Library Book Sale

It's an annual tradition we have kept, since I can't remember when. 

We attend the library book sale. 

Some years, we go everyday, since there are so many books, you could go every day and still not see them all or be bored. 

Some years, we even go so far as to volunteer several hours and help with set-up, so that we can get buy books early, a perk for volunteers who give their time and energy to help. 

This year, we only went on the last day, when you can fill a box of books for $10. 

Over the years, we have found that the books we like don't tend to get taken earlier in the week.

Or maybe we have such eclectic tastes that we can still manage to find what we think are downright amazing books, even on the final day of the sale when everything has been picked over. 

Either way, we weren't afraid of missing out by waiting until the end. 

For instance, first book a picked up was a book of essays by Wendell Berry that I haven't read yet. 

The last book I picked up was a book full of beautiful prints of Durer's woodcuts and engravings, some of my favorite artwork of all time. 

And there were so many other great finds in between.  

Here are some pics from previous years of the sale. 

The more things change, the more we love books the same.