It’s been very bookish around here with having just plundered the library book sale over the weekend, finished reading my friend Megan’s manuscript this morning, and getting some good work done on my next book. I’m getting into the groove, people! My nose has been buried in the outline for book two and I’m actually making progress. (Yippee!) I’m getting excited to start writing. Almost itching for it. It’s a good feeling. :-)
This library book sale—oh, let me tell you about the library book sale. Riley and Torin came with me, we stood in line outside for about an hour (we always go early on the first day, get in line before the doors open) (hey, it’s not crazy! we want the best selection!) (plus it’s not like we’re camping out the night before on the sidewalk, you know) (people do that) (I’m not kidding) (so, see? we’re the normal ones) and together we picked out over 50 books to bring home. (Which was showing restraint—last time I came home with 65 books.) (Also, they have over 250,000 books for sale and I ONLY bought 50. Seriously. I showed superhuman restraint.) (So it’s like I’m a superhero, really.)
What’s that? You want to see our haul? Okay.
(This isn’t all of them. The kids have scattered the rest all over the house.)
(I LOVE that my kids love books.)
(Even more than I love the library book sale.)
(Which is a LOT.)
A great combination of books for the kids (lots of great fiction and non-fiction books—I LOVE those DK books!!) and books for me (research/reference books for my writing and some good YA to read). *Sigh.* Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the library book sale? (Does it show?)
Oh, and does anyone know where I can get some more bookshelves? ;-)
Hope you’re having a bookishly great week!
Trickster’s Queen, Sweep, and Harry Potter!? Awesome haul!! :)
I picked up Trickster’s Choice at a previous book sale, too. So I was thrilled to see the sequel (though I haven’t read the first yet). And I’ve not read Cate Tiernan yet, so I’m excited about Sweep. The Harry Potter is a replacement copy for our other HP6 that is falling apart. (I got HP4-7 at the library book sale a couple of years ago to fill out our HP collection. Best thing I ever did!)
I think that is awesome and sounds like so much fun! Congrats on all the great books!
Oh, it’s a blast! A true book geek’s heaven. It’s hard for me to leave the place because there’s so much to look at and maybe I’ll find just one more book on this shelf here or that one up there… :-)
Those pics make me all smiley. Love new book piles. :D
Me, too! :D :D
That is an amazing amount of books! I’d say you showed superhuman restraint too, I don’t think I would have been able to stop there. I hope your family enjoys them. :)
Oh, they are, Melissa! They have been enjoying them immensely. (Which makes me deliriously happy.) :-)