Got My Weekend Covered

The aftermath of the first ever Borders Books and Movies Fair that happened over the weekend.

I remember being broke but when I found out books were priced as low as $4 each, I just had to go.  Besides, these are books we’re talking about, no one should ever ever ever think twice about getting a book.  I don’t know if the Borders staff were keeping tabs on the people who came in but I’d just like to say that I came on all days of the fair; yes that was how I spent my weekend, poring over boxes and boxes of books and I’ve never been happier.

On Friday, I brought home 7 books.  On Saturday, 4 books.  On Sunday, when the books were given an additional 30% off, I brought home 8 books.  That’s a whopping total of 19 books.  Hmmm…love.

The title list:

Novels

  • About A Boy by Nick Hornby
  • Everything is Illuminated by Jonatahan Safran Foer
  • Mightier Than The Sword by Tom Holt
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
  • The Accidental by Ali Smith
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  • The Tesseract by Alex Garland
  • The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank
  • What A Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
  • You Don’t Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem

Short Stories

  • The Book of Other People Edited by Zadie Smith

Essays

  • A Hedonist in The Cellar: Adventures in Wine by Jay McInerney
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
  • Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

Crafts

  • Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay

Personal Finance

  • The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman

Art

  • The World’s Greatest Art: Modern Art

Writing

  • Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite by June Casagrande
  • The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer by Sandra Scofield

Now I don’t have to worry about what to do on weekends unless, of course, I breeze through all these books in a week or two, then I’m in trouble.