The annual Save The Children Giant Book Sale is on this weekend in Perth. It's being held at Winthrop Hall at UWA and finishes on Wednesday. Get in, grab lots of bargains, help out this worthy charity and get reading! I have.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Save the Children Giant Book Sale 2010
Save the Children are holding their famous Giant Book Sale at Winthrop Hall at UWA. It started on Friday and runs until Wednesday. Apparently it was pretty busy on Friday and a bit quieter yesterday morning when we went. The local ABC radio station was in attendance broadcasting live.
We spent one hour searching for books. The missus grabbed two cross-stitch magazines, The Boy got a few books including reference material and I picked up several sports autobiographies, war books and history books. I didn't think that the books on offer were as exciting as last year, although I did spot a few copies of one of the books that I purchased last year, and that the price of the higher quality books was much more than last year. I seem to recall not paying more than $8 for a publication last year and this year bought one for $15 and another for $12. Still, they will certainly tide me over until next year. Less time on Facebook and more with my head in a book. Not a bad pickup for just over $100 methinks.
Get down there, grab a bargain, learn yourself up and help out a worthy charity.
We spent one hour searching for books. The missus grabbed two cross-stitch magazines, The Boy got a few books including reference material and I picked up several sports autobiographies, war books and history books. I didn't think that the books on offer were as exciting as last year, although I did spot a few copies of one of the books that I purchased last year, and that the price of the higher quality books was much more than last year. I seem to recall not paying more than $8 for a publication last year and this year bought one for $15 and another for $12. Still, they will certainly tide me over until next year. Less time on Facebook and more with my head in a book. Not a bad pickup for just over $100 methinks.
Get down there, grab a bargain, learn yourself up and help out a worthy charity.
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| Winthrop Hall at UWA |
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| This way please to the Save the Children Giant Book Sale |
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| Thouands of books for sale |
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| 720 ABC's Sinead Mangan with guest Chris Murphy on guitar |
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| My books - pic 1 |
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| My books - pic 2 |
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| The Boy's books - pic 1 (doubled up the Ancient Rome Atlas and World History) |
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| The Boy's books - pic 2 |
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| Pile of books for a pile of reading over the next year |
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Reading Puts Me To Sleep
I try to be a good father. Ever since the boy was little I tried to read to him before going to bed. Whilst I was studying at uni I found that it was me going to sleep before the reading was finished. About 30-45 minutes later I would wake up and have to go back to studying. Now the tables have turned somewhat. The boy can read and needs to do so for homework. The last couple of nights he has been reading to me and I've fallen asleep before he's finished.
I'm trying to be good. Honest. I can see why people read a book in the olden days before going to bed. Only trouble would be I'd be wasting electricity as the light would be left on for an hour or two before I woke up again. I can't explain why it makes me so sleepy.
I try to be a good father. Ever since the boy was little I tried to read to him before going to bed. Whilst I was studying at uni I found that it was me going to sleep before the reading was finished. About 30-45 minutes later I would wake up and have to go back to studying. Now the tables have turned somewhat. The boy can read and needs to do so for homework. The last couple of nights he has been reading to me and I've fallen asleep before he's finished.
I'm trying to be good. Honest. I can see why people read a book in the olden days before going to bed. Only trouble would be I'd be wasting electricity as the light would be left on for an hour or two before I woke up again. I can't explain why it makes me so sleepy.
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