Some of you must have heard that famous Big Bad Wolf Books Sale that usually held in Malaysia is coming to the town. I am lucky enough to get the pre-opening ticket thanks to Jakarta Book Club so I can shop earlier and avoid the crowd, yes I always try to avoid the crowd when it comes to shopping including Black Friday Sale and Boxing Day. Here is my ticket:
So me and Golda
went to the place last night or the night of 29 April 2016 to be exact.
I'm too overwhelmed and forgot to take the pictures of what went there,
but I found this picture on twitter:
Sudah siap mencari hartakarun? Yuk, merapat ke Big Bad Wolf Jakarta. Karena semua buku yang kamu cari ada di sana! pic.twitter.com/kkdu4DIq8z— Bentang Pustaka (@bentangpustaka) April 29, 2016
Okay,
so it's massive, like completely massive but I have some rules for
myself so I only ended up with 5 books. You may ask, how I can do that
or even if you want to have shopping spree at the Big Bad Wolf, how to
shop the books without losing your sanity. Here are my tips:
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| Books that I have bought |
- How to get there
Getting to ICE BSD where BBW located is easy. If you know how to get to Aeon Mall BSD, ICE BSD is close nearby. As a native BSD, I can tell the easiest way is by the Commuter Line aka the train. Took the green line train from St. Tanah Abang which will go to Serpong/Parung Panjang/Maja and alight in St. Rawa Buntu. You can took the taxi or ojek from St. Rawa Buntu. You can also get there by car and set your GPS accordingly, yeah I'm just too lazy. The BBW is on Hall 10 so kindly park your car around the area. - Plan ahead
Know what you want to buy, how much your budget is and what is your circumstances. Books in BBW is completely massive so you might think that you won't get the same deal outside of it. I got 5 books for half mio and mostly thick reference books which is very tame compared to one person who spends around 40 million (for library I heard) there. If you have so many books and fortunately have Goodreads, I suggest to check ahead whether you already have a particular books on your hand before purchasing. What I did there is, since I'm gonna move abroad, I'm limiting myself to books that I think will be much better on paper (I can read fiction on Kindle) and to books that I think I will need on my new place such as books on food, how to fix things, etcor maybe you can see the layout so you can plan ahead too:Pelajari peta lokasi #bigbadwolfbooksale agar td bingung & tersasar. @BBWBooks_ID pic.twitter.com/SiUAWOqnOs— Mizan.com (@mizandotcom) April 29, 2016 - Enjoy yourself
Take a deep breath and pick the books. If you are hungry, you can always board out the books for a while and took a meal around the area before continuing your shooping.
