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? :-)

Comments

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

Oh! I have that Jeopardy book. Got it for fifty cents or something at Barnes and Noble with a discount card. It's really interesting, you'll enjoy it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

I have the Pooh cookbook too! I'm not sure if it's the same one though. The recipes in the edition I have are by Katie Stewart (with illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard) but some of the chapter titles you mentioned are the same; Smackerels, Elevenses and Teas, Provisions for Picnics and Expotitions,Christmas Specialities.

I can particularly recommend the Biscuit cake (if you've got the same recipes in yours) in the Smackerels... section. Mmmm yummy. Those pages are smeared with chocolate and butter to this day.

And I still consult the book for the recipe for pancakes when I'm having a blonde day and can't remember the right ratios.

Ahem. Getting fangirly over cookbooks? Bloody hell I need to get out more!

Anyway, enjoy!

RC