It was interesting to visit but because it was on the 4th day of the Fair, by the time we got to it, a lot of the newer books had already been sold.
When I spoke to one of the coordinators, she said it had been packed in the first couple of days but people were still coming to visit even days after it had opened.
I still prefer to read physical books as opposed to e-books although it has been good to be able to read in bed with an e-book without the lights on but it's just not the same.
I saw a lot of the books that I had read and a lot of books that had fan bases but I chose not to buy them as I still have a lot of books at home.
Although I did think that I probably had enough books to attend a book fair of my own! and so I ended up only buying one book which was more for sentimental value as a book from the "Chicken Soup" series that I enjoyed reading back in my 30s.
It's probably a good fundraiser too that I thought I would have liked to have organized for a school or Early Childhood centre to clear people's garages and homes from books that they didn't want or need and give it a second life with another family and then just gift the remaining to a second-hand bookshop (although there aren't a lot of those around either). But food for thought...
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