Normally I dispense books at the issue desk in the library like a benevolent Library Fairy. I wave my magic wand to find the perfect read for picky of readers and can answer the most obscure of questions. The best one this week was “do you have a book on how to manscape?”

We didn’t.

During the third week of January the usual library rules cease to apply. Linda and Boss Lady do some actual work (shocking, I know). We charge readers for books. We allow food in the library.

Yes, it’s the annual Library Book Sale.

The sale itself took place on Saturday but the preparations lasted all week. I’d been building up a set of “Out of Stock” books in cardboard boxes in the Library Shed all year, but before the sale we went through all the stock in the l...

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