Charity Book Shopping | Thoughts, A Crawl & A Haul | September 2022
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- A little something different with this video as it’s a mix of book shopping vlog, bookish chat and a haul. When I was in Bath last month I went on a charity book shopping crawl and decided to take you along. Before I did though I had a chat with you about book shopping from charity shops and then showed you what I hauled after I had been. I would love to know your thoughts on charity book shopping and if you do it or not? If you do, what has been the best bookish find so far? #bookhaul #bookshopping #secondhandbooks
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I actually volunteer for a free charity bookshop, where people can take 3 books and are encouraged (but not required) to give a small donation. I love it. I also love shopping in other charity shops when I go out.
Oh that’s lovely. I think it would be lethal me working/volunteering in a charity shop. I would come home with so much stuff.
@@SavidgeReads it really is hard, so I *try* to restrict myself to books for my parents. Try.
This vlog made me so nostalgic, I swear I could almost smell that special charity shop scent. I first discovered charity shops when I worked in London as an aupair, and when I realised there was also charity bookshops, I just couldn't believe me eyes! I've picked up so many good books from charity bookshops. They're not really a thing here and it's just one of the things I miss most.
A good charity bookshop is a delightful find. Seems I’ve set off a trend as mum went shopping in one in Windsor last week and got some gems.
I laughed out loud when you said those fairytale books give you illusions of grandeur! 😂 I have always wanted the same bed hahaha
Hahaha. Seriously. If I didn’t have leaning ceiling in the bedroom (as it’s at the top of the house) I would have one.
Love the idea of a charity book shop haul crawl too! On a good day, it's not unusual for me to get 10 books from one charity shop, but then I don't have your rules. I donate books and buy them as gifts to the charities I support, usually Mind and BHF. The amusing thing is when I can tell from the gift aid stickers that I have the same taste as one donor and buy several with the same number! The only problem with charity buys is they can be sooo random and then I end up not buying books I really want to read. During the pandemic I started buying more book on my tbr list. When I was first let loose in a second hand bookshop and a charity bookshop again, I bought a stack from both. So much satisfactiom cradling a literal stack of 10 books from the shop! Thanks for the continued inspiration Simon and all the comments on charity shop joys. 🙂
Hahaha. I have never noticed the gift aid numbers before. I may have to do that in the future, see whose taste I am most aligned with. The rules I have really help me from overbuying. Maybe I need more rules when I am in indie bookshops. Hahaha.
@@SavidgeReads haha I don't believe in rules when it comes to books ! But I don't lnow how you keep up with so many, dream job but also overwhelming at times I imagine. Thank you for sharing with us all 📚💕
It was lovely to visit Bath with you. My daughter lives near, she used to live in the centre at one time and it made me feel a bit closer to her for a minute.
What fun to see those children’s books - that brought back memories - we had all of those at one time. We still quote them a lot as a family and my grandsons have just left school so it’s a long time ago.
I applaud your rules and fully understand the reasons, however as a lower level author I would be chuffed to little mintballs to see one of my books in a charity shop. First because someone had owned it (even though they gave it away - I’d hope they read it) and two even though I didn’t get royalities it would be a sort of way to support charity by proxy. Great fun video.
Ooh that’s an interesting respective on charity bookshopping Diane. Thank you. Just to note I have nothing against people buying books by living authors in charity shops. I just give myself rules because otherwise I would go wild. Even more wild than I do.
Oh those charity bookshops 🎉 Thank you for this,Simon. I have that copy of Washington Square on my table 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Whenever I visit England. I will have a empty suitcase just for books. Waterstones, Charity Shops, small business bookstore's that isnt a chain business. Sign me up! 🥰
Waterstones is sadly now a huge hog of the market since it took over Foyles AND Blackwells.
And never grow up! I too remember those books. The only childhood books not in the loft are Alice's Adventures and two collections of fairy tales. Your enthusiasm has made me decide to get those books out of the loft and revisit happy memories, especially now I have a niece.
Awww that’s lovely. I’ve been revisiting these and it’s been a lovely, surprisingly emotional, little reading project.
@@SavidgeReads enjoy! We look forward to another video when you are ready to share x
“What a cross queen, and I don’t mean me.” Oh Simon, you are lovely 😂🎉
Hahaha. Thank you Kris.
