I went to Germany and I bought a copy of Pride and Prejudice in German. No, I don’t speak or read German beyond a finely honed ability to order tea and cake. I did spend months using Duolingo (hence the ability to order tea and cake) but Duolingo thinks I need to be able to praise my husband’s intelligence (true) and discuss my owl’s (???) food preferences more than I need to actually communicate in German. While I was there I went in a thrift store and found a copy of a British Library Crime Classic I didn’t already own. (This made me very happy because what is a vacation…

I don’t buy as many books as I used to because the library system here is so good. However, there are some days that simply require a trip to a bookstore or an online order. There is nothing like a book purchase to improve a bad day and increase the joy of a good day. I have books from two different bookstores and one online order to show you. There is a small secondhand bookstore around the corner from where I live. I wrote a post about it here. It is staffed by very enthusiastic volunteers which is charming but it does mean I don’t stop in very often because…

I know. This is a ridiculously large number of books. And yes, I did just buy them all. However, I spent less than $10.00 ($3.00 a bag) on all of them. I think I have mentioned before that I work at a library. That means that when donations come in for the ongoing book sale I get the chance to see them before they go out on the shelves. Recently, I walked into the back room to find out that apparently, my bookish kindred spirit had donated a huge selection of books. My daughter says I have old lady taste in books so I am perfectly aware that my bookish…

I swear I have been trying not to buy books lately. After all, I have a fantastic library system and an out-of-control habit of requesting books. I am drowning in library books right now with more winging their way to me as you read this. However, (and you knew there was a “however” coming, didn’t you?) I work at two library branches and both of them have ongoing Friends of the Library book sales. How am I supposed to resist? Well, obviously I have not been doing a particularly good job at resisting. The books only cost a quarter or fifty cents each so at least I am not going…

The other day at work I was helping sort books for a book sale and was told to set aside all the ones we didn’t want for our sale and they would be sent to the main library since they have an ongoing sale room in their basement. This was not information I was previously aware of and the end result was obvious. I promptly visited the sale room on my next day off. For research purposes. How can I competently give information about the library system if I don’t have personal knowledge? Of the book sales, of course. As soon as I walked in I saw a cart full…