just throw me into a den full of books & i wont need anything else. oh maybe just some chocolates

Attended the Big Bad Wolf Book sales today and got myself four novels. Most books on sale were fiction and those were priced from RM8 and above.

Having attended a couple of warehouse book sales before, I’ve a few tips for those who are a novice in attending these really amazing, not-to-be-missed, not-fashion-related sales ops.

Firstly, wear comfortable shoes. You’re going to be standing for quite a while browsing through all the awesome books, and then also another half hour looking for your friends/family when it’s time to go home (these places are usually crowded to the brim with people and books, and cover a very wide area).

Also, make sure your phone is not set to silent thus rendering a very pissed-off girl trying to will with all her might for her sister to glance up from browsing through the rom-com section and see that she has been waiting at the exit for 10 minutes as she could not enter because she had gone to buy some drinks, but that’s another point.

Next, do make a list of books you want to get before going there, but do not even think about getting them all, or even one! Unless of course if you get there really early on the first day itself when everything is not messed up and you have 5 other people looking out for you; I don’t usually find the books that I planned to get initially. The trick is to know what genre and particular theme you are interested in, then speed reading the summary on the back of the book to gauge the gist of the novel.

Or you can just do a Sheena and choose it based on how attractive the cover is.

This time round I bought four books, all of which are based on historical events. I’m now in the opus-phase of which I like stories which are partly non-fiction, because reading about how people live during wars in other countries many years ago is so much more interesting and *ahem* intellectual than rom-com (predictable) and mystery killer stories (surprising twist at the end=predictable). Don’t even mention chic-lit, which I try to avoid all my life!

If you are aiming to splurge, (and it is worth the buys, IF you have the cash T.T) then do bring a card box or a really big bag to dump it all inside, but then I don’t need to elaborate.

And be aware that the people with the staff tags aren’t just standing around for decoration- they’re there if you need help looking for a specific book! I found one who was particularly helpful today, so make sure that they earn their pay by asking for their help if you aren’t just ‘browsing around’.

The current Big Bad Wolf Book sales is until December 2nd, from 10am-9pm at the 3rd floor, Amcorp Mall PJ (ughh parking was such a hassle!).

So how much do you love warehouse book sales like me?