Anyone else hoping she posts her booklist!? ❤😅

Just washing my dishes and marveling that someone else understands the high-stakes intense maneuvering of library book sales 😂

I found last week an old copy (1943) of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for $1! In a dark, smelly still LOVELY local thrift store. Was such a rush. I don't know how much it retails for, but I don't care! It's precious.

I was on a literature obsession, reading through books in a couple weeks time, so I bought 10ish books and came to Great Expectations which has now taken me a year to read LOL it’s been a touch read to say the least.

The only time I ever played the "pregnancy card" (as in Look at this baby bump and let me go first) was at the library book sale. It paid off in the form of a beautiful edition of The Age of Innocence.

Yay books! I catalogued all of my books a couple of years ago and it was so fun 😊 I’m impressed you managed to catalogue such a large collection in only 8 hours!

Thank you for the excellent suggestions. I've started more recently to pay attention to the edition - it can make SUCH a difference. My parents shopped library sales all the time and they bought many, many old books this way. My Father's favorite book of all time has been out of print for many years, and so he bought every copy he would come across. When he died, there was a nice, old copy for each of us to have ❤. That inherited copy is a prized possession of mine.... and now I look for copies at library sales.

Love the list suggestion! It is so easy to get side tracked at the thrift shop, yard sale, library book sale etc.

Classic books are so much lovelier in those older edition covers. And I can totally identify with finding treasures online. Once I was bidding on ebay for an old commentary. I was so nervous, and my husband comforted me saying I shouldn't really worry since people are not after books like this. He was right! 😉 Thank you so much for sharing. I am now working towards building our home library, and this is just what I needed.💕

Book Gluttony. You really hit the nail on the head. As much as I don't like hearing it, it resonates true. I've recently started watching your videos and really do feel like I came across it just as I've started feeling a sense of conviction about my book reading habits. I definitely stay away from certain types of books and have been trying to read more intentionally as of late, but it's not easy. Our time is so valuable and as Christians.... oh my goodness... how would we fare if we are to give an account for how we spent our time and money...? I appreciate hearing you remind us of these things.

Me watching this with my 6-in-1 omnibus edition of The Original Homeschool series, whose title spells Charlotte Mason as “Charlotte Masson” with two s’s 😂 (Biggest error in the history of printing!) and whose cover features a stock image of a homeschool mom helping her daughter on a laptop 😂😂 I don’t lie! Thankfully Mason is spelled correctly in the actual texts inside. When I picked it up at a used bookstore I had pause but it was only $18 for all the books 😅 I’m a recovering utilitarian. Your channel has been a great help.

Omg I love how deep and sad your voice went you said kids get rid of their parents libraries when they die. I could hear the I will haunt my kids in your tone!!! 🤣

On top of a new love of classical books as I prepare to educate my son, my husband is also a pastor and came into the marriage with TONs of theological books. They’re coming out of our ears…but they’re beautiful.

I read the title and stopped everything to watch. You always have such helpful information and it is truly appreciated. I would be one of the crazy homeschool moms at the book sales but never rude 😂!

This is great! I love library book sales. Just recently began my journey of exploring living books and I was able to snag at a local library sale The Ox-Cart Man, Blueberries for Sal, and others in practically new condition. I believe they were around 50 cents each 👏🏻

I miss library book sales 😩 They got rid of them in our area after '20. I once got an (almost) complete set of Mark Twain books from the turn of the century. They were my favorite sales to go to ever since I was in high school. My most prized book is one of the earliest editions of Little Lord Fauntleroy (from late 1800s) that was gifted to my great great grandfather when he was a boy.

There is a thrift store near my house that has a small section for older books that come in. Anytime I am there, I head straight for that section. Once I found a set of 5 books, gorgeously bound, from the later 1800's. They were $1 each! Our library recently had a book sale and I found a couple books from the early 1900's for $2 each. It's so exciting to find these treasures. I do not check online, because I just assume they will be priced very high. I will need to start looking. Thank you for this video.

Thank you! The library book sales are my favorite. I really need a better list to keep me focused. I’ve found some lovely books at garage sales as well.

Love this! Now I want to count my books 😂 I need to go through them and take out all the YA I’ve outgrown.

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. Very much in agreement.

"Creepy book basements" LOL had me laughing!! Loved this! I love seeing other mamas passionate about books! I feel like a crazy woman when I talk about how much I love books. Glad I'm not alone in the hunt/enjoyment of them!

This is hilarious. I would not want to be up against you at a book sale, Autumn. Hehehe (I think I’d actually just like to sit back and watch.) Seriously, though, I’m grateful for this video and looking forward to the next one! I really need to organize my library and chuck the twaddle.

Could you share some of your favorite editions and/or translations of the classics on your list?

Any tips on taking the plastic library book jacket off without that tough tape ruining your cover? 😫

I have about 5 copies of Jane Eyre too, but it’s not an accident 😂 that’s one of my most favorite books ever and I can’t part with them. 😊

Someone gifted us a first edition Feckless🥰. My balance is trying to manage 4 in school all on different levels and got burned on a few "trusted" curriculum booklists. We are slowly culling our library of hidden twaddle, and improving quality of some copies as we can. I need a good organization system though for our library. And yes, suburbs have little free libraries but less library/school sales. And we have almost no used bookstores around 🥺

Oh the creepy bookstores! We have a couple used bookstores here but they charge an arm and a leg because they are antique stores. There is only one real used bookstore but it’s in an awful area and most of the books are in the dark basement with no exit and no one is ever down there with you. I used to only go with other ladies- never on my own. Now I shop online used bookstores. Not only does my city not have a lot of places for book, it helps keep me focused on what I am looking for.

I have experienced the creepy book basement guy. He kept following me around commenting on the books I was selecting. He read my horoscope and asked me all sorts of questions. Had to call my Mother to “come look at the amazing book collection” so I could have backup to rescue my books from the creepdom.

Random 😅 I’d love to see a walk through your wardrobe. Your clothes are so pretty 😍

Do you make in your books? I annotate the books I read and especially the ones I’m teaching. I usually prefer to mark in a paper back. I call it my work copy. But I do love a beautiful hard copy.

Hi. I am really curious what authors/versions of the Grimm fairytales do you think are great?

How I build a library on a budget : - buy a shelf - put books into it TADAAAA

Tons of free books online that can be downloaded. And with the understanding of computers you can print them all for yourself when ever you want. But books look sexy and feel great so go for it 🤣

Creepy book basement 😂

What kind of bookshelves do you have? I have books…lots of books, but after pricing out custom bookshelves 😮. We need to find a more affordable option for our home library. Thanks.

I’m an awful reader how do I grow in the desire to want to read the rich ones?

18,000 children 😂

It’s fun, until you find mold. It totally turned me off from book hunting.

I love your excitement and passion over this 😆 I don't want to seem rude and link a video on your comments so I'll DM you on Instagram, but I found a way to create a homeschool library for free and then over the years we can replace books or get more but it got us started. I think you'll really like it. Thanks for all the fun tips and enthusiasm!