The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt

One thing about selling used books you can run across some gems. While packing my books for the move, the cover on this books caught my eye. The eyes seemed to look at you. Now I placed it to the side. I had to pace myself and not stay up all night reading with the amount of work I need to get done.

The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt

 4 star reading. 

Set in Ancient Rome it draws you into the intrigue of the times, while helping a young woman deal with being a wolf cruelly raised far away from her kind. Arranged marriages, witchcraft trials and abusive relatives. The story pulls you in with just enough adventure to keep you intrigued. A kind hearted courtesan becomes her mentor and friend. A great story.

Alice Borchardt's interview at the end of this paperback is a treat. Of course she is Anne Rice's sister.


Have you ever read this book? 

The Move is Complete?

The physical move is complete, the organization portion is not. Last week I packed and boxes and transfer by car 30 boxes of books. Friday and Saturday I sold book and packed them while at the flea market. Sunday all the books were packed but accessible. I find tomato and cucumber boxes work well for paperback books and I also use them for a few hardcover books. I managed to sell another 4 boxes on the weekend, enough to cover the rent for the extra weekend.

I spoke with a fellow bookseller at the market my last day. It was amazing authors he sold easily did not sell for me, and other authors I sold, he was overstocked on. Yes we would send customers to each others booths, when we could not fill their needs.

 

Wednesday saw me picking up a 14 foot U-Haul truck. I began loading at 9 am and finished at 12:30. 90 boxes of books, 72 of them paperbacks, 5 bookcases, concrete block, 1x10's, tarps, signs, a desk chair, a stool, and other misc items later. I swung by Steak and Shake for a lunch on the go. Opps, overhead looked to low ordered pulled to the side and walked to the window. The truck needed 11 foot clearance. I arrived at my work room thirsty. I did sit to drink plenty of water and kept it going. The unload took longer as I had to sort boxes and temporarily stack them in several processing locations. I need a large work room. Luckily the 3 sales are filled easily as the books have been cataloged with location codes.

One of the sales, a copy of Capture by Robert K. Tanenbaum 1st/1st. I only have 2 copies left.

Now to catalog location complete listing and photograph the books. You will notice I have listed a few books without photos. These I hope to complete this weekend. June 1 is my goal to have all the books listed.

Today I had my biannual eye exam, a hair appointment, chiropractor appointment, and groceries. Today only my calves, hands and feet hurt. I will begin the unpacking tomorrow. Hardcover books will be shelved and listed first. 

To check on potential listing I have placed a spreadsheet online.

Fleamasters Clearance Sale this Weekend! Again

 The vampire in me is not so patiently waiting for the dark brew to finish...

I did not manage to move all the books by Thursday. Final weekend extended to this week end with only half the inventory on location. yes everything is in boxes. But sales are still going on. Friday I sold more than I did last Sunday. Go figure place it in a box and they dig for the deals.


Listed on line at great prices
Excuses Begone! by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Broken Shine by Candice Gilmer
The Adventure Patrol by Verl Dasher
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite
Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
Yemonja Maternal Divinity by Lloyd Weaver, Olurunmi Egbelade
 Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War by Robert J. Mrazek 1st, 1st
 Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind 1st, 1st
 Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
 Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry 1st, 1st        
 The Fifth Angel by Tim Green 




Wow I did not realize the variety of books I was posting last evening. I just grabbed a few off the tops.

The move is going slowly

My clearance sale might have gone well, but the move is going much slower than I thought. I have relocated 45 boxes so far, but I have 80 more boxes packed and another 45-70 boxes of books left to pack. Any advice?

Already Listed and ready to ship!

The Secret by Harold Robbins

  The world's bestselling novelist is back with Secrets, a steamy novel chronicling the rise of a lingerie chain. Jerry Cooper of The Predators is back to launch his new empire of intimate women's apparel. He now has a son, Les Cooper, a streetwise young lawyer who slowly uncovers the family's mob involvement, a secret which Jerry has desperately tried to conceal until he finds himself in need of a lawyer. Combining the grit of his early work with the glamour of his later novels, Robbins once again provides readers with a pantheon of street-raised hustlers and anti-heroes who would use their hard-won knowledge to claw their way up the ladder of success.

I just wish I had time to read this evening. Yes I am unpacking as many as I can and reusing the boxes.

My clearance sale is over!

Thank you everyone who came to my Market Clearance Sale.
Was it a success?

I will find out once I finish unpacking the boxes. I do know sales were much lower than I expected. I actually started boxing before the end of the day. I did manage to get all the paperback romance novels boxed yesterday. And started on the hardbacks, before I had to lock up for the evening. I will work on cleaning the house and organizing my work room to hold all the boxes to be listed on line.

Never Call Retreat by Bruce Catton

In the meantime, I could not resist, I have listed a new find I think is excellent: Never Call Retreat : Volume Three in the American Civil War Trilogy by Bruce Catton.


In the meantime, I will slowly recover from my weekend and organize for the move on Wednesday and Thursday.

Oh, I only have one day to accomplish everything where did Monday go.

Whatnot Shops: Ad for Corning Glass

Whatnot Shops: Ad for Corning Glass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Having_Writ%E2%80%A6

Ad for Corning Glass

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning.

I received this link in an email. I have known about some of the elements of the video for some time, but I was not aware of all of the elements.


Over the years, I have had many parents worried when their children prefer to read science fiction. I have encouraged them not to worry. Science fiction and fantasy books are a great way for them to stretch their imaginations. Stretching the imagination leads to invention. If no one had thought of Light bulbs, televisions, computers, or automobiles they would not exist. 

And Having Writ ...: A Science Fiction Novel by Donald R. Bensen (First Ace printing)

Yes we play computer games, roll playing games, and just about anything on the computer these days. Even the "Dinosaur generation" has gotten into the act. When was the last time you picked up an old science fiction book? And laughed because it is no longer considered out of the realm of possibility.