It recently struck me that our current situation is, finally, the perfect answer to the questions that people occasionally ask of a.) 'why do you keep so many books on your shelves, many of which you will possibly never read' and b.) 'why do you buy so much nonsense at used bookstores, many of which you will possibly never read.' Apparently I have actually spent all my life accidentally preparing for the possibility that I will have to rely on my own resources for reading material indefinitely!

I KNOW, I HAVE NEVER FELT SO VINDICATED IN ALL MY LIFE

this would be a more convincing argument if I was not also constantly, frantically buying more books by post

....well yes but the Daphne du Maurier handbook I just got wasn't available as an ebook ANYWHERE not even as a PDF on ahem sites! And it was only eight bucks shipping included! ("How much is it in square inches," T says darkly.)