Wow, all that and delivery for $17? You really scored on your morning ride, which is what is really making me jealous - it's raining here. I'd wanted to do some things outside.

It was a good deal, which I think I got because I don't think anyone had been looking at the books and DVDs and CDs were on a table. (I don't think some people in this age of online movies/videos realize how enjoyable a good book is). So I asked what they wanted for everything on that table, they said $12 (the other $5 was for the plants and cookbooks and game).

Wow, great haul, Lucille!

I love finding books for sale at garage sales. The people selling them are usually practically giving them away.

Nice!! Good job!

You did good Lucille!!! Great books (my favourites) and a beautiful plant as well!

Great finds Lucille! I love finding plants at garage sales! Books are great too, especially during wintertime.

Jeff came back from walking the dogs and said that the neighbor had red glass stuff in her garage sale, so I went there. I got a tall red glass (not coated) bottle and 4 red/gold flaked "cordial glass" candle holders for $2. A couple of tubes of concrete driveway patching compound and a pretty picture frame for $2 more. A big box of Playstation 2 stuff, guitar hero and a drum kit plus the console for $15. Now I have something for my 9 year old grandson to do while they visit during the holidays. The joyous sound of happy children making noise is what I envision :-)

The neighbor's last kid left home and they are selling and moving to the Gulf coast :-)

That haul should keep you busy all winter, Lucille--Downton Abbey DVDs alone are worth the total paid. Enjoy!

You, too, PKponder--great haul!

Good job ! I wish I knew someone that would love to get some great books because I am getting rid of the vast majority of ours which are all best-selling authors boxes of hardback books read just by the 2 of us . I could have a yard sale but not many people are interested in books any more . I will likely donate them , not sure where would be best . Have any suggestions ?

If I hadn't just got all these I'd send my son to get some of yours, but I think between these I just got and my kindle I've got a lot of reading material.

My suggestion is that you call some hospitals/women's shelters or the like to see if you can donate them and get a tax deduction.

Pkponder, you got a deal, Playstation stuff is very in right now, I keep my eyes open for any kind of video games as my son collects them.

The pathos are ensconced in the kitchen, the aloes need to be repotted. I have some outdoor pots they could go into but I'm not sure they would survive cold weather outside, not that we have much cold weather.

I assume the public library would gladly take your books. Library's are struggling now, and if they didn't need them, they would have an eventual sale. Retirement communities, like the one I live in, would be happy to expand their library. Older residents much prefer actual books to hold.

I always have to bring aloe vera in for winter, they don't like getting near freezing.

Ravencajun, if these are adult appropriate books, you might consider selling them at half price books (if you have those near Houston). Another option might be a rehab center or nursing home. My mom in law loved reading!

Raven, if you want to donate your books, you could check to see if your local library would like to have them. If not, Lucille's suggestion of hospitals or women's shelters are good possibilities. When I worked at the school, we would sometimes receive donations for our library, but I'm guessing most of your books aren't age appropriate for children.

Another thought: some communities have those little free libraries which are basically weatherproof boxes of some sort for people to leave books in. If you had something like that in your area, it could be another possibility.

A donation to any charity/non profit/governmental activity (a library) is deductible but the real payoff for you is to help the organization you prefer to support. It takes a lot of books to add up to much of a tax deduction, much more important is feeling that you've done good where it matters to you.

I don't care about a tax donation I would just love for people to get enjoyment out of them. We have complete sets by several authors like Clive Custer, Tom Clancy, Patterson, Jeffery Deaver, Greg isles, David Baldacci, etc tons of them. I had every Steven King book but that box went under water. So definitely for adults no children.

How about to a veterans hospital?

Regarding books, we first take them to a used book store for credit or cash. You get more if you choose credit. Last time we got $120 credit for 2 big boxes. We turn aound and buy more books there, though the selection has been getting less and less. I think fewer people are reading and taking books in.

We try to donate any left to the library for their book sale, but they are getting more and more picky in regards as to what they will take. They hardly took any the last time. DH reads a lot of the latest best selllers. They must get a lot of those, so don't want them. And also they said they have limited storage area. We give what's left to Goodwill.

I have some very large baskets I put all but 2 boxes of the books in. After all the decluttering I've done, I did not want to buy bookshelves. As the books are read they will be given away.

The two boxes are non-novel books and most of the CDs I am not interested in keeping and will let my sons look through before donating. Books on diverse subjects- coin collecting, Elvis, 'A Dummies Guide to Wine'. Even a book of drawings by a somewhat controversial artist 'Sorayama'.

Ravencajun, our local library takes books as donations. Every year they have a book sale of the ones donated. My friend always goes and buys up decorating or some cookbooks she 'must' have at 50 cents or $1. So you'll do some good for the local library if you donate.

When I lived closer to the VA Hospital, I took books there all the time.

They didn't have a formal method for accepting them; you just tote your carton of books up to the lobby & scatter them around or go room-to-room & ask if anybody wants to read.

Sometimes (a lot depended on where I could find a parking space & how hot or cold the weather was!) I took them to the re-hab waiting room or the cafeteria...places where the actual veterans mosey around.