Every time I'm in my local public library (which is usually a couple times a week), I have to check out the ongoing booksale on the lower level. It changes all the time, and I've gotten some real gems over the years. Recently I picked up a perfectly crisp hardcover copy of Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. Last week I got Where They Lived in London by Maurice Rickards, which will help me to find where Mozart, Dickens, and Twain trod and slept (if I ever get to London). I love library binding and pages that have turned soft and buttery after years of use. I couldn't resist library-bound copies of Bambi and John Christopher's The White Mountains, and my library's discarded set of Mary Poppins books are among my favorite possessions ever. Yesterday I bought this illustrated version of Misty, which was a Newbery Honor Book in 1948 and bears the barcode and stampings of my library. I like collecting and owning books as much as I like reading them.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
I'm a Sucker for a Used Book
Every time I'm in my local public library (which is usually a couple times a week), I have to check out the ongoing booksale on the lower level. It changes all the time, and I've gotten some real gems over the years. Recently I picked up a perfectly crisp hardcover copy of Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund. Last week I got Where They Lived in London by Maurice Rickards, which will help me to find where Mozart, Dickens, and Twain trod and slept (if I ever get to London). I love library binding and pages that have turned soft and buttery after years of use. I couldn't resist library-bound copies of Bambi and John Christopher's The White Mountains, and my library's discarded set of Mary Poppins books are among my favorite possessions ever. Yesterday I bought this illustrated version of Misty, which was a Newbery Honor Book in 1948 and bears the barcode and stampings of my library. I like collecting and owning books as much as I like reading them.
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Amazon is now reporting their e-book sales are now greater than their physical book sales.
Don=Parade+Rain.
Cristine, your blog needs a "like" button.
I heartily concur.
Pffft, Amazon.
Christine, what library is this?
Martha, your own town's library. Check it out!
You know, your favorite reference librarian works there ;)
Your bf Steve?! Then I must go!! And give him your love, of course. ;D
You do that...I can't wait to hear the story afterward!
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