May Book Haul: The Finale, Part 1

I’m going to put all these books away now. Since I brought them home in May they’ve been in a stack on the living room floor, but other books have come into my life since then (surprise), so it’s time to wrap up this used book haul, the biggest of the year.

I’ve already mentioned Robinson CrusoeThe Remains of the Day, and The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Here are the rest of my finds:

1. Survival by Margaret Atwood

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Book Haul: Two big sales in YYC

A stack of books on a desk, lit by a desk lamp
Haul.

Every year, Calgary has two charity book sales in the same month, usually within a couple weekends of each other, and occasionally (as happened this year) overlapping on the same weekend. The first is the Servants Anonymous sale at Crossroads Market, and the second is the CBC Calgary Reads sale at the Calgary Curling Club. Last weekend I went to both of them. Continue reading “Book Haul: Two big sales in YYC”