I'm expecting vampires in my book queue

[pbray]

My niece and I email back and forth, sometimes several times a day depending on her computer access. Nothing profound, usually funny cat pictures and the like, but last week I stopped responding when I got distracted dealing with Adventures-In-Homeowning!(tm) I apologized for the radio silence and reassured her that everything was okay, it wasn't a big deal, though naturally I'd rather spend money on books than on fixing things.

Her takeaway from all that was that I wouldn't be able to buy new books. Tearfully she went to her mother "Your sister isn't going to have any new books to read!!!! We must send her some!!!" Attempts to reassure her that the book budget was intact, and anyway my TBR stack would fill a bookcase were ignored. Instead my niece is going to pick out something for me to read, and then send it to me via Nook, since that way I'll get it immediately.

Priorities. We have trained her well.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

She sounds splendid.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

She's great! And in the last couple of years Mary has blossomed from a reluctant reader to "Give me all the books now!" Behavior which must be encouraged, so I'll periodically send her care packages of the latest hot YA titles, culled from recommendations on my friendslists.

She's deeply disappointed that I don't share her love for Twilight, but is willing to overlook that flaw in an otherwise perfect Aunt :-)

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

Its very nice of your niece. I mean, fantastic even. But send her pictures of your TBR stacks, maybe? Would that help reassure her if your written reassurances did not? (I know I picture them as tottering up to roof, both physically and virtually!)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

If she were a little older, or lived a little closer, I'm pretty sure she'd be campaigning to "borrow" my TBR stack, once she realized how big it was.

Though I did ruthless prune things before I moved here, it's now at least enough to fill a 3 shelf bookcase. Oops.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

There is absolutely no downside to that. Congratulations to her mother and you! :D

[pbray.livejournal.com]

We have indeed done our part to raise the next generation of book buyers :-)