Own your own library on a shoestring budget
We love books in our household, we are all bookworms to the extreme. The lounge room has five book cases, the kids room has one, the playroom has one, and there are cookbooks in the dining room/ kitchen area. Then there is the toilet which has a magazine rack with books in it and bath books for the kids in the bathroom. Oh and our bedroom is too small for a bookcase but there are boxes of books under the bed. If we ever had a house fire this place would go up in no time. Perhaps we should consider contents insurance some day? My point is however that you can own a lot of books and pay next to nothing for them. We just went to the Lifeline Bookfest and for $26 we got 140 books. The trick is to go on the last day when you can fill a bag for $5 in the unpriced section. They also have a priced section which they reduce to half price. Lifeline put on two bookfests per year and we just LOVE them. Our library includes well know authors as well as those hard to find rare “gems”. For a bookworm the Lifeline Bookfest is the closest thing to Heaven on Earth.
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I missed the bookfest (this would be where I would insert the smiley face with the downturned mouth and a tear!) I was also poor! When is the next one please?
They are always on Australia day weekends and queens birthday.