Quality Over Quantity
Oct. 4th, 2015 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twilightponyI really need new books. What I've picked up so far is a pretty eclectic mix, not too surprising since they were all given to me in a short span of time. Many are probably books ponies didn't wish to keep anyway, and what with the Golden Oak Library burning to the ground, sending them to me was an easy way to give them a new home.
The Golden Oak had a really good collection of books, one that was accumulated over many years. Useful books, reference books, recommended books, books ponies wanted to read but not necessarily buy.
My new collection... Well, a lot of genre fiction reads like retreads of the same story with the names and the places changed. "Buck Billets loosened his necktie and let it slip to the ground as he stepped into the moonlit clearing. I could smell the musk of hot sweat slicking his coat, glistening on his neck and tracing small rivulets that ran between his magnificent bulging pecs. As he arched his neck enticingly, I felt a shiver of anticipation go through me, like a pink cloud of butterflies had landed on my back and were now dancing up my withers, only to launch back into the air." And so on and so forth. Hanoverian Romance novels and the like. Not exactly useful reference books.
So I trotted off through the Everfree Forest and to the ruins of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's old home. I didn't want to stay long, or return home through the forest after dark, so I just borrowed a few books. I came home with a reference guide to constellations, shooting stars and comets, a beginner's manual for gem growth and tuning, and a book on how to create perpetual self-feeding water features for homes and gardens. I wonder if the Treecastle would look better with a permanent rainbow waterfall pouring from one of the balconies?
The Golden Oak had a really good collection of books, one that was accumulated over many years. Useful books, reference books, recommended books, books ponies wanted to read but not necessarily buy.
My new collection... Well, a lot of genre fiction reads like retreads of the same story with the names and the places changed. "Buck Billets loosened his necktie and let it slip to the ground as he stepped into the moonlit clearing. I could smell the musk of hot sweat slicking his coat, glistening on his neck and tracing small rivulets that ran between his magnificent bulging pecs. As he arched his neck enticingly, I felt a shiver of anticipation go through me, like a pink cloud of butterflies had landed on my back and were now dancing up my withers, only to launch back into the air." And so on and so forth. Hanoverian Romance novels and the like. Not exactly useful reference books.
So I trotted off through the Everfree Forest and to the ruins of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's old home. I didn't want to stay long, or return home through the forest after dark, so I just borrowed a few books. I came home with a reference guide to constellations, shooting stars and comets, a beginner's manual for gem growth and tuning, and a book on how to create perpetual self-feeding water features for homes and gardens. I wonder if the Treecastle would look better with a permanent rainbow waterfall pouring from one of the balconies?
