Book Haul

Last Monday was a day where I had a bit of extra time on my hands and I made the decision to stop in at a local secondhand bookshop to browse their shelves. I used to stop in at this book store every Saturday to see what they had and usually came away with a few books that were added to my personal library. A few months ago I made the choice to see how much money I can save if I were to cut unnecessary expenses, including the amount I was spending on books.

It was difficult to restrain myself from buying a lot more books, but I did get a bit of a haul. Most of them are classics. I've been trying to stay away from classic literature since I've got way too many of them on my shelves and I am worried that my reading tastes may be changing. However, I always go to the classics section of secondhand bookstores because it's now a habit of mine. Since there needs to be some organisation here, I will be separating books in categories.

With the secondhand bookshop I went to, I had a lot of book credits since I regularly unhaul books and bring them there in exchange for credit so I got a few of these books via that credit.

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