Has it been a month since I last blogged?
I never intended for this gap.. this blog keeps me sane and one of my goals is to keep it active as much as possible.
So without delay, let me jump to show you the treasure I found in the book fair that happened in my city. As I mentioned in part 1 of this post, this is the second book festival I had attended this year. I was disappointed when I learnt of the venue, the place could hardly hold 40 stalls and when I reached the venue there were 35+ stalls all crammed together with hardly any space to move. It was nothing compared to the book festival that happened last year here. And it looked even minuscule compared to what I saw in Chennai.
On the other hand, the quality of the books that were present were far superior this year. There were varied topics available in each of the stalls and the english book stalls had excellent bargains that I still can't imagine finding such bargains anywhere else.
The below books were bought for 20 rupees each. Some of the authors aren't in my reading list but for 20 rupees I am ready to give them a try and the Jack Reacher novel is brand new and came with the plastic wrapper on.
My favourite Wodehouse was as usual little pricey even for a second hand book but I couldn't let it go. Alexander McCall Smith's No.1 Ladies detective novels were something I had been hunting for a long time and I was surprised to see them being sold (almost brand new) for just 20 rupees. I was able to get hold of only 2 books, the shopkeeper told me there were atleast ten books earlier.
Monte Cristo and the Jeffrey Archer are from another shop for 50 rupees. Monte Cristo is the first english novel I ever read(back in fourth standard) and this latest edition will go as a gift for a my sister.
We also found great deals on children books. A shop in particular sold children books in a bundle deal - 10 books for Rs100. Most books were brand new and had some rare books that could not be hunted even in higginbothams. We were astounded. We bought many pop-up books, disney tales,a couple of 'Where is Wally', Noddy, Postman Pat and good number of Twinkle books.
My intention is not to show off but to highlight the great deals on books in a book fair that somehow felt like not publicized properly.I often read about book fairs happening in various cities but there was no talk at all about it when it happened here and even most of the local media ignored covering it. Avid readers did turn up to take the haul but with proper notice and a good venue it would have been a great success.
Okay enough rant, let me finish off with a cute find. I got this brand new book for my niece for 25 rupees(the original price was 299).. It is about a cute little dog Spot and his activities on a Snowy day. I really like how he pops up through each page and..
