Secondhand Bookshop Acquisitions

Today I ventured into a local secondhand bookshop, dangerous territory for me. I have little willpower to resist beautiful or interesting books. I found three treasures today:

• a Latin dictionary. A Latin dictionary has been on my To Buy list for ages. This little dictionary cost just 69p. It is an old edition-but I doubt that Latin has changed that much in the last few years :D
• a Swedish grammar (99p). Old fashioned and solid. It contains lists of verb conjugations, endless pages of sentences and linguistics terminology. I like my grammar hardcore. I have little patience for the new 'soft' way of teaching grammar-I do not think it is particularly effective. Grammar can be hard and monotonous (as well as rewarding). Deal with it! I know a small handful of people who have this as their native language hence the reason for choosing this minority language over the other 20 there were on the shelf. If I'm feeling inspired, this will aid me in constructing a few clumsy sentences to litter my Swedish friends' Facebook walls.
• 501 German verbs (99p). German can be a real fiend and I will pass a few pleasant hours perusing this.

I have never understood how people can be emotionally detached enough from their books to be able to dump them at a charity shop. Still, I suppose their loss is my gain. I now have roughly a shelf of dictionaries and grammars. Joy! I won't insult geeks by accusing myself of being a geek. I'm just a complete and utter loser with an expanding dictionary collection.