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Vacation Book Haul

5/3/2018

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Last weekend, my husband and I went on a little getaway up to Traverse City, Michigan. Besides finding the most delicious ice cream ever (Moomers - it's so good!), we spent a lot of time in bookstores (because I have an extremely patient husband). It was so nice to be able to browse for as long as I wanted without having to chase a toddler around!

Kids' Books

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One of the bookstores (Horizon Books) had an awesome bargain books section. It's surprising I didn't come home with all the picture books. Here are the books I found for my son (with a couple for my soon-to-be-arriving daughter).
  • ​Happy Birthday, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
  • Peek-a-Boo Sliders Farm by Nathalie Choux
  • Anne of Green Gables by Jennifer Adams
  • Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
  • Babar's ABC by Laurent de Brunhoff
  • The ABC Animal Orchestra by Donald Saaf
  • Hidden Michigan by Anne Margaret Lewis and Janis Campbell
  • Hooray for Today! by Brian Won

My Books

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And here's what I found for myself!
  • His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (I've been wanting to start this series, but the library doesn't have it.)
  • Ex-Libris by Ross King (A spontaneous find at the one used bookstore we went to. I don't often pick up books I've never heard of before, so I'm curious to see how this one is.)
  • The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (I finally own the whole series! At least for a couple more weeks, until the last book in the series comes out.)
  • Spell It Out by David Crystal (For the English geek in me.)
  • Meet Me in Atlantis by Mark Adams (I loved his other travel narrative, Turn Right at Machu Picchu, so I was really excited to see this one on the bargain book shelf!)
Have you bought any good books lately?
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Erin @ Quixotic Magpie link
5/9/2018 09:05:08 am

I love Traverse City! We go up every summer. :) And uninterrupted time browsing in a book store - paradise! :) Glad you had a good time on your getaway.

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Christine link
5/14/2018 02:09:00 pm

Great haul! I have the Penderwicks on my nightstand (finally!) in the hopes of getting to an event the author will be at in June -- and the last book just came out, so its about time :)

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