Maybe the story is true, folks do not read books anymore..............

I wonder if our power issues get to a point where we have rolling blackouts, will people start reading again? I do not know, but I will have my books to keep me amused and occupied. My father loved books and learning. He passed that onto me, my brother who is working on his PHD, my youngest sister, and I am not sure about the rest. My children did love for me to read to them when they were little. My daughter is a vivid reader also. Sometimes I think that by me doing a lot of reading during the pregnancy, the desire was passed while she was in my womb. Different situation for my son. Unfortunately, we had just got cable for the first time while I was pregnant with him, and I was riveted to HGTV, Cinemax, Lifetime Channel, TBS, and the History Channel. I did do some reading, but not as much as I did with her. That made a believer out of me to the belief that a fetus is affected by whatever environment, stimulus, and emotional state that the mother is in..........

Trying to get my son to read is hard, but sometimes he will surprise me, thanks to his sister and his Dad. His Dad has many magazines, almost too many, that the boy will leaf through sometimes. His sister will tell him something about a book she is reading and there are times when his attention is drawn to the point where he will sit and actually read the book. I do give books to my nieces and nephews as gifts and try to encourage the parents to read to them, and make their children read back to them. I don't care what they read, just as long as they understand what they read, and can have an analytical discussion about the subject....

In the last couple of weeks, I had a yard sale, and did some Freecycling, which did get rid of some books. Yes, I am a literary fiend.......but still have loads of books that I do not have room for anymore. So I am going to donate some to the Salvation Army, and sell some of my favorite and expensive ones on Ebay.............

I posted on Ebay selling some of my “racy” stuff. Below is some of my text:

Alas, my loss is your gain...............Some of these books were my introduction to Erotic Lit, and are ideal to those that are curious to know what goes on behind closed doors and in the imagination of others..............

Herotica #4, Edited by Marcy Sheiner, (Paperback)
Featuring the writings of Carol Queen, Eve Mariposa, Bonnie Fergurson, Christine Beatty, Lisa Rothman

Herotica #5, Edited by Marcy Sheiner, (Paperback)
Featuring the writings of Cecilia Tan, Christine Solano, Kelly Conway, and Julia Radner

Fever, Sensual Stories by Woman Writers, Edited by Michelle Slung, (Hardback)
Featuring the writings of Francessca Ross, Susan Musgrave, Phaedra Greenwood, and Lawanda Powell, Nancy Holder

Dark Eros, Black Erotic Writings, Edited by Reginald Martin, P.H.D (Hardback)
Featuring the writings of Jennifer Holley, Cecil Brown, Jerry W. Ward Jr., Frank Lamont Phillips, Kenneth Norfleet, Shange, and Saddi Khali

Touching Fire, Erotic Writings By Women, Edited by Louise Sturtevant, Jan Coverdale Sumrall, and Amber Thorton (Hardback)
Featuring the stories of Deena Metzger,Margaret Atwood,Tess Gallagher, and Zora Neale Hurston.

I figure by selling them as a group, someone might be interested enough to take a chance on them....