Thanks for showing the 1970s/80’s Ladybird books - I loved them too and had them all (except Cinderella oddly) as my Dad used to buy me one every month or so from the local newsagents. - I vividly remember the realistic paintings in them as they were the stuff of nightmares - the wolves and the witches anyway! Have re-collected part of them over the years (and later sets) - another favourite being ‘The Garden Gang’ ladybird books by Jayne Fisher who was a child author - I really wanted to be her.
Of the fairytale series I think my favourites were Snow White and Rose Red and The Musicians of Bremen but I liked them all - they do turn up in charity shops and usually for about £1! Happy Hunting!
Awwww that’s so lovely that he did that for you.
I had that edition of Tiptoes the Mischievous Kitten as a kid 🐾 I'd happily watch a vlog of you reading the Ladybird books! I've picked up some great bargains in charity shops, I think my best was The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman (novel about the life of Richard III) - it's a 1000+ page hardback and it cost me £3 I think! And a magnificent read too 🙂 📚
I love book shopping in thrift stores. My biggest find so far is a first edition of Charlie Brown's Christmas.
Oh wow. That’s ace.
Lovely shops, thank you. Lots of good finds in used bookstores and I lucked into a first Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven at a charity shop.
It’s great when you find something special in a charity shop isn’t it!
I loved both of the Ladybird kitten books as a child. I think I must have read most of them but I was weirdly obsessed with The Magic Porridge Pot
Yes I really loved the porridge pot, used to think of it every time my porridge overflowed in the microwave. Ha.
I recently found 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, in my local charity shop I'd been looking in bookshops for ages so I was really pleased! You have a fantastic hall, I had Snow White and Rose Red as a child, such a lovely book I had a lot of the ladybird books, my favourite was from the poetry collection called Spine Tinglers (I still have a copy). I recently finished The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka from your previous video, it was fantastic!
Oooh I’ll be reading The Seven Moons very soon!
I actually read Don’t Tell Alfred for the first time earlier this year. It’s a real treat. I don’t go to secondhand bookshops as much as I should. I always feel overwhelmed by them. But this video has made me think again about that. May have to give it another go. Rummage is quite a good word!
Rummage is a fab word. Go out and get rummaging soon.
I loved The Blessing and Don't Tell Alfred too.
There was certainly a treasure trove of books in Bath. I would love to find the Ladybird Cinderella book which was my favourite as a child and read again and again. I loved the pictures of Cinderella’s ball gowns. Loved this video, thank you Simon
I think I have the Cinderella one. I actually need to do a proper inventory of which ones I have and which ones I’m missing. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I actually squealed when I saw Tiptoes! My Gran had it and I read it so much as a kid. When she died it was the one book I really wanted to remember her by (thankfully none of my family did!). I’ve never seen it anywhere else. You’ve made my day!
Awwwww what a lovely story. It’s wonderful what books can mean to us isn’t it?
Charity and second hand book shopping has taught me so much about the back list, and is a great way to try out an author, and fill in gaps. I'm booking a trip to Bath after seeing those shops! I know it's crucial to buy new books and use libraries too, quite a balancing act. I remember those ladybird books so clearly. I did a course on fairy tales during lockdown, it was fascinating- I appreciate them much more now I am older.
I love the ladybird ones because they have a slight sinister edge to them, even though the images are so bold and bright, just like the proper fairytales did.
Omg when you showed the Radclyffe Hall book I was immediately excited, I've been looking for her out-of-print books for ages! I know I could get it from abebooks but I try to find books elsewhere if I can. I did get The Unlit Lamp from a charity shop one time so hopefully eventually I'll discover the rest
The joys of a good charity shop find. I’m quite cross with myself for not getting that one. But I had so little space left for anything.
Wow. So many charity shops is one town! You really scored. It’s hard to walk away from books you want 😂
Haha. I did very well though I think, both with my finds and with my restraint.
Love reading about the Mitford Sisters, my dad used to collect their books including a hardback compilation of their letters. He also collected books written about them too. I read some of them back in the 80s. You have reminded me to try and reread some of them at some point.
I’ve a few books written about them to get to at some point. Maybe once I’ve finished all their books, though I’m eeking them out. Their letters to one another are amazing.
