A Book Search Among Friends: March 2010

Bolstered by my February success, I've got three new ones I'm hoping to find:

The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline - mooched

I have a few authors and series I'm hoping to find this month:

Mary Joslin
Tomie dePaola
The Magic School Bus need just some titles on this but really really need the teacher's guides and experiment books.

And as always I am looking for Catholic Children's books for my daughter for school - I have over 300 of these on my wish list so there is just too many to list

I know this is a long shot but I'm looking for a copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in good readable condition.

I'm looking for a copy of The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner if anyone has a copy they are done with. Thanks!

I was wondering if anyone knows the name of the book recently (or about to come out) about the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum painting that was stolen and the BPD looking for it?

I think this is it: The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
By Ulrich Boser

I'm looking for Italian children's books. I've only been studying it for two months so nothing too difficult thanks :)

4: Weelass, I'll leave you a message.

Thanks Weelass!

Looks interesting Macophile.
This is the Amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/Gardner-Heist-Worlds-Largest-Unsolved/dp/B00375LM1Q/ref=sr...

I realize it's a long shot, but has anybody got a spare copy of A Triumph of Souls by Alan Dean Foster lying around? I need it!

Thanks!

It does doesn't it, rxtheresa?

I was talking to my dad about it the other day and I couldn't remember the title- and he wanted to read it (so do I) so I thought someone on here would know- and they did! Thanks everyone. :D

I'm almost always looking for books on the following:

Women in the Military (any time period, any nationality (and pretty near any language))

Japanese Swords (Japanese, English, French, German)

Iaido (Japanese Swordsmanship) or Kyudo (Japanese Archery) (any language)

Japanese History (especially if the book has pictures!) (Japanese, English, French, German)

War of 1812.

I'd love to find copies of:

The Wives of Henry Oades
Up in the Air

I'm trying to get through the Great Books program of Mortimer Adler (sort of an extra-curricular activity to try and supplement my current University of Chicago education with the "original" one Adler and Robert Maynard Hutchins proposed in the 1930s).

I'm sure some of you have old dusty sets hanging around from the door-to-door salesmen days. While I dont' think I need a full set just yet (also I'll be moving in the summer and I don't want to add those to the books i already have to lug around) I'd love to mooch some books piecemeal.

If possible I'd like to focus on the "First Year" only, so I can do it "in order". Can anyone help me out? condition doesn't matter as long as it's readable.

EDIT: also wanted is Adler's How to Read a Book. or any books by Adler. That guy is my jam.

For me, I'm still looking for any and all things Torchwood and any books by Nancy Pearl including Book Lust, More Book Lust, Book Crush and Now Read This Vol. I, II, and III.

And for my daughters, I am hunting for any books of the Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley (in HB) and any books by Laura Numeroff in the If you give a... series (in HB).

Come on folks, I have points burning a hole in my pocket!! :)

17: I think I have some of them in my no isbn stack to post yet - I'll look tomorrow when I have a chance. I know I don't have the full set - just some here and there. Used to have the full set & had to leave it behind when I moved as a teen.

Paperback okay?

I am looking for a copy of Submerged- Adventures of America's most Elite underwater Archeology Team by Daniel Lenihan, if anyone has a copy. I'm not picky, either hardcover or paperback will do as long as it's readable.

Thanks!

I'd love to find
Almost anything by Angela Thirkell
The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia,
The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens,
The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi.
Paperback, ARCs fine.

@19: yeah, sure! send me a message or reserve the books to me if/when you get around to putting them in your inventory. I'm "sealouse" on BM, too.

Hooray!

I'm looking for translated works from Scandinavia or Russia into English, preferably novels...
it's hard to find on BM.

Let me know, please! Maybe I can do a good trade!

Amy

Wondering if any of you are willing to send your Lisa Kleypas historical romances to me. The Hathaway and Wallflowers series anyone?

XD really love them!!

#21- bostonbibliophile: I think I have an ARC of The Patience Stone. I will have a look and let you know this evening? (I am on my way out to a Dr's apt.)

Want to know an interesting coincidence? I used to work at the Cambridge Public Library- at the Central Square Branch- for my Work Study. I was one of the people doing the ESL Tutoring in the basement. :D I loved it.

