use the library instead of the bookstore

There aren’t any good used bookstores in Baton Rouge that I know of, so simply being far away from my local Half Price Books has helped this out greatly. I caved in and bought a couple books a few weeks ago and then went INSANE and ordered $25 worth of books (6 books) on half.com last week, but other than that, I have been giving the East Baton Rouge Parish Library some really good business.

This has been going really well. I converted my DVD renting to requesting DVDs from the library. I started checking out audiobooks for road trips, which has had the added benefit of making my daily commuting more interesting.

And I haven’t been to a bookstore in MONTHS. There are about a dozen books stacked on my bedside table waiting to be read, and they’re all library books! I should feel greedy, but instead I just feel glad that I didn’t have to pay for any of them. Anything that starts to look like it’s not going to get read can just go back!

Also I discovered there is a nice new library exactly half way between my office and my home.

is Waterstones (a UK bookstore). I spend hundreds of pounds in there, and have piles of books around my 4 book cases. I love my big collection, and am so proud of it, but i ought to use the library, if only to save the trees! If only you could de-germ library books though..!

I read so fast that I got a big canvas book bag for hauling the books back and forth in. It is very worth doing. Saves big bucks on the book budget, too.

I am retired also, and I hang out at the library a lot.
The world is my oyster over there. I love the place.