Those of us who look for book bargains celebrate the opening day of the used book sales season. For those of us in Wisconsin – or at least here in Janesville – that was last Thursday.

Spring here came a couple days before. The truck sank that the Golden K Club had parked on the ice on the Traxler Park lagoon. It’s the K Club’s annual fundraiser – the K Club, the high school version of Kiwanis. Guess the date . . . you know how that game of chance goes.

Then Thursday our local chapter of the American Association of University Women opened the doors at the Olde Towne Mall for the AAUW’s annual used book sale. Buy one book or buy ’em by the bag, bargains were there – tables and tables and tables of them.

Next month, the Friends of the Milton Library will have their used book sale. And on and on it will go until the Saturday of the Fourth of July weekend when, for me, the BIG ONE comes – the Friends of Barrett Memorial Library takes over the waterfront park in Williams Bay.

I’ll tell you about that one when we get closer. For now, tell me about your favorite used book sale.

Tomorrow: The first book in my bargain bag