An evening at the Used Book Sale
The Cherry Hill Libary (to which I pay $25 every 2 years for membership) has a used book sale twice a year. Tonight was the first “open to the public” evening, so WM and I went after work.
He adores used book sales. He’s partial to history and religion books - you should see our bookcases! While he dove into the stacks and boxes, I took note of the titles available.
Most of the books are donated by the community so these were cast-off books. Some of the books were very old, so I assumed they were donated after the original owner passed on. Others were “trendy” books like the DaVinci Code and the Harry Potter series. Books that EVERYONE read once, but while some attached themselves to the books, most moved on and the books ended up donated.
There were heaps of self-help books, which is pretty telling about us as a society. I saw 3 copies of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” 5 copies of “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” 4 copies of “Passages,” and 4 copies of “Simple Abundance.”
There was also an old family Bible with the names of a couple and a date of 1947 engraved on the front. A wedding gift, perhaps? I believe there is a special place in hell for people who’d dump the family Bible in the library donation box, and my belief has nothing to do with religion.
The saddest boxes of all are what I call the “dream deferred” boxes, like the one above which mostly holds books bought by and for aspiring writers. There were three of them like this, replete with Style Manuals, Market Guides, and freelancing tips. Did these writers succeed and decide they didn’t need the books anymore? Or did they put away their pens and notebooks permanently? We’ll never know. I prefer to think of the aspiring writer who’ll find these books in their boxes and follow their own dream.
WM and I came away with 12 books. His were, as I predicted, all history and religion. I picked up “Good in Bed,” “Atonement,” “The Jane Austin Book Club” and a book of daily devotionals.
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Book report
Fate has given my “Wheel of Hobbies” a spin again, and this time the arrow points to reading. As a result, the apartment is again littered with piles of books everywhere I can sit.
In my purse: Laurell K Hamilton’s “Guilty Pleasures.” This is first in her “Anita Blake vampire hunter” series. Finishing the Twilight series and getting hooked on True Blood has sucked (bwah!) me back into the vampire genre.
On my desk: Hamilton’s “The Laughing Corpse” - book 2 for when I finish book 1. Also, Anne Lamott’s “Bird by Bird” which I hope will give me some insight on writing. I love to write. Always have.
By my bed: “The Long Tail” which is quite interesting, especially the parts on how bloggers are the mainstream media’s biggest competition.
In the bathroom: “My Day, Vol 1″ which is a compilation of Eleanor Roosevelt’s daily newspaper columns. By the way, Eleanor Roosevelt is my hero. And “No Plot? No Problem!” by Chris Baty. NaNoWriMo’s next month, you know. And I might give it a shot. That is, if I can fit it onto the already-crowded “Wheel of Hobbies.”
What are you reading this month?
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Review: Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
My review
rating: 3 of 5 stars
Well, at least Meyer wrapped up the loose ends. And that we got to meet other, less-neurotic vampires. And Bella finally, FINALLY jumped off of the “I’m not worthy to be with Edward because he’s so DAZZLING and I’m so plain!” train. Of course, it took a huge change in her for that to happen.
Read the rest of my “review.” WARNING! It has spoilers.
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