The Friends of the Sacramento Public Library held another warehouse sale yesterday. The books were figuratively flying out the door. This was one of our occasional "Bag Sales" where you can buy a common paper grocery bag full of books for $6. At that price you can almost afford to just scoop up the books and sort them out later. We sort of wonder if that happened with our hardcover fiction books. Normally, they just don't move except maybe those still on the national top seller lists. But this time by noon we had great gaping holes in the shelves where the fiction books were. There was a lot of speculation about who had bought them, but of course the cashiers weren't checking the bags, just counting them to determine the sales price. My own speculation is that some interior designers had heard about the sale and bought bags and bags full. They'll look good on shelves in model homes. Even if we have a housing slump right now it won't be here forever.
Did we buy anything? Yes, but we managed to limit it to 1 bag full. We found some children's books with a Newbery or Caldecott medal, some music books, and some books on tape. Last week's half price sale had thinned many of the really good books.
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