Book 'em

Hats off to Leah Gower and her staff, who undertook the mammoth job of running the Unionville Used Book Sale. I stopped by on Saturday -- opening night has just gotten too crowded for me -- and as always had a great time browsing though the vast selection of books, everything from Rod McKuen poetry to a lab manual for dissecting rabbits, from Nancy Drew to Richard Brautigan to John Fowles. There were coffee-table books, kids' books, romances, mysteries, foreign language dictionaries, textbooks and even old VHS tapes ("What are those?" I overheard a boy asking his mom). Everything was very well organized and labeled, and there were lots of volunteers on hand, including high-school kids racking up their community service hours.