Oh dear, Library Sale.

For some reason, even though the library opens at 8.30am, the sale doesnt start until 10am so these shrouded tables stay in the window to taunt people for 90 minutes. We arrived at 9.30am and went upstairs to read in the children's section, before hurrying down again at 9.59! The librarians were not pleased as someone had removed the sheets before it was exactly 10am but I chucked The Child on a sofa and roared into the fray. Spent £2.30 on 16 books (20p for adult books, children's books are 20p each or 3 for 50p-Hurrah!).

I got:

Nineteen Twenty-One by Adam Thorpe - If I dont enjoy it, it is something that my mother might. Lots of 'Praise' on the back, words like 'brilliant' and 'dark and haunted' being bandied around. IME these books rarely live up to their plaudits but I am willing to try!

A Foreign Field by Ben Macintyre - A true story of love and betrayal in the Great War. Hardback!

King Midas and the Golden Touch - A beautiful Renaissance styled version (i.e. no Dionysus/Bacchus etc). The most beautiful illustrations (Illustrated by KY Craft), really gorgeous book

Pirate PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
How do your Senses Work? Usborne Flip Flaps
Trucks. Usborne Beginners
Autumn
Rivers and Lakes
The Vikings
Vikings

Omnibombulator by Dick King-Smith
Charlotte's Web by E.B White
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

I also got two Bookmooch books today:

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot
Victoria and The Rogue by Meg Cabot