You can't give them away

There are a few things on my yearly calendar 
that I rarely miss.
    The book fair of our 
local library is one of them.

You see I have a penchant for those things
 that are  old and interesting.
  That's the section I hit first at the book fair,
 Old and Interesting.  
(hmm, maybe one day I'll
be old and interesting.)

You see I just can't help myself. 
 I happen to think the books 
are going to disappear. 
 My grandchildren will be titans of old books. 
 I just love them.
  I love the covers, the old worn leather,
 the dusty old smell,  the engravings,
 and the weight of them in my hands.

I have fun at the book fair.
 It's far more exciting to me
than so many things. 
 This year my daughter happened
 to be home. 
 So off we went, Grampa too.  

I found the sweetest little
 set of  art books.
Six in all

Once at home in a library

This was the score of the day. 
 I grabbed it to frame for my
daughters off campus home next year

I hate to cut it up, it's such an old edition

I think I'll grab a newer version of the
same book and keep
this one intact.

$2 bucks, For Heaven's Sake!
That's less than a cup of coffee 
(When you're handling old books it's 
perfectly acceptable to say things
like for heaven's sake)

My daughter is a Classics major and
these are right up her alley.
They will look fantastic in simple gallery
 frames  with custom mats

I really love when I find writing
in an old book.

This is just delightful!

You don't meet many Newells these days.
I don't think I've ever met a Newell.

There was a woman giving away 
paperback copies of a Mark Twain
book in front of the supermarket
last weekend.
  She wasn't selling
anything, just encouraging
reading.

She said she couldn't give them away!
People were putting up their hands
Keep away.
Has the world gone mad?

Shooing off a book
For Heaven's Sake, how absurd.

This looks like a good read.
I'm quite certain no one will write
a book about the table
talk and opinions that I possess.

In the midst of all this bookishness
 I remembered I had this
 wonderful  little shelf. 
 It hung in my powder room
for years with it's chinoiserie red.

Ever since seeing the enchanting pictures of 
the cottage from the latest Twilight
 (daughter shrieking in background, 
Psycho style music playing in background.
Well you know those classics majors)
I've been dreaming of all those books piled up.

via Cote de Texas

Apparently vampires love to read.
Oh the things you can learn on blogs!
(daughter shrieking again)

Anyway...
I thought this would be the perfect little shelf for
a sweet little book nook for moi

 I'm still playing around with it all,
 but I'll be darned
 if it isn't just the sweetest thing

 Here I'll sit dusting off those old books 
like a vampire.
Oh, and don't worry Newell, your book
has found a nice new home.