MUSING MONDAYS | Thrift Shop Finds

As you can already tell, I am in the process of collecting all Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books that I can get my hands on. I’ve been scouring used bookstores and thrift shops for great deals. I’ve gotten a lot of titles from the One Dollar Bookstore and will keep going back to that haven from time to time.

But what’s better than a $1 book? Well, finding a thrift store that has them for 75 cents! One of the thrift stores near me was having a book sale: 75 cents for hard covers and 25 cents for paperbacks. You don’t have to tell me twice. 😉

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:
* I’m currently reading…
* Up next I think I’ll read…
* I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
* I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
* I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
* I can’t wait to get a copy of…
* I wish I could read ___, but…
* I blogged about ____ this past week…

I should have a check list of all the titles that I have. I have the recent acquisitions on my Instagram but I should make one full list.

Guys, I’ve found my new favorite word: CHUMS. I mean, do you still use that word to refer to your friends? The first time I encountered that on the page, I had to stop and actually say the line out loud. And it sounded ridiculous as it looked on paper. But I love it. CHUMS!!!

Mind you, these were back-to-back trips to the same thrift shop. I pass by it on my way home from work. But they close early on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. They close at 6pm on Thursdays that’s why I was able to drop by. This one’s the Friday haul. The ND/HB books were from the same children’s section. How I missed them on Thursday, beats me. The Nancy Drew one is a limited edition even. And it’s the FIRST ONE in the series!

Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books of life. I have multiple copies. I picked up this one because it was dated “14 November 1967”. My parents would’ve been 5 years old. I also picked up The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King but I didn’t include it in the photo. I remember one of my cousins lending me his copy in exchange for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I remember loving it so I picked one up. This book always reminded me of him.

For this week’s random question: Have you read – or do you plan to read – the Shannara Chronicles by Terri Brooks? Have you been watching the new TV series based off the books? If so, what do you think?

My goodness, I don’t need to start another series. So probably not. As for the TV series, Manu Bennett, Jed Brophy, and John Rhys-Davies are there and my Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit heart is screaming for joy. I might check it out. I do like shows in this genre.