Yes! When I was a little girl my father told me since I was an only child I should learn to read a variety of books as they would make great friends. I did- and they have.
I've inherited many lovely older books from various family members..all my bookcases are full and I have many in storage. I buy books, I borrow books from the library, and no day is complete without reading. I usually keep a "junk food for the brain" book going- i.e. mysteries, and a "good for my mind" book- this week it's The Autobiography of Mark Twain.
Some books from childhood I re-read every couple of years: The Little Engine That Could, Stuart Little, The Secret Garden etc. Some of these do me a world of good!
My father was right.
I understand. I have comfort books. When I was very sick with the flu some years ago I made my husband go to the library and bring me Nancy Drew and Anne of Green Gable's books.
Sometimes I want Potato Chip books, the same idea as your junk food for the brain. These are usually detective novels or thrillers. Jonathan Kellerman, Ngaio Marsh, Margaret Grimes, Patricia Cornwel. They are fun to read, you get through them very quickly and don't feel guilty for reading them in the tub.
Then there are the banquet books. Ones that are such gems of literature they awaken all my senses. Books that make you pause and absorb what you just read. These are the ones that feel are real loss for if you ever misplace them.
Many of these are older books and often out of print. Publisher's today seem to think readers like nothing better than reading about the anatomical acrobatics of greed obsessed whiny women and emasculated boorish men.
So to find a banquet book these days is a real treat.