on the way to work and see if there's anything I missed. I'm thinking of getting a few other Christmas books to Bookcrossing with. There were some Irish travel/culture books but nothing that impressed me. And I really wanted a good nature book or art book to give to specific people present-wise but there was nothing I thought they'd enjoy. And, sadly, not a single Jedi Apprentice book even though there must have been at least 100 Star Trek and Star Wars books. But the fantasy/sci-fi section was incredibly small otherwise. Oh well. Can't say I didn't look, right? :-)