I wouldn't miss this for the world. Screws was joined by more than 500 other book lovers, some of whom waited hours just to be among the first to get a peek at the more than 100,000 books in the Long Building at Central City Park. The first person in line was John Sirmans of Macon. Friends of the Library Old Book Sale.
Admission is free.
There is an honor system of sorts here, so I knew it would still be here. Sirmans said he regularly takes the first day of the sale off from work. This is really like a religious holiday for many of us. Depending on what's inside, I might buy five books, or I might end up with 100. But the early effort really didn't pay off for Sirmans.