Big Bad Wolf Book Fair 2017
This annual event is awaited for by a number of people (myself included), as it is an opportunity to enhance the reading collection.
[By the way, as I am writing this a squirrel is peering at me with its wide brown eyes from the window outside- how cute is that!]
Back to BBW2017 (URL: https://www.bigbadwolfbooks.com/2017/). There are lots of books sold here (website says 4.5 million), however there is no specific listing or inventory available for us to check the quantity/titles (nor will the volunteers help you to find any books) as the basic idea is this is a book warehouse & you get the books at bargain prices. SO we have to do the hunting ourselves. AND if you can't choose, just buy everything. The prices are superb. A Bargain.
Lots of improvements have been made since BBW first started. Now it is open 24-hours (which is the BEST idea ever!), ..and there are baskets and trolleys, ..and plastic bags and boxes, ..and storage areas, ..and pick up points, ..and sample books, ..and lots of signs that remind everybody to put back the books where they first found them (extremely useful when the books are not arranged on shelves but stacked on tables).
Yesterday on opening day, a friend and I went for a looksee.. and we ended up buying some books (of course!). Since my practice is to finish last year's books before buying new ones, I have promised myself not to buy too many this year (there are 6-7 more books to finish from 2016). The selection yesterday was a Psychology Simplified book & a translated novel by the late Yukio Mishima titled "The Sound of Waves". Started reading the novel already & it is pretty engaging. Simple words yet they draw you into the story & the activities that were narrated.
Based on my personal experience, the best times to visit BBW2017 would be:
- during working hours, or
- between 10pm-12am, or
- early morning e.g. 4/ 5/ 6 am (or even any time between 12-6am)
Have fun & happy book hunting!
[By the way, as I am writing this a squirrel is peering at me with its wide brown eyes from the window outside- how cute is that!]
Back to BBW2017 (URL: https://www.bigbadwolfbooks.com/2017/). There are lots of books sold here (website says 4.5 million), however there is no specific listing or inventory available for us to check the quantity/titles (nor will the volunteers help you to find any books) as the basic idea is this is a book warehouse & you get the books at bargain prices. SO we have to do the hunting ourselves. AND if you can't choose, just buy everything. The prices are superb. A Bargain.
Lots of improvements have been made since BBW first started. Now it is open 24-hours (which is the BEST idea ever!), ..and there are baskets and trolleys, ..and plastic bags and boxes, ..and storage areas, ..and pick up points, ..and sample books, ..and lots of signs that remind everybody to put back the books where they first found them (extremely useful when the books are not arranged on shelves but stacked on tables).
Yesterday on opening day, a friend and I went for a looksee.. and we ended up buying some books (of course!). Since my practice is to finish last year's books before buying new ones, I have promised myself not to buy too many this year (there are 6-7 more books to finish from 2016). The selection yesterday was a Psychology Simplified book & a translated novel by the late Yukio Mishima titled "The Sound of Waves". Started reading the novel already & it is pretty engaging. Simple words yet they draw you into the story & the activities that were narrated.
Based on my personal experience, the best times to visit BBW2017 would be:
- during working hours, or
- between 10pm-12am, or
- early morning e.g. 4/ 5/ 6 am (or even any time between 12-6am)
Have fun & happy book hunting!
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