The books I bought in Canada!

Back-to-back haul posts! Though there was quite a gap between the book-buying excursions – and this one was all the way to Canada. I’ve just come back from a couple of weeks visiting Calgary, Banff, and Vancouver, which were really fun. Some lows along the way (emergency dental trip; heavy rain and storms in apparently-usually-sunny Calgary) but lots of highs (beautiful Lake Louise and Moraine Lake; aquabusing in Vancouver; having lunch with Claire the Captive Reader; strolling through parks and eating a lot of pancakes, poutine and Dairy Queen). And our flat in Vancouver was so beautiful, with the most extraordinary views out over the city. And, of course, the bookshops. We didn’t have any hold luggage, so I decided that I would be very abstemious with the books I bought. Reader, I was deluding myself. I bought plenty of books, relying on the fact that they don’t weigh cabin bags, and throwing out a pair of jeans that had a well-timed hole in them. I also left behind the plaid worn…