Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m not a patient person AT all. But ask those same people how I feel about books, and they’ll tell you that books count as one of the loves of my life – on certain days, they possibly rank up there over and above my kids! So, when I heard that Exclusive Books (SA’s leading bookseller) was having their annual warehouse sale, an event that’s fast becoming a major happening on any South African bibliophile’s calendar, I started planning ahead! With all books selling at just R20 each, it really was an event not to be missed.

So, with the sale scheduled to start at 9.00 am on July 29^th, and with school drop-offs supposedly meant to be done by 7.45 (ok, so we were done by 7.48), I had plenty of time to fill up the car…