Is there anything better than a library sale? Nothing comes to mind, at least at the moment, reeling as I am from the delight of having gotten 28 books for only $23.50 at the Friends of the York County Library Book Sale, in nearby Rock Hill, SC. Some women feel this way about shoes, but for me, it’s the book buying high that can’t be beat.

I went with the intentions of picking up some good books for BookCrossing, but I confess that I came away with more for my own personal reading – not that I’m surprised by that, of course. A few of the books I got are duplicates from my own shelves, favorites that I wouldn’t part with on their own, but can now release in comfort, knowing I still have my own copy, such as The Shipping News, The Secret History, Ahab’s Wife, Blackberry Wine, The Queen and I, and Surfacing.

The larger stack by almost double are those books that I haven’t read. Some, like The Dress Lodger, Good in Bed and Atonement, were already on my wish list. Others, like The Bean Trees and Visitors, I’d had a notion of someday reading, and so saw this as a way to do so on the cheap. But the majority, like The Country Life, Sister India, The Honey Thief, and I Was Amelia Earhart, were books I was seeing for the first time. The titles caught my eye and the descriptions intrigued me enough to add them to my already overflowing basket.

Now I’m off to clear some space on my shelves for my newest additions, with the hope that eventually I’ll get around to actually reading all of them.