Since the college is just blocks from our house, we decided to see how many of the advertised 75,000 books were left in the college's gymnasium The books are always arranged on tables according to categories, such as: mysteries under $1.00, hardbacks under $5.00, Literature, Food, Travel, Philosophy, Romance, Children's Books, etc. Volunteers are constantly restocking books on the tables, so we found the tables were still full.
I purposefully took bags that I had to carry as opposed to the rolling backpacks and suitcases some folks use, but I soon was toting around a very heavy bag! Before lunch I ended up spending $30.00 on books, then my husband and I ducked out to a local Tex/Mex restaurant for some Huevos Rancheros for brunch and found ourselves back in the gym for the afternoon half price sale. We spend an additional $10, so for a total expenditure of $40.00, we came home with about 30 books. Plum lucky or plum foolish, hard to tell.
People waiting in check-out lines at Friday opening of a previous year's book sale; Saturday is less crowded. |
I read with interest the authors of book blogs who state their books are neatly organized according to whether they have been read, ready to be read, recently read or heaven forbid, the Dewey Decimal System. My books start out being roughly organized according to size, by necessity, then by topic and then whatever I can fit on a given shelf. It develops my brain, I believe, trying to visualize which book shelf I last saw a book on.
One of the books I picked up for a friend and ended up reading quickly before I passed it on was one of Janet Evanovich's between-the-numbers Stephanie Plum novels, Plum Lovin'.
Plum Lovin', by Janet EvanovichSt. Martin's Press. 2007. 176 pages |
To say this is light reading is a gross understatement, and to call this book a mystery is stretching it, too. However, Evanovich always includes humor in her books, so she isn't expecting the reader to be too serious about the plot. In Plum Lovin', there has to be a reason why a pawn dealer claims Annie shot him and stole a valuable necklace. This is the mystery Stephanie must solve at the same time she seeks out four strangers and somehow improves their love lives before Valentine's Day. They fifth open case is the boyfriend of Stephanie's sister who wants to marry sister Valerie, the mother of his daughter, but is phobic about a marriage ceremony.
Of course Stephanie blunders her way through to a happy ending for the clients and clears Annie Hart in the process. This isn't Evanovich at her best, but sometimes it's fun to read a totally frivolous book, and this one fits the bill!
Author Janet Evanovich |
What a wonderful sale!! Any thoughts of posting a photo of them??
ReplyDeleteMy books are organized in four ways. The fiction is in the living room. Mysteries are in the bedroom. Nonfiction is in the study, along with the big collections of fiction, like PG Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf, Faulkner. Then there's a bookcase in the living room full of gardening/home/rural living books.
What a great idea--I should take a photo before I put them all up. My mystery reading friends gave me four more books this weekend. I need to take one of those speed reading classes they used to offer!
DeleteI missed the sale again this year, but when I have gone, I've been overwhelmed by the number and variety of books. I've contributed box loads of books to this sale in the past because when I was taking tai chi at Lee's White Leopard studio, there was a collection container right there...so easy.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to pick up some good reads this year, and I think Nan's suggestion about a photo of the laundry basket is a good one. Had to laugh at Nan's organization method, which sounds so simple and so efficient.
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