"Yes sir, yes sir, two bags full...."

But it wasn't wool I was bringing home from the market, it was two bags of books from the library book sale, which runs until Sunday afternoon.Oh, those orphaned tomes are hard to resist, aren't they? Even though I knew my shelves were already bursting, I couldn't help myself. I mean, really.... just look: A copy of the Giller Prize-winning The Sentimentalists, possibly even a first edition from Gaspereau Press (maybe worth twice its sticker price some day!) The Glorious Garlic Cookbook (did you know garlic is a member of the lily family?) Divine Inspiration (we could all use some of that!) Human Physiology, Eighth Edition (it's a ten-year-old textbook, but our anatomy hasn't changed much in the past decade, has it? I mean, collectively? Admittedly my personal anatomy isn't quite what it was ten years ago.)The list goes on. Sixteen bucks buys a lot of words. It's hard to know which one of the books to tackle first, but I must say my attention was captured by this line I spotted in The Essential Earthman by Henry Mitchell: "Flowers are of course a sexual display unmatched in the living world and anybody who does not respond a little probably has no blood in him."Racy stuff, this. Perfect for a cosy night on the couch with the fire going. It looks like it will be a wet weekend, so why not equip yourself accordingly and support this Friends of the Library fundraiser at the same time?