@@SavidgeReads I agree the letters are so deep and discuss so many issues. BTW I also read ladybird books as a very young kid. The fairytale classics series were sweet. I remember loving Rapunzel with the lines “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair, So I can climb that golden stair”, but I also loved Rumpelstiltskin too. However, my real favourite was The Elves and The Shoemaker. Did you ever read the Malkin’s Mountain children’s book and the two sequels by Ursula Moray Williams? They were brilliant children’s classic tales.
We have marvelous charity book shops here in Cape Town and I like that my money is going to a charity They often have wonderful finds of out of print copies
Yeah. It’s great when you find out of print gems. That’s one of my favourite things.
i love that childhood story, made me chuckle 😂 i dont often shop in second hand for books but you've convinced me i need to start!!
It’s worth just having a browse now and again.
I love browsing at used book stores or sales. My best finds have been signed copy of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" and many Folio editions, all 10 cents each. Sale was 10 for a $1. :)
Oh wow. Both the signed Rushdie and all those Folio books are indeed fabulous finds.
Loved this video Simon, I've gotten quite a few of the Fontana Agatha Christie books- the covers are both works of art and very strange at times but I do love them. Hope you're feeling better x
They’re ‘camp gothic’ I call it. Hahaha. I love them. That said I’ve ordered the new Miss Marple American editions because they are STUNNING.
I was literally laughing out loud on the Percy story! Good job, Louise! I love that you found some of your favorites from your childhood. ❤
I was so chuffed to find them. I bet I couldn’t find that Persius book again if I tried. Hahaha.
@@SavidgeReads Oh, Persius! I see. 😁 I really enjoyed your adventure looking for the books and I hope you continue to vlog about them.
I collected vintage and antique ladybird books. Many of mine are priced in old money so are pre-1971. The price second hand often depends on the year of publication. Mischief is a favourite from my childhood and I love the fairytales. Great charity shops.
It’s the fairytales I am definitely most keen to have all of. That would be the dream. I’m not sure all charity shops are savvy about dates books are out. Some are. Some less so. Hence why you can often find a gem for a bargain. Second hand bookshops are much more savvy. They have to be.
I feel nostalgic watching you haul the ladybird classics. I used to love them when I was little.
I adored them. I can’t wait until I’ve got all of them again.
Those fairy tale books are wonderful! Quite a few of those stories frightened me as a kid, snow white and rose red did
Oh really? I’ll prepare myself. Ha.
This was very enjoyable! I'm going to my first library sale this weekend- I'm more excited now! ❤
Oooh hope you find some fab things. Let us know if you do.
Such a fun video! Love your rules -- especially the dead authors! Why have I never thought/realized that before?! Adopting that rule for myself will also help keep my spending in check when buying used books. And how wonderful that you found some of your childhood favorites. I loved the Carolyn Haywood series of books when I was little and was beside myself when I spotted two of them at a library book sale (not a charity shop, but close enough) years ago. Of course, I had to get them.
Mine is in part just that, a way of keeping my accumulations in check. Haha. It’s amazing how books can hold such nostalgia for us, especially books from when we were younger.
Really loved this video great idea. I really love a challenge of a book hunt 😍
Awww thanks Abi, so pleased you enjoyed it.
I used to volunteer in our local hospice book shop and got quite a few good finds.
You made me laugh out loud Simon 😂 the swagger on the wolf 😂 love it 😂
That wolf had absolute swagger 🐺
The only place here in Omagh that you can buy second handbooks is Oxfam but it’s a very small selection.
Yes I popped in when I was there.
Oooh all the Ladybird books! I still have all those ones from when I was a kid in the 70's... all except The Princess and The Frog. I must get them down from the attic. I hope you enjoy re-reading yours.
I will do. I need to find the ones I’m missing and then maybe I’ll do a vlog of some kind.
@@SavidgeReads that would be brilliant 👏
This was so fun to see 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Tanya.
Those Ladybird books just made me feel so nostalgic - my editions were my dad's when he was young and so some of them have his and my uncle's names in the front.
I also grew up getting books from charity shops or boot fairs and the hunt is still something I really love. Just bought The Elegance of the Hedgehog and This Green Pleasant Land from a Cancer Research today.
