“I feel really good,” she said. “I’m a mixture of elated and exhausted, I haven t had time to stop and think.” It s been a huge community effort to get the sale up and running, with schoolchildren and other community organisations coming together to set up 300 tonnes worth of books for avid readers to peruse over Queen’s Birthday Weekend. “Most of the people come here year after year after year. People come here for their bargains and their treasures,” Spicer said. Ella Diprose, 29, and her 14-month-old daughter were ready for a rest after their second trip to the book sale in a day.