BOOK Fairs

[hquek]

arh forgot. Citibank cardholders get 10% off if you buy above $100. Dun forget to bring. :idea:

[pokemon]

i think the sale is a good 1 for me:rahrah: . We were there since 10am today. Yes, we made use of the 10%disc with citibank card (min purchase of $100). The children section was q good, my ds2 able to find his favs, :shock: surprisingly, my dh was also browsing, he managed to get some2. In the end, he didnt go to megatex somemore got to pay for the books :lol: The saddest was to queue for almost 1hr to pay :x


I saw some ppl buying alot of similar copies of various titles, i think they resell them or for schools or......

Some highlights:

Children titles include : some enid blytons - wishing chair, amelia series, the family collection (i din see any faraway tree), nancy drews, hardy boys,star wars series, gerinimo stilton,A series of unfortunate events, the alchemyst, books by r stine, magic treehouse, Junie B, Andrew Lost, alot of disney and pixar movie titles and activity books, spiderwicks chronicles series, narnia series, alot of big and small ursborne hardcovers, Brisinger, Eldest, pendragon series, pokemons and some disney characters graphic novels....

Adult fictions : reallllly alot, sm eg, nicholas sparks, dale brown, joy fielding, john grisham, jody picoult, danielle steele, barbara bradford, virginia andrews, michael crichton, barbara delinsky, agatha christie, jude deveraux, sophie kinsella, stephen king...

Adult non-fictions : alot of cooking books (pastry, baking, cakes, barbecue, thai, chinese stir-fry, ice-cream, pasta, muffin and cupcakes,sushi), a gordon ramsay cookbook, tony buzan books (mind mapping for kids (2 titles), smart parents make smart kids), alot of lonely planet books, books on special needs, some self-help books, home and decor books, feng shui, health & fitness.......

[outsider]

Thank you for your review.

[windows]

very tempted to go, but fear the crowd and queue…

[pokemon]

windows:

very tempted to go, but fear the crowd and queue...

Actually is not that crowded but yesterday the payment queue was long. Nt sure about 2day and tmr. Best if u go with some1, get them or tk turn to queue esp when the queue starts to snake.

[windows]

went today, not crowded and no queue.

but didn’t see any nancy drew, enid blyton, usborne, wishing tree, magic treehouse etc…books are in a mess and m not gd at "digging"…so only btg those readily avail 5-in1 and 8-in1 booksets which are a steal…
maybe next time shd go 1st day…

[hquek]

windows:

went today, not crowded and no queue.

but didn't see any nancy drew, enid blyton, usborne, wishing tree, magic treehouse etc...books are in a mess and m not gd at \"digging\"...so only btg those readily avail 5-in1 and 8-in1 booksets which are a steal...
maybe next time shd go 1st day....

True. I went on first day during opening hours. THings were very neat and plentiful (eg Usborne references); same day night time, the mess was just horrible and it became quite hard to search for things (better to tail the staff with trolleys). Brought DS1 there to jaga my finds (he sit one corner to read, I go hunt down more).

Spoke to the staff there, they will not be repacking the mess pp leave behind. They top up the books once tables a bit bare.

I pity the staff honestly, apparently they will have to pack up all the books within a limited time come monday morning...really a tiring job.

Rgding queues, depends on timing. Certain times there is hardly queue to pay, other times it just build and build....until scary. I think I spent close to an hour queueing.

[mummy of 2]

I went on first day late afternon. Not crowded but messy and payment queue was :!: and I was there alone cos DH refused to go. Ended up not buying anything. Think will have to go once it's open, and must go with someone who to help queue, otherwise not much point in going

[hquek]

yah, I was very happy that I brought DS1 along. Can help jaga a bit (but still must go back to check on him cos he’s small boy afterall), and also help queue a bit.


Also, important to bring trolley along. The 2 boxes were super heavy. At least I can try to roll it along.

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi hquek,


May i know when is the sales ending?

Is this sales better than Popular? I always go for popular.

I see your post about buying books at Shenzhen. Mind to share more. Is it really cheap and good to buy there?

I used to buy from a china lady. Now i buy from dangdang. Wondering is Shenzhen a better alternative?

Can share more?

Thanks a million.