![]() The only part I really remember is the scene in India where David Niven (playing Phileas Fogg) rescues Shirley MacLaine (playing an Indian princess) from atop the funeral pyre where she's supposed to die along side of her deceased husband. Remember the book Around the World in Eighty Days? Well I don't, but I saw the movie. I'm so glad I decided to grab this one because it was a gem, and a much better story than what the blurb on the back cover lead me to believe. Not a book I'd ever heard of before, although I knew of the author and had read his novel The Shakespeare Stealer. This particular book, Around the World in 100 Days, was a great find. I pretty much love a book sale anywhere, anytime. ![]() Inside were tables full of donated children's, middle grade, and YA books. ![]() ![]() At the beginning of September my local library held something in the conference room that I love-a $1.00 back to school book sale. ![]()
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