The Cow Shed

When my husband visited the Cow Shed in Nappanee about a month ago, he noticed the book shop. He didn't bother to check on the pricing, but he noticed they had used Christian fiction books.

Today I drove there to see if they had some books I was looking to buy. Some friendly advice: don't go when it is 90 degrees outside like today. The Cow Shed has no air conditioning. The fans helped some, but in the books area, there was no breeze. I was soon sweating.

This building is just west of the famous Amish Acres on Highway 6. It sells crafts, decorative items, books, antiques, jewelry.

I was here for the book stock. 

Before heading up Highway 15 in Warsaw to my turnoff for Nappanee, I stopped at the public library to drop off book donations. Last week I did a major weeding of the non-fiction shelves of Grace Village Library.

These six bags were today's load, but last week I had almost this many I dropped off as well.
At the Cow Shed, I bought 5 books, 3 which filled in my series gaps. They were priced between $2.99 and $3.79. I also bought one of Karon's Mitford series books in large print. We have several of this series in large print, but not this title. We have them all in regular print though. 

When I left the Cow Shed, I headed east on Highway 6 to Coppes Commons. There is an Amish grocery store, fabric store, Christian book/gift store, deli, coffee drinks, baked goods, antique store, and a museum about Hoosier cabinets which were originally made in this building. Ah, sweet air conditioning. After browsing the baked goods and the antique store, I returned to the book store where I had seen a small display of sales books near the entrance. I bought Colleen Coble's Where Shadows Meet for $5. This is a new 2018 book. I think I will read it before cataloging it and putting it in the Grace Village hall display. 

Because the library received a generous gift of $200, I should be able to buy the series gaps books on my list. I bought Patterson's and Clinton's The President Is Missing for myself. My husband is reading it now; once he is done, I will donate it to the library. I haven't read any Patterson, so I don't know if this is representative of his writing. It is a pretty good suspenseful read.