>24 neonazu: I have a copy of Midnight Angel which I'm willing to part with, but I can't part with my Wallflowers or Hathaways...sorry!

If you're interested just let me know.

>26 Jenson_AKA_DL: Thanks :), but i'm more interested in the Wallflowers and Hathaways.

(Must save on points!! Too few! :( )

I am hoping to get The Difficulty of Being Good. I finally managed to get Bookmooch to acknowledge that the book exists.

>4 Weelass: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner is currently available in full online through HarperCollins Browse Inside...
Check out the tab that says Full Access here: http://browseinside.harpercollinschildrens.com/

A few months ago, there was someone on here looking for Steeple Hill Love Inspired series books. I was in my local used book store today and they got a huge stack in. They are all random titles, in very good condition. If you are still interested in them, let me know what titles you are looking for and I will go check for you.

On a related note: I realized today why that store is my favorite used book store. They know I collect some hard to find authors, and when I showed up today, they had a few behind the counter for me, just in case I needed them for my collection. So amazing!

#30, wow, what's the name of this fabulous bookstore, LOL and it is anywhere near Boston?

31: Sadly, no. I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada lol. However, if you ever make it up this way, I would really recommend checking out this store!

>#23 I have some Sigrid Undset novels I'd be willing to let you borrow, but I can't give them up permanently! Let me know if you are interested.

I've been looking for Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow for years now. :(

Here are some books I've been craving:

Fairie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand by Eugenie Bird
Kleopatra
Pharoah: Kleopatra Volume II
The Far Pavilions
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

Most of the books I want never come up for mooching. I don't read very many contemporary books, 'though I have a bunch wishlisted right now, just to get something once in awhile!

>34 littlebones:
In the meantime you can listen to the whole thing for free: http://www.craphound.com/someone

or read the ebook @ http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18224

35: I have the first volume of The Far Pavilions in my inventory.

36 and 37> Ooooh, thanks!

This is a long shot but fingers crossed...

Are there any readers of Elle magazine who are planning to buy the issue on sale tomorrow and planning to throw it away once they've read it? If you are, please don't!!

The issue on sale from tomorrow has Taylor Swift on the cover in the US, but not in the UK, so if anyone is planning to buy a copy and throw it out afterwards, would you please consider listing it on Bookmooch once you're done for an eager Swiftie? Thanks :)

P.S - I know of other Swifties who'd love the issue too, so if you have a copy but someone has already offered me one, please let me know and I might mooch it anyway!

I am looking for any of the Harry Potter books in Italian (for hardcovers, I would be willing to smooch 2 extra points each) and also any children's books in Italian, specifically fairy tales.

Thank you!

@Belladonna1975- will check for you through another book site in Italyif someone is willing to post on BM your requests.

Thanks a bunch Ally!

I'm wondering, and this is a long shot, if anyone has the book Six Feet Under: Better Living Through Death by Alan Ball/"HBO Presents" lying around. I'm just short of being obsessed with this show and I would love to own this book.

#32- is that southern Saskatchewan?? I have friends in Estavan.

45: Regina. Small world...

Yes it is. I live south of you in North Dakota.I've been to Regina when I was a teenager.

47: Any good used book stores down there? I wasn't too impressed by the one in Minot, but I haven't had a chance to get much further than that.

I love going on road trips to check out used book stores. Brandon, Manitoba has three good ones, and it's a pretty little town too. Does anyone else do this? Or have any recommendations for this travel bug?

Actually in Minot ,Bismarck & Fargo I have had the best luck in thrift stores.I've found some great books last time I hit a thrift store in Minot I was able to take about 7 books off my wishlist on BM,Fargo is even better I bought about 25 books(Hardcover) last time I was there for a dollar a piece!

This is a big long shot, but if anyone has any of The Biggest Loser books I would LOVE it.

Any of the 2010 Weight Watchers materials or books would be nice too.

I'm slowly trying to collect the Harry Dresden books in hardcover. I only have White Night so far and would love to mooch any others. I'm not too particular about the condition and am happy for library cast-offs so long as they have the dust covers.

I would also love hardcover copies of Sarah Monette's Labrynth books, The Virtu, The Mirador and Corambis. Same as above on the condition preference.

