The Big Bad Wolf is Baaaaaack!!!

The Big Bad Wolf Sale is back!!
A lot sooner than I expected, that I had actually forgotten about it until a week before it started. As usual, I took the day off on the first day of the sale so that I didn’t miss out on some popular titles.
I’d wanted to get more books this time round, but unfortunately I hadn’t brought enough bags to fill with more books. I was quite disappointed by how little my stash was but am hoping that I make it back again before the sale ends. One of the books I’d wanted to get my paws on was Disappearing World by Alonzo C. Addison. I looked around practically all over the premises but could not find a single copy. I’m pretty sure there a few still available, but if I could only return to the sale.
Apart from some classic literature, and Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, my stash this year is hardly remarkable. Still, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that one of my friends is planning on going this weekend so I can join them.
Watch this space for my list of purchases. In the meantime, if you have yet to visit the sale, do so NOW! It’s worth the time and drive, believe me. :P

I went, I saw, I urm.... didn't quite conquer!!

It didn't go as planned.

I wanted to so badly to be at the Big Bad Book Sale on it's first day, which was Nov 12, but my best friend had to work, so we went the next day instead.

I even took that friday off to rest up and prepare myself for a good half day of eating up almost every book imaginable, but of course, I had to contain myself, and am bummed that I got half of what I actually planned on splurging my hard-earned money on.

Still, this year's sale - although it was held outside the Klang Valley, at South City Plaza in Seri Kembangan - was bigger than ever, and actually saw a much bigger crowd (there was a queue on the first day before the sale even began, which there wasn't at the Nov '09 sale in Amcorp Mall) of booklovers, new and old, converge for THE sale of the year.

With prices starting at RM5 and up to a maximum of RM30 (the actual retail price plus a few more ringgit of a paperback in most big chain bookstores), it's easy to pick up a selection of your chosen reads plus a bundle more of unfamiliar works, and dump them into your box/eco-bag and keep doing this without thinking about the price until you can't lug the load around anymore.

I filled my two eco-bags to the brim before i gave up and headed towards the counter to pay... and my friend wasn't that far behind. But after checking out each other's stash, we realized that we weren't done and took an hour's break before going back in!

RM300 poorer (I'm not feeling yet... am waiting for my credit card statement to arrive via email), but my soul is oh so delighted at the prospect of nourishing itself with the many delicious treats I got to keep me happy until next year... when I'm aiming to spend a record RM500 (by my standards) of money saved and it will be the first day of the Big Bad Wolf's return.

I've got to start the incantations for a geographically-friendly location for next year's trip!! :D

The Wolf's back... somebody stop me!!

I am trying SO HARD not to think about it... but the eventuality of it will have me running to South City Plaza from November 12 and spend my hard earned moolah on my favorite drug - BOOKS!

Oh yes, the Big Bad Wolf is back! And the Big Bad Sale will this time around, be held outside the Klang Valley, in Seri Kembangan to be precise (I'm pretty sure my Geography is not lost on me).

I promised myself that I will be shopping for Christmas presents and maybe get a couple of hardcovers for me. I mean, the over RM200 that I spent at last year's sale are still sitting in an eco-friendly bag by my bed!! There's just too little time to read when you're dead tired after work. But I plan to finish those books.

So yeah, I'm going to need more reading material, but of course the bulk will be pressies and I've already prepared the list... a very short one. :( Yeah, not everyone in my family or even my extended family, read all that much.

I hope I won't have to keep what I get for them, for myself (smiling devilishly!). Well, I can never get enough of books, so sue me if I do!!

But NO! I have to control myself. I'll just keep my credit card at home and carry a set amount of cash. Enough to get what's on my list. And if there isn't enough...? Well, I'll borrow from my best friend, who'll be joining me that very first day.

I'm ready, counting the days... I've already applied for leave. Now, to set reminders on my cellphone. :P