At least when it comes to books, that is! We went yesterday to get the keys to our new cottage. There was a bit of drama (it was funny, not alarming), which I will tell you all about soon. Because of the bus schedules, we knew we'd be staying overnight there, so we stuffed our large backpacks with overnight essentials and headed out. This morning, with empty backpacks, we caught the bus at 8, got to Letterkenny at 9:15, and filled the time until 11, when the bus back to our apartment left. At 10, the charity shop right by the bus stop opened. We arrived shortly thereafter, since we had the time. Naturally, I was unable to prevent myself (although I didn't really try) from making a beeline to the back of the shop where the bookshelves are located. This charity shop is always asking for books and they sell a lot of them. Probably the low, low price of 5 for €1 has something to do with it! Before I knew it, my hand was reaching out for books and adding them to my growing stack. I handed one to Bill because I knew he liked that author. He found a few more. I was going to leave one on the shelf and get it from the library at a later date--The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen. Bill read it and was surprised that he loved it and he keeps telling me he thinks I'll love it, too. He told me I might as well just get it, so, you know, in order to keep the husband happy, I did. 😁 Between the two of us, we walked out with 10 books. You may be thinking, "But you're moving and already have piles of books to shift from one dwelling to another!" You'd be right! But what's 10 more among friends? I came home and packed them right away--except for Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson. It's her first short story collection. I love Kate Atkinson's work and a short story collection is perfect to be reading while we're in the midst of this move. Luckily for us, a couple of friends are coming tomorrow to help us move things, so we won't have to make a gazillion trips on the bus lugging bags of books. We don't have any furniture to move, so other than the large slow cooker, the books are the heaviest items we're hauling.
We're going to be on the road early tomorrow morning. Tonight we're bringing as much as we can down the two flights of stairs and piling it in a way that doesn't block the door. That will make it easier in the morning. I think we're having a quick cup of coffee first. I'm gonna need it!
Hope you have a great weekend!
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Sending good vibes for the weekend and hope all goes well with the move. Bill mentioned Tess G.'s books in a comment to me and I've been looking for them used but may just bite the bullet. One of the things that blew me away in charity shops in the UK was the tremendous book selection and the prices were amazing. Sounds like a good day for you! (Even if it is more book to move!)
Charity shops are excellent for books here, too. This was a happy discovery for us when we moved to Ireland because we only brought a few books with us due to size and weight restrictions on luggage. Charity shops and libraries kept us in reading material. When we were in Belfast, we called into a charity shop that was all used books and magazines called War on Want. They also have the Oxfam used book shops, but we missed those.
Thanks for the good vibes!
You are absolutely my kind of person, Shari. Common sense and rational thinking are abandoned when it comes to books. That’s the way it should be! It’s a cardinal rule for living a good and wholesome life!
Thank you for the supportive/enabling encouragement, David!
Beautiful post
Good move…enjoy books…brenda
Thank you.
Thanks, Brenda--we got our books and a lot of other stuff moved today!
I can totally relate to your shopping trip. Self control and books, it doesn't happen for me either. So many adventures are between covers, why would anyone want to leave them. And it sounds like you'll be nearby the shop too, so I hope you not only enjoy these new books but the future treasurer's you find there. :)
The new-to-us books are now in their new home along with all the others, I'm happy to say. It's chaos in the cottage at the moment--piles, bags, and boxes of books and other stuff everywhere. Somehow it didn't look like so many books until we were hauling them down 2 flights of stairs!
Glad you got moved ok. I hope you really enjoy living there, My son got my issue with commenting on blogspot fixed and I'm able to comment on Bill's blog again. So happy about that!
I can never resist books.
I've heard others mention Tess G's books, I will look out for one.
Hope all goes well with the move.
All the best Jan
We got a huge start, Vicki and I'm feeling good about getting it all done by the end of the month. It's always a nice feeling when the tech issues are sorted!
Thanks, Jan! Beware with the Tess G books that it depends on which kind it is. Apparently she used to write some kind of romance some years ago, then she went into crime fiction and now is writing this series about a bunch of elderly retired spies settling in a small community in Maine. Bill loves her crime fiction, but it's too much for me. I started one book and within the first couple pages there was a graphic description of some kind of surgery (Tess G used to be a surgeon or at least a doctor, I think). Bill was reluctant to try the retired spies series because spies aren't his usual thing, but because it was her, he read the first one, The Spy Coast, which is the one I got in the charity shop, and he loved it. He's recently finished the second. I wanted to give you a head's up on the different kinds of her books so you don't get grossed out by something!
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