I'd be happy to offer an extra point for the books until my points run out. I always seem to run on the low side.

#46-49 How strange to see you mention the name of MY small town in your message. How disappointing to realize that you meant the newcomer city in North Dakota!!

:)
(Minot, in case you were wondering!)

#46-49 How strange to see you mention the name of MY small town in your message. How disappointing to realize that you meant the newcomer city in North Dakota!!

:)
(Minot, in case you were wondering!)

Anyone have Finger Lickin' Fifteen be Janet Evanovich? Even if it's just to borrow for a few days?

Thanks!

Does anyone have books from Lian Hearn's 'Tales of the Otori' series collecting dust on their shelves?

I'm looking for the following volumes:
Grass for His Pillow
Brilliance of the Moon
Heaven's Net is Wide

Thanks in advance for your help :D

Can't help you find it as my copy is an e-book, but I must say that Wednesday Sisters is sooo good.

I'm looking for a copy of The Queen's Lover or Blood Royal by Vanora Bennett.

does anyone have any books on electronics that would suit someone 12-16? how it works, how to build etc.

#54 Anyone have Finger Lickin' Fifteen be Janet Evanovich? Even if it's just to borrow for a few days?

Hey x, I left you a pm on this

I'd be glad to help

what's my chance of getting Olive Kitteridge reserved for me if anyone has it?

BONS, I've left you a message on your profile page.

Hoping to find some of the How to Train Your Dragon Books (#2 and forward)

I'm looking for some of the Cormac Mccarthy (especially Suttree) and Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diaries. And any sort of translated works into English from German or Scandinavian languages.

thanks!

Amy
saharatea on BM

Does anyone have any books from the following Penguin collections:
Penguin Great Loves
Penguin Great Ideas
Pocket Penguins

Of the Great Loves I already have First Love and mooched The Eaten Heart, although that has yet to be sent. Of the others, I have a few and am not interested in mooching all of them, but please let me know if there's one you're willing to let me mooch!

Thanks :)

I am looking for a copy of The Passage by Justin Cronin and a copy of The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn. They were both available though ER recently and I was hoping someone would have copies that they were willing to give up after they read them.

It is going to drive me crazy to wait until June to read The Passage. It sounds sooo good!

>55 k00kaburra:

I have Brilliance of the Moon and i have the 1st book too.

Do you want it? Send me a message as i haven't put it up yet.

:)

Does anybody have a copy of A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read? I just mooched The Crazy School by the same author not realising it was the second in the series. I'd like to have the background history of the main character before I start on the second book.

Hey to all! Before I head out to my bookstore, I thought I'd look here first.
Anyone have these they'd want to release?

The Forgotten Garden
The House at Riverton

The Weed that Strings the Handman's bag

Hi. I'm looking for The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami. Thanks.

I'm looking for book club reads. Can anyone help ?

Author: Neil Gaiman
Title: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
ASIN/ISBN: 0060853972

Author: Susanna Clarke
Title: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
ASIN/ISBN: 1608190862

Thank you

Bio: http://bookmooch.com/gerri07

I have a copy of Jonathan Strange, but I'm not sure it's that ISBN. Does that matter?

Hello all,

I'm looking for children's books in Spanish and Mandarin (Pinyun). My little guy is learning, believe it or not. Just good condition or better, they dont' need to be new. He's three so mostly picture books with a little bit of text?

Also, I'm desperate for the Salt smugglers, Translation is a love affair and plants don't drink coffee if anyone has them to spare. I'll smooch 2 extra points for them.

thanks
Amy
saharatea on BM

As a linguist, I am somewhat concerned that you are working on Spanish, Mandarin, and English at the same time with a 3 year-old. Provided you are using tapes/DVDs or CDs for accurate oral skills and pronunciation, it could work.

the upside is: he will have taught his vocal chords to accurately make the proper sounds in each of those languages: a skill that is lost progressively after the age of 5.
The downside (the experience in our tri-lingual home) is that he will most likely be slower to communicate well in any of those languages. Our children were not really ready for kindergarten because they tended to express themselve in a mix of the languages, depending on which words were retained better in any given language.
(example: My 2 1/2 year old daughter's first full sentence; "Maman, regarde! la tormenta is coming" - declared when she saw the storm clouds approaching in the Oklahoma skies).

