Vancouver, WA

I’m always on the lookout for a good book, and you can’t beat the Vancouver Community Library sales for great books and even greater prices; just $.50 for a book that would cost between $6 and $10 at a store. While I was informed that the Three Creeks Community Library, located at 800-C NE Tenney Road adjacent to or in the Fred Meyer parking lot in northern Hazel Dell, plans their sales to last only one day, I have been to other libraries that make a whole weekend event out of their book sales.

Volunteer members of Friends of the Library at each location put on and staff the events using books donated by the public in a large range of categories. Some of the volunteers at the Three Creeks location are pictured below: They greet you when you get there and gladly take your money when you leave.

My personal favorite, of course, is mysteries. I tend to read much more than I should and have been going to the library lately to pick out books. My choices become limited after a few months of checking out five or more books a week, so this was a nice interlude; four books for two dollars. I’ve finished them, all great reads and none of them books I’ve purchased before!

There are book sales scheduled every month through the end of the year, except August, at different locations throughout the greater library district. If you love to read and are interested in these terrific buys click on the main library website to get a printable list of this year’s book sales: http://www.fvrl.org/aboutus/files/Friendsbooksales.pdf