She is too fond of books...

Every year around this time, a library near my house has a used book sale that I absolutely love. I've been known to buy way too many books (is that possible?) at this sale, so when I headed over this morning, I only took 20 dollars with me.

I had lots of fun looking through the stacks of books. There was so much I wanted, but I had to be choosy. When I left I had 15 books and 3 dollars in my pocket - they gave me a deal at the checkout. Otherwise I wouldn't have had any money left.

Here is what I ended up with. From the top of the stack down.

- A nice paperback copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Now I can carry it around with me and get serious about memorizing Jabberwocky.

- Three Roald Dahl books to add to my Roald Dahl book collection: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Magic Finger, and The Enormous Crocodile.

- The Happy Hocky Family by Lane Smith. This is possibly the funniest children's book I have ever read. I hadn't thought of it for a long time, but now I own my own copy!

- An ugly on the outside, but pretty on the inside copy of A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- Susanna Clarke's massive novel Jonathan Strange  & Mr Norrell.

- The Host by Stepehnie Meyer. Lame, I know, but I've wanted to read it for awhile, and it was only a buck.

- One Thousand Poems for Children - I might find a few things to memorize from this one, too.

- Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie by Bill Neal - Obviously a cookbook. I plan on trying all the biscuit recipes ASAP.

- The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook. This is an old one and will be fun to read, but I think I won't be making much from it. Just flipping through one section, I see recipes called: A Squid Dish for Days of Abstinence, Fish Pie, Veal Toots, Frog Legs, and Duck with Cabbage...anyone hungry yet?

- Another cookbook called Capital Classics put out by the Junior League of Washington. It is full of beautiful photography, but a lot the recipes seem kind of hoity toity. I guess that's the way they eat in Washington D.C.

- I found 2 music books. A piano/songbook with all the songs from Mary Poppins and a song cycle by Leonard Bernstein called I Hate Music! Fun.

- Lastly is a book called Christmas From the Heart of the Home by Susan Branch which is full of recipes and festive ideas for Christmas.

I think I did pretty well with my selections. Now I'm off to stick my nose in a book. Happy reading!