I need to make a post about all the awesome books a friend gave me yesterday, but first...
BookCloseouts.com is having an AWESOME sale. First, all cookbooks are on sale for 35% off of their already cheap prices.
Second, they're doing FREE SHIPPING on orders of $35 or more. I can easily hit that - watch for a post in the future with my order, I'm sure.
To get the free shipping, use coupon number: freeshipping and coupon password: bookcloseouts.com - easy peasy!
If you love books like me, you really need to take advantage of this deal.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Church sale
I've been pretty good lately about buying books. I went on vacation and even went to a thrift store and several local indie booksellers and still...nothing.
But yesterday I hit a church sale. I got the following for 50 cents each:
- The Great American Bathroom Book Volume 1 (I have 2 and 3 - they're basically giant Cliffs Notes about great works of literature)
- Clark's Big Book of Bargains (Clark Howard's book)
- American Harvest by Nava Atlas (one of my favorite vegetarian cookbook authors)
- The Klutz Cats Cradle book (without the elastic) (They threw this in for free.)
- A tiny book about otters called Otter On His Own. I love otters. (They threw this in for free too.)
But yesterday I hit a church sale. I got the following for 50 cents each:
- The Great American Bathroom Book Volume 1 (I have 2 and 3 - they're basically giant Cliffs Notes about great works of literature)
- Clark's Big Book of Bargains (Clark Howard's book)
- American Harvest by Nava Atlas (one of my favorite vegetarian cookbook authors)
- The Klutz Cats Cradle book (without the elastic) (They threw this in for free.)
- A tiny book about otters called Otter On His Own. I love otters. (They threw this in for free too.)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Back to the book sale!
I confess, I couldn't stay away. I went with a friend to the giant booksale on half-price day without my kid so I could really browse.
It was shockingly NOT picked over. Which made it difficult because everything was around $1 or 50 cents and I *had* to put things back because honestly, I have too many books now.
(I have been reading Biblioholism and man, I have it bad.)
Blue dots were 50 cents, green dots were $1.
Book fast!!!!!!
It was shockingly NOT picked over. Which made it difficult because everything was around $1 or 50 cents and I *had* to put things back because honestly, I have too many books now.
(I have been reading Biblioholism and man, I have it bad.)
Blue dots were 50 cents, green dots were $1.
Book fast!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Giant book sale!
Every year a consortium of libraries have one giant book sale at a local mall. Today I managed to go on day one, early on. That said, I also had my kid with me, so I couldn't have a leisurely browse. I had to scan and grab, scan and grab, and keep moving.
I spent $9 and got 7 books (and oops, one accidentally didn't get tallied).
I kind of want to try to go back without the kid, although I also know it will be more picked over. Sunday afternoon is half-price time...
I also got another book from paperback swap - Learning to Bow by Bruce Feller, about teaching in Japan (I saw it at a booksale and decided to get it from PBS instead) and another PBS book is on its way - Biblioholism, about being addicted to...books. Seemed appropriate.
I spent $9 and got 7 books (and oops, one accidentally didn't get tallied).
I kind of want to try to go back without the kid, although I also know it will be more picked over. Sunday afternoon is half-price time...
I also got another book from paperback swap - Learning to Bow by Bruce Feller, about teaching in Japan (I saw it at a booksale and decided to get it from PBS instead) and another PBS book is on its way - Biblioholism, about being addicted to...books. Seemed appropriate.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Just one...
I feel like I've forgotten to mention something...we did get an autographed copy of Skippyjon Jones last week. Maybe that.
Today - a mad dash through the thrift store, just to get it out of my system. I scored Dishwasher by Dishwasher Pete - a zine book! Yes! And I started reading it in the car and couldn't put it down. I've been reading travelogues that aren't that great so...this was fun.
Today - a mad dash through the thrift store, just to get it out of my system. I scored Dishwasher by Dishwasher Pete - a zine book! Yes! And I started reading it in the car and couldn't put it down. I've been reading travelogues that aren't that great so...this was fun.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Library book sale!
First, I got The May Queen from Paperback Swap - hooray! Looking forward to reading this collection of essays about being in your 30s.
Yesterday kicked off the Decatur Book Festival. And the first thing I did was go to the library booksale when it opened - it was ridiculously crowded with festival goes and people with little scanners on their phones/PDAs (to find out which books are "valuable" - seems pretty tedious to me). However, I'm pretty happy with my scores. Blue dots were a dollar, red were 50 cents, green were $2:
Present for a friend
Alas, I already had the 2006 Best American Nonrequired Reading. I'll probably give this to another friend.
Yesterday kicked off the Decatur Book Festival. And the first thing I did was go to the library booksale when it opened - it was ridiculously crowded with festival goes and people with little scanners on their phones/PDAs (to find out which books are "valuable" - seems pretty tedious to me). However, I'm pretty happy with my scores. Blue dots were a dollar, red were 50 cents, green were $2:
Present for a friend
Alas, I already had the 2006 Best American Nonrequired Reading. I'll probably give this to another friend.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Thrift store again!
I feel like it's been awhile since I went thrifting but...I don't think it's really true.
Anyway, we went to Goodwill to drop off many things - I donated about ten books - and I then bought two books for $1.50 each: Anne Lamott's Plan B and Laurie Notaro's Autobiography of a Fat Bride.
Note to self: I now have all of Anne Lamott's books (I think - at least all her nonfiction) and 90% of Laurie Notaro's.
On its way to me from Paperback Swap: The May Queen, a collection of essays about being in your 30s. And did I mention the Photoshop 6 book I got from PBS? I can't remember. I have a bunch of credits there but am - for now - hoarding them until things from my wish list come around.
Anyway, we went to Goodwill to drop off many things - I donated about ten books - and I then bought two books for $1.50 each: Anne Lamott's Plan B and Laurie Notaro's Autobiography of a Fat Bride.
Note to self: I now have all of Anne Lamott's books (I think - at least all her nonfiction) and 90% of Laurie Notaro's.
On its way to me from Paperback Swap: The May Queen, a collection of essays about being in your 30s. And did I mention the Photoshop 6 book I got from PBS? I can't remember. I have a bunch of credits there but am - for now - hoarding them until things from my wish list come around.
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