We cut down to two languages (French and English, deciding that Spanish would be easy to pick up again later). and this improved their communication skills immeasurably.

Mandarin is radically different from romance and germanic languages with few common reference points. I studied Mandarin chinese at UCLA and it was a true mental challenge to forget all standard European rules of grammar... of course i was considerably older than 3 at the time.
With that preface, I do have two books (not in my inventory) which, if you want, I would be happy to send to you. they are really for an older child, but may help YOU in teaching your child.

- The Chinese Language for Beginners (ISBN 0-8048-0918-6) which is a wonderful little paperback that explains how characters and pictographs are created and how to properly create the right intonations.It also has a vocabulary and illustrations suitable for a child.
Mandarin is a 4 tone language and if you put the wrong stress on a syllable, it often means something else. For example: "ma' can mean 'horse' or 'mother' and "ma" is also used at the end of a sentence to indicate that the sentence is a question. In each case, the meaning is determined by the intonation. Most of us adults (musicians excepted) simply do NOT hear the differences.

I have also a small booklet "Chinese Writing" by Diane Wolff (ISBN 0-03-013006-9) which is more on the calligraphy but explains the philosophy behind the shape of the pictographs to the concept.

and finally I have a box of "flash cards" 500 Mandarin words with the characters and the pinying spelling.

Most of this you would use in his education later after he has mastered at least a minimum of oral vocabulary.

GlendaHam, what's your take on teaching a baby/toddler sign language at the same time they are learning to talk? Does it help or hinder, and if it hinders, do they catch up in the long run?

sign language is different from an oral language because as you teach the sign, you also say the word. Babies and toddlers understand a great deal of language by the time they are 8 or 9 months old, even if they can't "say" the words. When a baby/toddler doesn't yet have the skill to SAY the word, he/she quickly gets the idea that the sign is the same thing, and they really catch on fast!! Toddler age is one of learning motor skills, and signing is more a motor skill related to communication than an oral skill which is dependant on the agility of the tongue, mouth, lips and vocal chords.

My son taught both of his children signing from an early age, and they did very well at it, long before they were able to actually verbalize their needs and wants. simple signs. Like "thirsty" "banana' "more" "I"M hungry" or "I love you" as well as "mother" and"father" signs . and it didn't seem to hinder their verbal development. He believes that he avoided the "terrible twos:" trantrums because many two year olds have tantrums because they can't tell you want they want or need. so to be able to express with signing whatever they needed or wanted without resorting to words worked out well for them.
Today those kids are teens, can sign pretty well, and are quite articulate. in English and Spanish!

There are some excellent books on raising bilingual children (I'm sure much can be carried over to three languages.) that I devoured when I was waiting for my first to be born. We really didn't have a choice about which languages since my SO is German (although he was raised in the US and is, himself, bilingual) and we were living in Germany at the time.

My favorite was The Bilingual Family, which was the most practical. Growing Up with Two Languages was also good, although there was much more emphasis on the research of how bilingualism affects learning and social interaction and less practical information.

But you're on the right track, reading to him a lot. You might try to find "harder" books that you can read to him and I found DVDs to be a great help since watching "tv" is less like learning and more like fun. While we were in Germany, the kids watched in English and when we moved to England (and a few years later to the US) we had them watch in German.

great suggestions Ridgeway, I am all FOR bilingualism, and teaching another language at an early age. But it really helps if you are in the environment. When my children were young, we lived in Spain, France and Algeria. So my French husband spoke French to the children, I spoke English, and the maid (and neighborhood children) spoke Spanish. However, like the people studied in "the Bilingual Family" my multi-lingual children did have some social issues in environments where only one language was spoken, but did well as long as we lived in countries or cities with multi-lingual environments.
It helps a lot if they are in environments where the various languages are spoken regularly. In those cases kids feel that it is "normal' to speak more than one language.
although there was a little confustion in the early years, by the time my youngest was five, they all knew instinctively which language to use with which person.
Some major cities have organizations that help. In Los Angeles, there are Saturday schools in German, Japanese, Chinese,Korean, and French, and of course Spanish speaking magnet schools.
My own children went to Fairfax high school in LA which had students from some 40 different countries.

