RIP Newberry Book Fair

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RIP Newberry Book Fair

2lilithcat
Oct 19, 2023, 9:56 pm

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

That's awful.

3kac522
Edited: Oct 20, 2023, 1:40 am

>3 kac522: Yep. I'm so glad I decided to go at the last minute this year. It was crowded but I found a few gems, including the book I'm reading now: A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison (1896).

I was thinking I should do an LT search of my books by venue to see how many (since I've been on LT--2009) are from Newberry.

4kac522
Edited: Oct 20, 2023, 1:39 am

>3 kac522:

Did a search: 122

Although I know I own more, since I've been going since at least the late 1990s, but when I started recording my books owned as of 2009, I did not have a record of when/where I got them.

5lilithcat
Oct 20, 2023, 9:07 am

>4 kac522:

264. Though, like you, I have no record of where I acquired books before I started cataloguing them on LT (2005).

6mejix
Edited: Oct 20, 2023, 10:49 am

Oh man. One of my favorite Summer events. Last time I went on Sunday and found an unusual number of good books, specially in the poetry section. Great place to buy art books.

7paradoxosalpha
Oct 20, 2023, 10:52 am

I don't like having temptations removed so bluntly.