I have loved reading since I was 9 years old.

Granted this love was brought on by free pizza thanks to Pizza Hut's Book It program, but it was something that remained with me through the years and it became my source of escape through difficult and unhappy times.

The amount of reading I did and books I collected directly reflected how unhappy I was and it was really my way of being here but not be here.

Over the years as I gradually found spirituality, happiness and true love the less I read and my extensive library was forgotten.

With crypto sluggish and impending operation costs looming, my well laid plans of powering down my account just isn't a viable or lucrative option at the moment. And with me now being 10 weeks pregnant and unable to work with resin (my main medium) I have had to think of other options to raise funds.

In comes my library.....
Well a fraction of it anyway.....

Sweet Dreams 1981-1990s

The Sweet Dreams books were a favourite of mine. Being Libran and Venus (the planet of Love) a huge influence over my life, these teenage romance series captivated me and I fast became obsessed with collecting the entire series.

From Primary School up til High School I hunted these books down. Brand new, second hand, I didn't care all I wanted was to complete my collection. I even taped the spines up to prevent damage and to support them further.

You have to understand, by the time I got to these books most of them were already 10 years old! The series is now 37 years old.

For the longest time I though it was another thing I lost at Mum's house up til yesterday when we went over to visit and pick up books to sell, and she pulled them out of the shed.

And these....

Sweet Valley High

Sweet Valley High was my stepping stone to the Sweet Dreams books.

I had gone through Sweet Valley Twins, The Babysitter's Club and to Sweet Valley High until I couldn't put up with the character Jessica in Sweet Valley High which ultimately made me ditch the series and devote myself to Sweet Dreams.

That said I still managed to collect books 1 to 23 of Sweet Valley High along with random books of the series.

These series are also around 30 years old now.

Vintage Books

When I was collecting these I didn't really think too far ahead in the future. I just knew I loved them and had to have them.

Imagine my surprise when I started googling them to see how much I could sell them for and found these.

Say what now?!!!

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And let me just add the copies I have of these two books are in schmick and brand new conditions.

So this is me right now...

Never did I imagine that 20 plus years later these books would be worth this much.

Do you have anything you've been collecting for a long time? When was the last time you checked how much they're worth now?

Might be worth a look! Cos you never know!

Happy Sunday everyone!