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Yay! Books!

Posted on November 19, 2025 by mohawkvalleygirl

I just got back from the book sale at Ilion Free Public Library. Yay! Books!

Picture taken last year when I went to the sale.

I heard about the sale yesterday, at the Ilion Village Board of Trustees meeting. Regular readers may recall my side hustle of covering some meetings for Sentinel Media. I like to include a picture with the story so thought a couple pictures of the book sale would be nice. The fact that I could also purchase books was strictly by the way.

Lots of books!

The books are donated by patrons, not just discarded books from the collection, so there are a lot of new and like-new books available.

And the price is right!

Last year I found some biographies of famous figures from the American Revolution. This year I lucked out on fiction. I try not to read a whole lot of fiction, because I have a hard time putting it down once I start reading, but I love it.

Another angle.

The sale continues through Saturday, Nov. 22. They keep putting out more books as books sell, so even if you have stopped by, you might like to check back. I hope to do so later in the week.

Ilion Free Public Library is located at 78 West St., Ilion, NY, phone number 315-894-5028.

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It’s a Waste Not to Go to the Library

Posted on November 21, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

I thought I would do a Waste Not Want Not Wednesday post. For one reason I have two pretty good pictures I haven’t used. For another reason, it’s still Wednesday.

Quite an interesting looking building.

Last Friday I went to a book sale at Ilion Free Public Library. It was bag day, where you could fill a bag for $5. Like many book lovers, I have too many books in my house. And yet, I found more I would really like to read. In fact, I have already read one of them. I felt a little bad as I left the library and took this picture. I thought, I am going to write about the book sale, and local readers are going to be sorry they missed it.

However, Ilion Free Public Library does a lot of fun things: Mahjong, writers group, line dancing, and more. If you go to their Facebook page, you can see the calendar for the month. I may have to start doing more library things.

Feed the monster! Return your books!

Here’s another example of how fun this library is: here is the book return. Naturally I had to take a picture.

I love all the libraries in this area. In fact, I never met a library I didn’t like! I keep thinking I am going to start going to libraries more often, to look for books or to just sit and write. For one reason, I can make more blog posts about libraries.

It’s Scattered, It’s Lame, It’s Late

Posted on August 29, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

What’s wrong with making my Friday Lame Post on Saturday morning? Maybe a few things, but here we are. It is prior to 6 a.m., although my timestamp may disagree. I can’t worry about these things.

This is a really awesome place.

I drove to Richfield Springs, NY to check out the Food Co-op. I loved it! I will write more about it soon. I took went a different way out of town and drove over a scenic route to Little Falls. Unfortunately, I did not stop and take any pictures. Maybe next time.

In Little Falls I went to the Little Falls Public Library’s book sale. I did not have as good luck as I did at last year’s sale, but I found a couple of books and DVDs (including a Bela Lugosi movie, yes!). Once again, I do not have a photo to share. What’s that all about, me?

It looks longer and less steep in this shot, I think.

Here is a picture of my Friday I can share! Earlier in the morning I ran up the hill to Herkimer College (H-trip-C to locals). I ran all the way up onto campus, around the stadium, past the Veterans Memorial, down Reservoir Road, and THEN into the residential area behind Valley Health and up the kick-buttest hill! I guess I should have made a Running Commentary Post and bragged about it.

So it was kind of a Scattered Friday. In case anyone was wondering: no, I did not have to work. I took my last discretionary day off, just to get rid of it in case my place of employment abruptly shuts the door. And if they do not shut the doors and I have to work the rest of the year with no extra days off, I have promised to do a happy dance each day. Won’t that brighten up the workplace?

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Good-Buy to Books

Posted on August 2, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

This afternoon instead of having a Mohawk Valley adventure I could blog about, I spent some time routing around in the extremely messy room we call our library looking for books to donate. As a result, in lieu of my expected (by me anyways) Wuss-out Wednesday post, I will give a brief plug to a community event I hope to go to on Saturday, a book sale hosted by the Herkimer County Historical Society.

The sale will also include history books from the society’s gift shop — I KNOW there are one or two of those I want but have not purchased yet — and post cards — regular readers may recall that I love to send people post cards. The society has been on Facebook asking for donations. Of course I love my books. I like to own books and re-read many of them multiple times. On the other hand, I have a lot of books. I seek out book sales, used and new book stores, rummage sales, thrift stores, anywhere you can buy books. And sometimes people give me books they’ve finished with that they think I might like (or that they just want to get rid of). I LOVE BOOKS, there, I’ve said it.

So I gathered a few books to donate. Some thrillers, some romance novels, a couple of true crime stories… Steven will bring them to the society tomorrow, I think. The sale will be Saturday, Aug. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eckler Building, 406 N. Main St., Herkimer, NY.

My only worry now is that I will return from the sale with more books than I donated. These things happen. In the meantime, I may try to do something about that extremely messy room, because, you know, removing those books to donate did not help much.

OF COURSE We Need More Books!

Posted on July 10, 2014 by mohawkvalleygirl

I don’t know how well I will do with my writing for the foreseeable future. You see, Steven and I just returned from the Book Sale at Basloe Library in Herkimer, NY, and now I have some serious reading to attend to.

To be completely honest, our finances are not in the best shape these days, and our house is getting rather crowded with stuff. In other words, we don’t need to be running out and buying more books. Who am I kidding? Of course we do! Additionally, this is a library book sale. Good prices and a good cause, that’s a win/win to me.

So we took a drive to the library, parking in the Prospect Street parking lot and walking through the little park to the library on Main. The sale was in the little back room, where Guitar Group meets on Saturdays and Herkimer Now meets once a month. There were several tables covered with books. I was in my element.

At first I did not see anything I had to have, although I enjoyed browsing the variety of titles. Then I saw a Dominick Dunne book I haven’t read, People Like Us. I was delighted. Dominick Dunne is one of my all-time favorite writers. I continued to browse, feeling that if I left with only that book I would be happy.

After a while, Steven told me he had seen another Dominick Dunne book.

“I already have An Inconvenient Woman,” I said. He said it wasn’t that one, but he couldn’t remember which it was. “Oh, here, it is,” I said, spotting Dominick Dunne on a spine. “Too Much Money. I don’t have Too Much Money!”

“Neither do I,” Steven said. I had not realized till I said it how it sounded. I laughed loudly for about ten minutes.

I went on to find several more books. Steven found one book and a DVD of Good Night and Good Luck, about Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. We were very happy with our purchases. The sale continues till Friday, so we may return. Or we may make our way to Frankfort Free Library, which is also having a book sale. So many books, so little time.

Mohawk Valley Girl