A Giant Haul: Victoria College Annual Book Sale

Fall is my favourite time of year. The weather is more temperate, the leaves change into a beautiful palette of golds and reds, and I get to go downtown to the University of Toronto's Victoria College Annual Used Book Sale.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with this sale, it is like a book bonanza on steroids. All year, the large alumni community at Vic collect used books from their membership and donations, and they diligently sort and store them. Then, in conjunction with the famous book fair, Word on the Street, they hold a huge sale that takes over their central building and sprawls over several huge, old lecture halls. The books are sorted into fiction and non-fiction, and range in topic groups from a-z. 

This year, I invited my friend and co-member of our book club, Karen S. to join me in this pilgrimage. She was happy to explore as it was her first time attending the sale. We took our time with our rummaging, spending about two and a half hours milling around, and I have to admit that we scored many great reads for the upcoming year.

I haven't taken snaps of all of the books (there are a few too many and I don't want to admit that I bought 20+ books in one day!), so here are a few of the ones that I can't wait to read:

Non-fiction about a woman's trip to China to find relatives.

An award winner...we'll see if I agree.

This will be the first read from my purchases.

This one is our December book club read.

Can't wait to read this one.

I want a dog...Still working on it with my husband.

Sounded like a bit of fun.

Nice cover...We'll see about this one.

One of my favorite books ever. Nice cover art.

A Christmas Present for my Mom.  The surprise won't be spoiled...She doesn't read my blog!!!

Total Guilty Pleasure: Boggle to Go! I bring this in the car so I can keep busy waiting at the bus stop for Abi!