GlendaHam,

Thanks so much for the great insight and comments. Both my husband and I speak Spanish fluently, so it is sort of in the background all the time (television, videos, Spanish speaking friends, etc) so he seems to be learning that both by our formally teaching him as well as immersion.

The Mandarin is much more of a hobby for my husband who is disabled and seriously ill. He is home quite a bit and he has learned quite well, and wants to teach our son more as an "extra". I'm not convinced our son will even pick it up at all, but am hoping to find stories my husband can use so they both get to have that 'cuddle with a book' story time as well as my husband feeling like he can practice.

It is a bit amusing to hear him combine all the languages in one sentence like your child, much to the chagrin of his grandparents! I will look for those titles you mentioned. Like I said, the Chinese is more for bonding and togetherness (which will unfortunately have an end).

Thanks again, I am grateful. As far as slower development goes, I'm not too worried as for now the boy is too advanced. I'd like to slow things down a bit (he was a 30 week preemie that has defied so many odds!).

Amy

It is a bit amusing to hear him combine all the languages in one sentence like your child, much to the chagrin of his grandparents!

That brings a smile and a fond remembrance of my grandmother, who spoke both English and Spanish fluently. I can remember her on occasion using sentences in which she used both languages, almost as if she just threw out the first appropriate word that came to her in either language. At other times she would start a story in English and switch to Spanish halfway through without even realizing it.

Glendaham, thanks for the insights on sign language. My daughter signs with my grandchildren, and it has been interesting seeing them sign to communicate when they can't say the words. My only frustration is that I only know a few signs myself, so I can't always understand what they are trying to say.

Thank you for your wise words...I pm'd you about these titles. As I said below about my husband, he has the hang of Chinese but I have no clue.

Again, thanks so much for your thoughtful response.

Amy

Anyone have The Gargoyle they would part with?

I've enjoyed listening in on the languages discussion above, even though I don't have anything to add :)

Me too, it was very interesting :)

Does anyone have The Book of Common Prayer of available?

It just seems like one of those books that surely *someone* would have rusticating on a shelf, but there aren't any copies on Bookmooch that I can find!

Does anyone have audiobooks about romance fiction?
I'm curious to try it :)

I know this is a big long shot but anybody have cookwise or bakewise that they are willing to part with? I love cokbooks.

harleth, I too love cookbooks so I'll look for these two when Im out. Have you checked out the group called Cookbookers? I'm curled up in bed with 3 cookbooks now!

Thanks 88. I'll go check out that group!

>88 BONS: Just joined, thank you!

hi all
I'm looking for The Mandarin of Mayfair by Patricia Veryan.It's published in 1995.It is not available in my country and so far not a single copy has been available in Bookmooch either.

Anybody have Anthropology of An American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann? It was a recent ER book.

#90 - BCteagirl, not to bombard you or anything, but there is a group where all of us are reading Canadian books by province. Check it out if you are interested. I'll PM you the deets.
Michelle

Sounds good thanks!

Hi all,
I'm hoping someone is willing to part with a giftable Hardcover with dust jacket copy of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I've managed to get her the other three books in the series through BM and LT and this is the last one I need. I'm willing to smooch 2 extra points. I'm already a little late as the whole series was suppose to be a birthday gift lats August. Thanks!
~ Missy

I have been given a collection of Jean Plaidy books, the majority of which have condition problems - yellowed pages, wear, a few with broken spines. But if you are interested only in reading copies of some or all of the following books, I'd be happy to make a deal on points:

Caroline, the Queen, The Haunted Sisters, The Third George,
The Three Crowns, The Spanish Bridegroom, Spain for the Sovereigns,
The Heart of the Lion, The Passionate Enemies,
Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill, The Sixth Wife,
The Vow on the Heron Gay Lord Robert, St. Thomas's Eve,
Perdita's Prince, Madonna of the Seven Hills,

The Prince and the Quakeress - taken
The Goldsmith's Wife - taken
Queen in Waiting - taken
The Road to Compeigne - taken

I also have the following books in excellent condition:
The Reading List: Contemporary Fiction by David Rubel - taken
A Year of Reading by Elisabeth Ellington - taken
Read It and Eat by Sarah Gardner - taken

I would love A Year of Reading, Read it and Eat it and am interested in a few of your plaidys as well. I will PM you! :)

I am looking for Diary of a wimpy kid seems like now that the movie is out al you can find is hardcover and they want 17.00 for it I just can't bring myself to pay that much!

