Delayed Gratification, or Number 28 of 32

[desert_trove]

For a few years now, I have been following a very practical, no-nonsense budget, and for the most part, I haven’t felt deprived. I had the eventual goal of cleaning up my credit in mind, as well as living within my means and learning to save a little, and it has worked out well

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[rengetsu]

as the wife of a librarian, i know they appreciate enthusiastic patrons! especially the enthusiastic patient patrons, LOL.

what is scary to me is that when it comes to state/local budgets, libraries are often the first to be cut :\

the library at my university was like a sanctuary to me. I would go there for peace and quiet, to study, or just to get away from my roommate who played music (loudly) while she studied. I need silence!! I feel the same reverent silence entering a library as I do a church sanctuary--as though it calls for contemplative silence, to reflect, and to learn.

I love sci-fi and vampires too!!! I've heard of the twilight series but I haven't ready any of them. My reading time is sadly lacking these days... which is almost shameful, considering how avidly my husband reads ;) he listens to audiobooks at work and we've checked out (rented?) several to take along on trips. They are so priceless!

[desert_trove]

Ugh, I do NOT get how anyone can study with music on. I like to be able to LISTEN to the music, or concentrate on what I'm learning, one or the other. They don't mix...

I love audio books, too! I can't read on the bus, because it makes me motion-sick, so I listen to books on CD, also from my beloved local library. However, I find I have to listen only to books I've read before, because otherwise I become frustrated and wish I was just reading it off the page. I can't follow an audio book as well. And I guess I just need that visual reading experience. Don't know if I would even take to Kindle-- there's nothing like having a real book in your hands.

You'd probably like Twilight, but only if your tolerance for sap is fairly high-- or you can just surrender to the cheese, like I did. :-)

[desert_trove]

Hi! What a cool collection to have. If you have 800 young adult/shcildren's books, though, I doubt I can recommend any you haven't already read! :-) here goes, anyway: If the cheesy romance doesn't bother you, I do recommend the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer that I mentioned. Of course you've read Harry Potter. I like the young adult novelist Cynthia Voight, whose stuff you've probably read. S.E. Hinton is a master of the genre, of course, and I adore the classic Watership Down by Richard Adams, though I'd argue it's really more for adults.