Category: Book Stuff

Library Book Sale recap….

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large_club1Oh man….

The Brainerd Library sale is all that I had hoped for…. and then some.  After a LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGG winter of no garage sale “book finding” opportunities, I had forgot how much I miss just browsing for great books at great prices!

Walking into the sale today I quickly went to my favorite style of book, the oversized paperback.  After cruising that section and placing my selections into the box (yes, box) I then went to the hard covers, then Christian, then over to the regular sized paperbacks.  And then, after skimming through titles… I went through it all again, more carefully this time… checking also the overstock boxes below the tables.

I chose books by author, by title, and in some cases, by beauty.  Some books I have no idea if they are good or not, but they had a beautiful title and a big beautiful title and cover on a hard book is too me… a piece of art.  These beauties will grace the shelves at our cabin…. temping to visitors to read, but also appealing to the eye.

When all was said and done I checked out at $35.00…. that’s 50 cents per book, so yeah… 70 books.  Some are for me, some are for friends, some for the church, some for the cabin, and a few are for Swaptree so I can trade for something I do want.

Best picks… hmmm…. hard to say…. I found Harlan Colben’s Hold Tight (that was exciting!).  That may be my prize of this sale.

My heart is racing now…. the Spring book sale is a kick off to what is to come and now the scent of books is in the air…. like the scent of Bella is to Edward….

I am thirsty.

Books Anyone?

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i_heart_book_clubI had a wee bit of time today to snoop through some websites and blogs on books.  I found – A GOLD MINE!  Book sites that have great book reviews – book info and book giveaways!  It is a Bookies dream world!  I am posting some of these sites here so you can check them out for yourself!  Be sure to look at them too becuase they are offering free book drawings which I LOVE!!!!  Woo hoo!!!!

Book Club Girl – filled with rich stories and links to book givaways I could spend hours on this site alone and probably will!  Within my first few minutes on the site I was able to link to two (yes two!) book givaways that both sounded like great reads!

** There is also a give away on this site for a copy of the NEW Jodi Piccoult Book!  Link to it here!

Bookreporter.com – Author talk and book reviews as well as info on new books.  This site also has reading guides for groups.

Bookpage – Kind of fun…. reviews and contests and a cool magazine that you can click on and turn the pages online to other book info as well as more contests!

Bookfetish –  Looks like a large magazine…. lots of book information and articles

Dearreader – Kind of a homey book site.  Contests and possible cookies to win…. this site allwos you to get weekly book samples in your email, join an online book club, and get recipes as well.  Simply done site that is nicely done and not overdone.

There.  I am sure there are thousands more out there but with my wii fit calling me and being a little over an hour until I am due to my own book club meeting (in a snow storm no less!) I will have to wait another day to research more.  Out of these that I linked you to today, I most enjoyed the Book Club Girl site, finding it fun and with lots of different things to look at, sign up for, and do!

Later fellow book lovers!!!!


Book Sale Recap

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Have to share, it was incredible!  They had so many books this year they did not even put them in alphabetical order by author… actually made it more challenging but I think I was up to it.

Oh the books – the beautiful books…. beautiful hard cover books for 50 cents – that’s right – 50 cents!  I cruised through the whole thing quickly scanning titles and then went in for a second lap – more detailed this time as I dug in boxes under the tables, read jacket covers and breathed in that great book scent.  Wall to wall people and wall to wall books…. 

I was in line to check out when I discovered I had completely missed the oversize paperback section and spent another 20 minutes there. 

When I finally checked out, an hour and a half after I had stepped in – I had 23 books!  $11.50!  The price I would be lucky to get for our hard cover book!  What a rush!!!

Stay tune this fall when the Library sale hits again!

Brainerd Library Book Sale

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Ok… I almost hate to share this…. but the Bookie in me (my definition of a book junkie as well as the name of my book club) has to put the word out on this little known blog so I don’t feel selfish.  : )

The Brainerd Library book sale is Friday March 28th and 29th at 9 am each morning.  There I said it. 

For those of you who have never experienced this sale that takes place every Spring and Fall – here are a few guidelines from a book sale pro….

  1. Ladies, leave your purse in the car or at home.  Grab cash or check and stick it in your pocket.  You are not going to want to be lugging anything around while you dig through piles of books by your favorite authors and favorite topics.
  2. Stretch.  You may laugh… but not only are there stacks and stacks of books lined up on long tables…. but there are more books under the tables in boxes all categorized and ready to hit the tables if they have a chance.  It has not been beyond me to crawl under these tables and plow through the boxes.
  3. Patience.  My past experience has been a packed area in the room to the right of the library and by packed I mean wall to wall people all doing the same thing you are doing.  (For that reason, you really can’t get upset with them).

That’s about it.  Enjoy!  Oh – and for those of you who have books to donate, they are still accepting books and if you feel the need to feed my habit and others like me…

Bless you.