Ha. Some of the very very battered ones I have have my name or dedications in. One or two may have my mother. Oops. This Green and Pleasant Land is brilliant.
@@SavidgeReads Just makes them more special and treasured! ( I am "looking after" a few of my Mum's books, so far she's allowing it haha)
I loved Sofia Khan is Not Obliged so I'm hoping this will be another fave. Bodes well if you liked it so much
Charity shops - best find are where there is a book I've been thinking about and then I spot it. It's happened recently with the seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle and also the black count for me. With the black count literally remembering wanting to read it on my way to grab a sandwich during lunchtime at work, walked past the Samaritans on the way, saw it in the window!
Oooh that’s like psychic shopping. Hahaha.
I have the same copy of Washington Square , wonderful book! Have you seen the old film with Olivia de Haviland?
I have not seen the film and will probably hold off until after I’ve read the book!
Love charity shops and hearing about other people’s book shopping rules! I’m currently collecting the old mass market editions of tamora pierce’s books and they’re quite hard to find.
Ooooh it’s nice to have a collection on the go isn’t it. Something to hunt for.
I love secondhand bookshop shopping. My catnip is the old green Virago Modern Classics. I will buy a newish book from a charity shop where it is an author new to me and I am unsure of them. Recently bought a book by Cynan Jones who I thought was not for me and fell in love with his writing, so feel confident to pay full price for others of his.
Yes! It’s the old virago modern classics I love, hence why I’m doubly annoyed at myself for not getting that Hall. Sighs. And Cynan Jones is brilliant.
Some charity shops charge way too much, I understand they are trying to make as much as possible for their charity, but it’s important to remember not everyone shops at a charity shop as a choice but out of necessity.
I would semi agree with that. Depends on the books. I got two Monica Dickens orange penguins in Oxfam at £6.99 but it was a bargain as they’re rare. Also books are free in a library as I mentioned, so it’s a tough one.
I had the more modern copy of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Ladybird book, I loved the quite spooky illustrations. My favourite Charity Shop finds are an unread copy of A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute for £2.49 and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins in hardback for 50p.
Oooh spooky illustrations are always good in kids books.
I loved those fairy tale books too. As a wheelchair user though think I would need a Bibliophile runner if I wanted to find any.
These were all super accessible, so you’d have been fine.
@@SavidgeReads Wow that's good to know.
Loved this ❤
Thank you Sue.
Such a blast from the past. I loved Snow White and Rose Red. And one with an ever-full porridge pot?
Yeeeees I don’t have that one yet… though we did when I was a kid.
Love this xxx
Thank you!!!
LOVE YOUR T-SHIRT ❤
Ha. Which one? I costume change like Lady Gaga.
@@SavidgeReads the purple one! But of course I love all your outfits!
I really enjoyed this video and i love a charity shop or second hand book shop mooch about. Seeing those old dick wittington and red riding hood books reminded me that i had those too and wonder what i ever did with them! Thank you for making this video 🙂
I found some more at a car boot sale yesterday. Mega chuffed.
Charity shops are where lots of people get their books, I know the library is the best place because it's free but if you actually would like to build your own home library you have not alot of choice. Spending a tenner or so on a new book is not possible.
Nothing wrong with a charity shop haul, though there is a question around how the author makes any money out of that, whereas they definitely do if they’re borrowed from a library. I mix it up. Borrow from the library, buy new, buy second hand.
@@SavidgeReads i understand, I was always less concerned with how much an author was making than I was fostering a love of learning through reading for my children. They have grown into adults who love to read and often buy new books, as do I now, but their little home library that I built on next to nothing because nothing was all I had is where their love of books began. I work in schools and it's so sad to me how many children don't have access. Thanks for your videos, I love to watch them, I've read a few books you've talked about that I wouldn't of otherwise known off.
Dying at the Percy’s Porn fiasco 😂😂😂
I never knew what Perseus got up to. Mind you could have made reading Stone Blind quite a time recently hahaha.
Oh blimey I read The Princess and the Frog when I was little. Don't grow up Simon, its overrated
Hahaha. I’ll try not too. I managed to find three more ladybird classics at a car boot sale on Sunday. Was thrilled.