How the average US consumer spends his income.

[memphis]

I don't know how it is where you guys live, but I find I can get great deals on books in the discard room at the library.  I hate the trouble (spoiled brat) of having to return a book and I can usually find something interesting for about a dollar. It's a bit like going to a used record/CD shop. You can't really go with something in particular in mind  but there's enough there that something will appeal to you.