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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Big Bad Wolf Books Sale 2012, Part 1

Woohoo! I finally made it to The Big Bad Wolf Books sale today. Parking was a huge problem  and traffic keeps getting diverted since it's Selangor's public holiday today but other than that the shopping experience was quite good - managed to browse through the books for 3 hours without having to wrestle my way and all payment counters were opened, so no wait at all. To those who plan to buy a lot of books, it is advisable to bring a shopping trolley or luggage bag especially if you're buying over 20 books like me... or bring 2 strong men (like I plan to during my next trip next week) to carry your books for you! ;) Once you've purchased your books, you can ask a porter to help you push your books out to the lobby and you can bring your car up there for collection. 

I spent 3 hours here and only managed to look through the Cooking section as well as some of the kids activities stuff, and just grabbed a few fiction on my way out. Here are some of the books that I managed to get my hands on, bought 22 books for RM187. So cheap right?

 My new cookbooks

These are just some of the cookbooks that I got, but I want to return to see if there are any other good ones. I really like the James Martin one (RM20), he's one of the celebrity chefs on UK television and this book covers many good British classics. Asian Delights (RM12) is also a good one, lots of interesting Malay, Chinese and Indian recipes in there. Don't think I've cooked much Latin food, grabbed the book (the only one I found mixed in with some other books) cos it was only RM8 and lots of interesting things I want to try.  And also got one for Thai food, a cuisine I'm very interested to learn more about. Was hoping to find a Japanese cookbook but didn't see any good ones. The Sweet Life (RM12) are dessert recipes with less sugar. I bought Sensations since the photos are really pretty and it's only RM5 (fine dining with a Chinese touch). I got 1 Nigella Lawson (RM20) book - How to be a Domestic Goddess but didn't get any Jamie Oliver ones although I saw piles of them. The Nigella one will come in handy for Cook Like a Star next year. 

The fiction and non-fiction

I didn't really have time to browse through this section and just grabbed the ones I thought looked good. Was surprised that I managed to find Julie & Julia (RM5) since I didn't really go looking for it. I've seen the movie before and liked it. Other books I got were World's Best Book (facts such World's Tallest Man, World's Weirdest Creations etc), The Lincoln Lawyer, Eat Pray Love, The Bourne Deception, and A Desirable Residence. Most novels are priced at RM8. 

For the kids

For the kids, I got them some sticker / activity books. We've already opened one called "Meet the Eggsleys"  which they got for their Advent Calendar Day #1 gift. Only RM3 and lots of fun. Most of these are RM5 or RM8.

At the sale



We had some visitors today, made them Madeira cake and it was a huge hit! 


The Big Bad Wolf Sale will run until 23 December, 9am to 9pm daily at Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC), located next to Mines in Seri Kembangan.

Parking: RM2 per entry (weekday), RM3 per entry (weekend and PH)

GPS Coordinates: 3.029612, 101.718289

31 comments:

  1. I haven't finished the books I bought during the last bookfairs, and my friend just gave me another 2, plenty to read. :D

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    1. Hehe cool.. no need to buy, friends buy for you instead!

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  2. 22 books for RM187. is darn Cheappppppppppp!!

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  3. ooo, nice haul! you're a hardworking reader! i'm not sure i even read 20 books a year. i'm a lot lazier ... for the lincoln lawyer as well as julie & julia, all i did was watch the movie adaptations :D

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    1. Hehe despite what ppl think, I love to read. I have a huge collection of books :)

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  4. omg omg omg... the sight of it makes me "eagerer" to persuade my husband to accompany.... Wish There's Lonely Planet in a further markdown price.
    So cheap 22 books for RM 187 only! Can never imagine it.

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    1. There is still time to go, best time is to go during weekdays I think and avoid the weekends/PH.

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  5. What great finds! I watched Julie & Julia before too and loved it! It would be great to read the story in detail. Too bad I won't have the chance to visit the book fair when I get back

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    1. Yeah I kept finding new books when I revisited the same section.... I could easily spend all day here.

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  6. Dang ! I wish I was there ! I'm salivating at the thought of all those cookbooks ! lol Few years ago , we got an annual book sale here as well , books are dirt cheap at HK$ 5. each ....

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    1. Going back for Round 2 - see if I can find more good cookbooks!

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  7. Welcome to the Big Bad Wolf club!...haha =)

    Btw the receipt entitles u to some freebies / discounts at BookXcess in Amcorp Mall...hehe =)

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  8. Oooo.. can't wait to check it out this weekend. i think i'll go crazy...

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  9. oo.. I also got Sam Leong.. lol.. but I paid RM15 for it and not RM5.. maybe price reduced?

    If you go again, there is this fabulous cookbook by Tom Aiken called FISH. Its really awesome.. for RM20.. lots of seafood info and gorgeous recipes... your Thailand book looked interesting.. I didnt see it there...I only bought cookbooks, cos ran out of time... lol...

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    1. Yeah I saw a pile of Sam Leong books for RM15 and just a couple RM5.. so I grabbed the RM5 copy. Looks the same, maybe wrong pricing.

      I saw the Tom Aiken book, unfortunately we cant really get good fish at our local wet market so I didn't get the book.

      Go again... and buy more on your next trip!

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  10. i've got my hands on 3 nigella lawson books, 1 gordom ramsay, and 1 jamie oliver, and few others cookbook.

    I bought the desirable residence too! hahaha but frankly i still preferred the shopaholic series

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    1. I have the whole shopaholic series edi, havent read the desirable residence yet. I wanna go back and get more cookbooks, hopefully got some new stock.

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  11. WOW! What an awesome collection of books ! And 22 books for just RM$ 187. ONLY!! I know how expensive was all these books in M'sia & I was thinking of grabbing few cookbooks from my previous holiday back in April. But ended up buying one single cookbook from the famous Japanese chef at Changi airport! LOL I find that books are way cheaper here in Europe than in M'sia. I heard my cousins & friends talked about this huge book sale the other day on FB & they came back with tons of books too! Didn't know that it's that cheap! Looking forward for your next week 's treasure hunt! Have fun ! :)

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    1. Yeah I think one of those cookbooks would easily cost RM100. So it's definitely a bargain. It's easy to just keep putting more cookbooks in our basket cos everything is so cheap!

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  12. Hi Yen,
    I went there twice! Haha! Bought some cookbooks too! Worth every ringgit!

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    1. Hehe I wanna go back again next week... I bring strong man to help me carry next round so I can browse comfortably. :P

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  13. that's a big haul! Looking forward to going when I am back in Malaysia...

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  14. That's a great sale! I can't believe you got all those books for that price :o

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    1. Indeed.... all those books were good value for money. They were a total of 3 million books when they started!

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  15. Wish to go but hubby said is too far & I'm not familiar with that area T_T

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