Book Sale!

So my mom came to visit this weekend. She came in on Friday night and stayed till this morning (Tuesday). We didn't do much. Saturday, we went shopping. Sunday, we went to Lake Erie with Riley (she enjoyed it) and on Monday we just ran errands.

Part of Saturday was going to the library book sale. Until now, I was very skeptical about book sales. In my experience, when you go to book sales, especially the last days, you are left with worn out paperbacks by no name authors and nothing good. Luckily, Pennsylvania likes book sales as much as they like yard sales. Case in point, the one I went to in July where I made it out with five good books including three books by known authors (Jane Smiley and Kathy Reichs).
So Saturday was the last day of the book sale and you could buy a whole bag of books for $5. Now the downside of this was that it was super crowded. The upside was that there were still 100s of books including some really good ones. Mom and Joe bought big full bags. Mine was a lot less full. But here are the books I got:
Psychopath by Keith Ablow-you may recognize the name from another book that I read. See, I've read one book off of the first shelf from the library and now I found another author who's books I enjoy. I like the mystery-thrillers.
Any Place I Hang My Hat by Susan Isaacs-Mom actually picked out this book but gave it to me when we had our book party exchanging and looking at what everyone else bought. It looks good.
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs-Yep, I might be obsessed no matter how much I complain about these books being sort of cheesy.
The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa by Elizabeth Stuckey-French-This is probably one of the books that I'm least excited about. But we'll see!
The Casual Vacancy by J. K.Rowling-I never read any Harry Potter books. I admit it. But this book seemed interesting and there it was, a new book ready to be picked up and read!
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver-This is another one that we'll see how interesting it is. I suppose I'm going to have to implement the 50, 100 page rule.
Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison-So I really liked one of this author's other books (When In Doubt Add Butter) so I'm pretty excited about this book.
Jemima J by Jane Green I decided a while ago that I liked chic lit. This is one of those. I'm sort of excited about this book.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Oprah book club, Pulitzer Prize...very exciting.
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Oh, Oprah book club again!
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand Another easy beach read. One perfect read for a cool fall day or a winter snow in.

Needless to say, I have a lot of books to read. I'm not sure when I'm going to get back to the library but since we don't have cable any more...or at least not much of cable (that was sort of a drama), I should have plenty of time. I need to dedicate myself fully to reading now.