(Note: I had more to this pots. like pointing out that I got the idea from Jaye Wells over at the League but stupid me, I screwed up the post. Oh well, live and learn.)

Okay, so I made Jaye sound a little desperate but hear me out.

As the economy takes a down turn, we find ourselves making cuts in those expenses we indulged in freely before. Gone are the super-grande white chocolate, hazelnut mochas. So good-bye to the half-hour back massage and facial. No more skipping home cooked meals in place of a trip to Jack In The Box for surloin steak breakfast burritos. It sucks but we have to make the cuts. But that doesn't mean that we have to totally cut out those little things that bring us pleasure... like a book.

Sure you can go to the library and hope to find something new and interesting. And isn't dog-earred or Coke-stained. Or you can head out and purchase the exact title you've been looking for from the hot series you've been following, or from a new author that caught your attention. You see, publishers are becoming less reluctant to take a chance on a new author or promoting an existing one if no one is buying the books. Retailers will stop displaying mass-market fiction and stocking the shelves. It sounds a little ugly but true.

If we pay attention to our spending habits and make allowances for the occasional extra we can help the economy and even keep that author in a job suspending our disbelief. I've got my extra cash put aside for a couple of titles I've been eyeballing for several months. Now is the time to pick them up and enjoy. Maybe buy some spec fic as stocking stuffers. Buy a book - your brain will thank you for it.