We Love Book Sales!

Okay, you guys get it - I'm a big reader. So it makes perfect sense that when my favorite bookstore (for the record, the Harvard Book Store) holds their semi-annual warehouse sale, I go crazy with excitement.

The bookstore itself is fantastic - they have a great layout, lots of little cubbies to hide in with a book, tall bookshelfs and then a more open area for the latest and greatest. They've got tons of remainders and a used books cave below the main store. They do tons of readings and have a coop program (which I love!) and on top of that, they have a huge book warehouse that they've started opening up to folks for a book sale (in June and December).

This past weekend was the December book sale (typically goes both Saturday and Sunday). We hit it up Saturday mid day and it was magnificent! The shelves are stacked from floor to ceiling, books line every surface, and you can get wonderful deals just in time for the holidays. They hand out bags that you can fill while looking around (danger of shoulder dislocation but still) and every one of your sense is assaulted by books - everywhere you look there are books, it smells like books, you can't help but touch... okay, I didn't taste anything but I bet if I did, it would taste like literature.

For those of you in Boston, I wanted to make sure to share the Harvard Book Sale love with you. Sure, you can't go until June now but please, patronize this store and the warehouse. They're both full of beautiful books and great people.

Plus, you can pick up 15 books for under $100 (including glossy cookbooks!).