Discoveries and Books

Have bought approx. 45 books in the last two weeks. I have very varied tastes. I bought a dictionary of world history, an encyclopedia of medicinal herbs, The Tale of Despereaux, Huckleberry Finn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Taggerung, Slaves of the Mastery, Escape from the Island of Aquarius, Silas Marner, Call of the Wild, The Fire Within, Sword Dancer, Herbal Soaps and Cosmetics, Abarat, Run for your life, Taliesin, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Book of Mordred, Dragons, the Thief of Always, Imajica, a book on knife-throwing, Girl in a Cage.... I suppose they are more similar than I thought. The majority is sci-fi/fantasy or classic. There is some historical fiction and technical/research books, but it is mostly fantasy. My new bookshelf is already packed. I think I only have about two more feet of space on my reading room shelf. Will have to ask for another bookshelf for Christmas. Which means that I am making great progress on my library! Eventually, I want to have a good-sized library consisting mainly of child-and-young-adult-appropriate fantasy. In one of my many future-visions, I want an open home/business/something crazy where kids can wander in and out and use my library for free. In my mind, i can see an amazing tree-library (or tower-library, or...) with baskets and shelves full of books and a full shelf near the door with audio books. each audiobook will be on a pre-loaded mp3 player with a basket of ear-buds on the end of the shelf. It will also have a serial number that can be typed into the radio pad in every room to play it out loud. there will also be a couple of computers with a stack of rewritable CDs where people can make a physical copy to take out of the house and return the Cds to be rewritten when finished. I also have a plan for a "discover house." It is a two-story home complete with a dojo/dance studio, stage, puppet stage, costume closet, yarn room, sculpture room, 2-d art room, architecture/fashion studio and, of course, a library. And a paint room where you can paint on the walls. The walls will mostly be covered in white board paint so that the kids can write notes wherever. And there will be a huge kitchen for amateur chefs. Of course, such a building will require a lot of work and cleaning, so the kids will be responsible for labor. It would require a lot of resources, so most people should pay to be a part of it. Just a dream... it has a bedroom suite in the upstairs corner. It is a place that is mostly without internet, cellphones are to be put up in one's locker when one arrives, and it has all the tools one needs to invent, design, create whatever anyone could want. Classes will be available, and some will be required before you can use the equipment, but it will be a lot of free time. There will be boards with new ideas every week. It is a place that will inspire creativity and free Christian thought. At the end of the week, short progress reports or summaries of the week's activities will be due. That is just about all that is required. Ahh, to have such a place without financial burdens.If I could make a living running such a place, I would. I am looking into the finances right now, but I am not certain that such a thing is possible. I wrote a poem about stress a few weeks ago. Today is pale green, like a caterpillar.