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I love books sales. I am sure none of you are surprised to hear that. It is the thrill of the hunt, the discovery of the book you didn’t know you wanted, the bargain prices. All of it makes me happy. A few weeks ago, there was a book sale in Vernon, CT. I used to go to this sale every year when I lived in a neighboring town but now that I live an hour away I keep missing it since I never see it advertised. Through a set of fortuitous circumstances, I found out about it a few weeks ahead and actually had the time to devote an afternoon to it. I picked up my parents and dragged them along with me; not that they complained too much.<\/p>\n

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The sale had already been going on for a few days but they restock throughout the day so I was confident I could find a few treasures. I didn’t find anything that made me shout with glee–no Viragos or Persephones–but I was content with my purchases. I bought fifteen books for $14.50. No, I don’t know where I am going to put them. Right now they are in a box in my living room, sitting in front of one of my bookshelves, perfectly placed for everyone to trip over them as they walk by.<\/p>\n

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So, what did I buy? Well, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to photograph my purchases. However, Jack the Cat thought he should feature in all the photos so I eventually gave up. See what I mean?<\/p>\n

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I think you can read all the titles. I mainly bought nonfiction. A lot of the fiction just was not my cup of tea. Here is a photo of the fiction books I bought.<\/p>\n

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My mom is definitely coveting the Miss Read books. They are such perfect things to read on a stressful day. I already read A Peaceful Retirement<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Today I will be in Boston right across the street from a bookstore. There really should be no need for me to go in. After all, I just bought fifteen books.<\/p>\n

Who am I kidding? I know exactly where I am going on my lunch break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love books sales. I am sure none of you are surprised to hear that. It is the thrill of the hunt, the discovery of the book you didn’t know you wanted, the bargain prices. All of it makes me happy. A few weeks ago, there was a book sale in Vernon, CT. I used to go to this sale every year when I lived in a neighboring town but now that I live an hour away I keep missing it since I never see it advertised. Through a set of fortuitous circumstances, I found out about it a few weeks ahead and actually had the time to devote an afternoon to it. I picked up my parents and dragged them along with me; not that they complained too much. The sale had already been going on for a few days but they restock throughout the day so I was confident I could find a few treasures. I didn’t find anything that made me shout with glee–no Viragos or Persephones–but I was content with my purchases. I bought fifteen books for $14.50. No, I don’t know where I am going to put them. Right now they are in a box in my living room, sitting in front of one of my bookshelves, perfectly placed for everyone to trip over them as they walk by. So, what did I buy? Well, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to photograph my purchases. However, Jack the Cat thought he should feature in all the photos so I eventually gave up. See what I mean? I think you can read all the titles. I mainly bought nonfiction. A lot of the fiction just was not my cup of tea. Here is a photo of the fiction books I bought. My mom is definitely coveting the Miss Read books. They are such perfect things to read on a stressful day. I already read A Peaceful Retirement. Today I will be in Boston right across the street from a bookstore. There really should be no need for me to go in. After all, I just bought fifteen books. Who am I kidding? I know exactly where I am going on my lunch break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-i-bought"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2672,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/2672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}