[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I’m thinking that when times get tougher (which I believe they will), reading will become more and more important. To learn and to entertain ourselves. It’s a skill more people need to rediscover, reading books. Years ago I started buying hardback classics (Bronte, Dickens, Austen, Eliot, etc.) for display and to have a nice book to hold and read. I’m glad I have them now - something worthwhile to spend time on as opposed to the crap novels that the newspapers are always raving about. :P

[DelaWhere]

LOL Books are not one of my shortages...

For several years, my father was a Senior Editor for James T. White Publishing. He got to sit down with authors families and compile biographies on them for the National Cyclopedia of American Biography. I have several shelves of autographed first editions by some really neat people.

My mother collected writings about Abraham Lincoln - plus I have several bookcases full of such things as USDA Yearbooks of Agriculture, Organic gardening from way back, Mother Earth News for many of their original years. No shortage of reading material. :)

[Wneighbor]

I’m thinking that when times get tougher (which I believe they will), reading will become more and more important.

I'm afraid I am a sucker for books. I have hundreds in storage at present. Maybe some of them will turn out to be good bartering material as well!!! LOL

Yes! We will enjoy our books immensely. And hopefully gain wisdom of the ages.