I went to the Times Bookstore Preview Warehouse Sale (Singapore Expo Hall 6B. Why they call it "Preview" I have no idea) today. It wasn't crowded at all, which was fantastic. Furthermore, shoppers were provided with decent baskets and the books were all placed on tables (read: waist height).

This is far cry from MPH's warehouse sales, where shoppers have to lug/ kick carton boxes around like slaves and squat down to browse books, which are unceremoniously dumped on the ground. Alas, the MPH warehouse sales appear to have a wider book selection, although today's selection was nothing to sniff at.

I am most pleased with my buys, which include:

a) Maxine Hong Kingston's The Fifth Book of Peace, Hardcover. $8 (est USD$4.50). Slightly mutilated flap... but it's okay. I'll just remove it since it's hardback.

b) Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, Weirdyback (hardcover size but paperback... if anyone knows the term for this, please drop a comment) Trade Paperback (thanks mercermachine!). $5 (est USD$2.80). Perfect condition.

Whoo hoo! I'm one happy geek!

Until I look at my bookshelf and realize that the new books have to go into my wardrobe because I've run out of shelf space long ago. And the fact that I now have over 30 novels unread, accumulated over 4 warehouse sales. And that I have over 300 novels in my room, not counting textbooks, and can probably finance my trip to Europe immediately if they were converted into cash.

Oh well.