At the Green Valley Book Fair

At the Green Valley Book Fair

Every other year or so I visit the Green Valley Book Fair, located in rural Mount Crawford, Virginia, a short distance from Interstate 81. The nearest large city or town is Harrisonburg, Virginia.

 

Amid the rolling countryside (if you don't tolerate the smell of manure very well, you will find your visit gets complicated), the Book Fair is housed in a rambling warehouse on the grounds of the greater Green Valley Auctions and Moving complex.

The Book Fair is essentially a retail outlet for remainders and overstock. Most titles are under $10. 

 

On a recent brisk March day I stopped in to see what I could see. They had aisle displays for books from Stephen King, and 'Witcher' novels from Andrzej Sapkowski.

At prices of $4.59 to $6.99, why not pick up a few copies ?!

The Fair has shelving for sci-fi, paranormal romance, manga, and Marvel graphic novels:
 

 

 

Along with 'adult' books, the Book Fair has lots of tables and shelving devoted to crafts, puzzles, activity books and kits, lots and lots of books for kids of all ages.

 

The basement of the Fair is a sizeable area, and here is where the nonfiction is displayed.

 

The thing about remainders is, a lot of what winds up remaindered is rather underwhelming. The Memoirs of Giselle Bundchen ? How about the friendship (so they say) between Barack and Joe ?

 

I came away with an 8-book set of fiction and nonfiction that should provide some informative and engaging reading.

 

So, if you find yourself on Interstate 81 near the vicinity of Harrisonburg, Virginia, you may want to stop in at the Green Valley Book Fair (note that they are closed Sunday and Monday).