>98 susiesharp: If you're in Canada and don't mind the movie cover I know that Zellers and Wal-Mart have the softcover. If you're in the US I'd try Wal-Mart and Target, you never know they may have it.

You might check with the schools in your area. If any are having book fairs, I picked one up for $8.19 there. Having seen the condition of the first three Wimpy Kid books, mine won't be fit for mooching by the time my kids are done with it. Strangely, they do really get kids reading. I guess the combination of cartoon and text makes it easier.

Thats you two I was at B&N the other day and all they had was hardcover I will try your suggestions.

Susie- the hardcover is only $7.70 on Amazon...

Thanks!

98: Wish I'd known! I saw the set of Wimpy Kid Books at a thrift in paperback for .10 each a week ago!

I'm still looking for vintage Catholic Titles, and catholic children's books, as well as Magic School bus guides & experiment books. And DESPERATELY looking for the workbooks & lesson plans to go with Catholic Heritage Curricula for ALL GRADES! I know it's a long shot, but maybe someone will come through?

I never see books for 0.10 @ a thrift store!! I'm not sure I would be able to get all I wanted in my car!!

To Moniica of Message 8:

You might want to try Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site or Italophiles.com. On it, you can read books online for free. I would put a link on here, but I don't know how. I saved the website though, and if you need any help, post! I've never tried it, but a friend recommended it to me, so I thought I'd pass it along to you. Mrs. Martinelli's shops are at Zazzle and Printfection. Hope you like it!:)

105:

My normal prices at the thrift that is 3 blocks from my house are:

Kids books .10 each
Adult Paperback .33 each
Adult hardback .99 each

And they do half off sales for most holidays - so then the deals are really good.

My other thrift is normally no more than $1 per book, often only .25.

Goodwill here ranges from .49 to 2.99 depending on the title.

Library used book store is:

Kids books .25 paperbacks, .50 or $1 for hardbacks
Adult PB .50 or $1 for larger size
Adult HB $1
And they have freebie books that they don't think will sell - I've swaped quite a few of them on BM!

What can I say - I'm blessed!

107: what state are you in? I'm taking a bit of a road trip this summer with the goal to end up in TN through either ND, MN, Chicago and down or down towards WY and then over. I'm hoping I can stop by and clear out your thrift! lol

And if anyone else has any must stop, local stores, please let me know. Especially if I can make them be on my way!

Mare, why don't you consider starting a thread? I'm sure lots of us would love to brag about our thrift stores!

Michelle

OMG!! My Goodwill has HB's for $1.39 and PB's for 0.99. I would love a new thread for you guys to brag on your Thrift shops - just advertise it here so I can find it!!

108:

I'm in sunny Texas, San Antonio to be exact. It's a college and military town, so we get all kinds of books from all parts of the globe for cheap!

I've posted a new thread on bookstores... and started off with a few reviews of the ones I've visited most often over the last few years.

Looking for How To Be An American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway for a friend in Roy, Utah. Stop laughing, please....

Desperately looking for the 2010 Atlantic Monthly magazine's Fiction issue, called ATLANTIC FICTION 2010. Can anyone spare one when they finish? I'll be very smooochy!

Amy

saharatea on BM

>107 dakotamidnight:

Wow! I would really want to go there!

#108-Mareofthesea- Are you going across ND on I-94?Are you planning on stopping anywhere (Fargo or Bismarck?) I can give you a list of some good thrift stores with really good books for approx. $1.00 a piece.

116: I honestly don't know which way we are going yet.... however, its MY vehicle and I will be driving, so we get to stop where I say so. :D (and if they put up a fight, I'll just conviently miss a turn!)

I'll send you a msg closer to the actual travel dates and once we know what direction we are going to get the names of the places. Thanks for the offer!

#117 - St. Cloud MN on I-94 has a great books store called "Books Revisited" and New Ulm MN (on US hwy 14, and south MN) has not one, but two nice used bookstores, also has Herman the German :) and if you go North MN, Duluth has a couple of very nice used bookstores. It all depends on the route :)