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RE: Second hand books I've bought - Vinny - 18-10-2024
Four books bought from the Sally Army yesterday at 50p each. Not gardening, but my preferred reads of Historical fiction interlaced with factual events.
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Veggie - 18-10-2024
Vinny, have you read any Kate Ellis "Wesley Peterson" books? The main characters are a Police officer who, previously studied archaeology and an archaeologist who just happens to be excavating locally (Devon). The books link a modern day crime (usually murder) with historical events in the same area. I like them! If you spot any in the charity shops, try them.
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Vinny - 18-10-2024
(18-10-2024, 01:37 PM)Veggie Wrote: Vinny, have you read any Kate Ellis "Wesley Peterson" books? The main characters are a Police officer who, previously studied archaeology and an archaeologist who just happens to be excavating locally (Devon). The books link a modern day crime (usually murder) with historical events in the same area. I like them! If you spot any in the charity shops, try them.I will Veggie, cheers!
(Why is there no thumbs up or down emoji's?PS word asociation will allow me to remember her last name from the last woman hanged in uk!
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Vinny - 19-10-2024
Another four books from Sally today (Couldn't resist as they were BOGOF!) so they were 25p each!
Two of them are Non-Fictionn and one of them would probably interest Veggie as it's called A Wood of Oness Own by Ruth Pavey. I know you had a wood of your own Veggie and you are interested in permaculture? I would still like a wood but have spent part of my kids inheritance on a motorhome and they may be peed off if I spend the rest on a wood!
The other non-fiction book is about someone I have always had the hots for, the Yorkshire Shepherdess!
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Veggie - 19-10-2024
Oohh - a book I don't have (two actually!). Wish there was a Sally shop near here with bargain books.
If you bought a wood you could park your home in it and live there (until you were spotted!). That was part of the problem with my wood, I could only call in when passing. It was fun while it lasted though.
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Veggie - 19-10-2024
(15-10-2024, 09:18 AM)Mark_Riga Wrote:Just read on the local FB group that Oxfam only accept books that are less than 8 years old as they have to pay to get rid of older books. Maybe they should try selling them for less.(15-10-2024, 09:02 AM)JJB Wrote: The most depressing side of charity shop books is seeing your favourite treasured book on the shelves for peanuts.
You wouldn't be too depressed round here. The cheapest paperbacks in the local Oxfam are £3 now and hard backs will likely cost a tenner. And they are not in pristine condition by any means.
RE: Second hand books I've bought - JJB - 19-10-2024
(19-10-2024, 04:57 PM)Veggie Wrote:(15-10-2024, 09:18 AM)Mark_Riga Wrote:Just read on the local FB group that Oxfam only accept books that are less than 8 years old as they have to pay to get rid of older books. Maybe they should try selling them for less.(15-10-2024, 09:02 AM)JJB Wrote: The most depressing side of charity shop books is seeing your favourite treasured book on the shelves for peanuts.
You wouldn't be too depressed round here. The cheapest paperbacks in the local Oxfam are £3 now and hard backs will likely cost a tenner. And they are not in pristine condition by any means.
Another reason to boycott Oxfam. In Salisbury they have a rather posh bookshop, I've only been in once, unlikely to go in again. It's such a shame old books aren't valued. As a young working woman I worked in town. On the corner at the end of the street was a secondhand bookshop owned by Jim Smith. Paperbacks were stacked in shelves from floor to ceiling, crammed into several rooms of his own house. He would accept any books as long as you took away some. He also wrote and illustrated childrens books. I even found one for sale. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186736922630
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Veggie - 19-10-2024
Just looked at Oxfam website https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/donate-to-our-shops/donating-books/
"We accept all books, regardless of the genre, value, age or topic."
"Don’t worry if your pre-loved books aren’t in perfect condition!
Any donated books that Oxfam can't sell, even after they've been up for sale in multiple shops, are used for wood pulp and recycled by our partners.
Because Oxfam’s recycling systems are so efficient, we make a profit even on books that can’t be resold."
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Vinny - 20-10-2024
Book exchanges are the way to go! Bring a book take a book. We have one at the local Village Hall which I have used before. Majority of the books there areb't the type I read but you do find the odd gem there!
My small bedroom is no longer a bedroom. It started off as an office with computer and printer but has 'morphed' into a book depository/library! I have found that storing my books flat, it is easier to read the titles and I don't get a crick in my neck.
RE: Second hand books I've bought - Veggie - 20-10-2024
My small bedroom is my Book and Seed Library.
The local church book and clothes giveaway is great. You can take as many books as you like - and I do. If I don't like them, they go back to the church next month.