Sorry for the silence, dear readers! We've had an extraordinarily busy week. Among much else, I took a trip to the city for what is now an annual shopping trip at the big box stores. I used to go two or three times a year, but since I got laid off from my online job last February, it's turned into an annual trip (I haven't been to the city since last October). Glad it's done!
At any rate, Older Daughter pulled me away from our autumn chores with the promise of a bookish indulgence, namely a nearby town's annual library sale. Groan, how could I resist?
We got there even before the doors opened up. It's always fun to go to these events because every homeschooling family for miles around shepherds their kids inside and they all get to indulge in books to their hearts' content, which is always charming. I saw one toddler in a stroller, avidly perusing a classic kid's book. It would have made a darling photo.
As I emerged from the building, I saw this trio of siblings waiting for their mother to fetch the car, and who couldn't help but dig into some of the treasures they found.
Our (meaning, Older Daughter's and mine) haul was modest this year. The pile below is my choices. I felt guilty going to a library sale when we're on a budget, but you know how much this collection of books cost me?
$4.75. Yes, less than $5. In fact, I just handed over a $5 bill to the nice volunteers running the sale. It's for a good cause, after all.
So no, I don't feel too guilty. At all. The books were a lot of bang for five bucks. Bookish indulgences are always fun.
Update: A reader asked what books I bought. Here's the list:
• National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Mushrooms
• How to Prune Fruit Trees by R. Sanford Martin
• 1,000 Difficult Bible Questions Answered by George H. Sandison & Staff
• Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
• The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer
• 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
• Recipes for a Small Planet by Ellen Buchman Ewald
• How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier
• First Impressions by Nora Roberts
• Ancestral Passions by Virginia Morell
• Into the Wilderness: An Artist's Journey by Stephen Lyman
I LOVE books! I rarely get into the library nowadays. The kids are grown so no more weekly visits. I felt a desire to read Fahrenheit 451 again, a few months back and finally checked it out recently. I inhaled it and now I'm having a hard time reading the last 10 pages. I don't want it to end. I found it online and downloaded it for free to my phone. I can read it forever now.
ReplyDeleteThe song by Disturbed, The Sound Of Silence, a cover of Simon and Garfunkel seems to fit the book, too!
I'm trying the Libby App too! I just find it wonderful to read books instead of news, news, news!
I just bought myself a copy of Fahrenheit 451, too. I haven't read it since I was 18 and it will be nice to revisit this classic.
DeleteI practically held my breath as I read it. Especially when Montag flames Beatty. At least my third time since high school. I'm 53. So much sounds familiar today. Entertainment is too big of an influence on our lives. We don't think for ourselves. I've read many of the high school literature that I wasn't mature enough to read at the time over again, several times. Of Mice and Men, Fountainhead, Tale of Two Cities, Lord Of The Flies, and any others I remember. I finally am able to understand the purpose. Fountainhead was a head scratcher back then. I'm still not sure it was high school reading.
DeleteAnyone have any suggestions of what to read next?
Our church is in the process of starting a library for home schoolers, as well as the general public. Always book shopping !!!
ReplyDeleteWhat books did you buy?
ReplyDeleteI amended the post to include the list of titles.
Delete- Patrice