Fictional books about surviving disaster - like Lights Out and One Second After - are common reading among preppers. Sometimes they serve as inspiration, sometimes they're information, and other times they're simply entertainment.
I am a voracious reader. I read almost anything and everything. I also read very quickly. Before children, I averaged one book per day. Now that I have kids, my time is more limited. I still probably average 2-3 books per week, which isn't bad for a busy mom.
But I never, ever, ever read survival fiction.
If a book is good - and sometimes, even if it's bad - it has a way of affecting me. For example, I started getting really paranoid about home invasions and personal assaults after I read way too many "serial killer" type thrillers. I tend to personalize books.
So the last thing I want to do is increase my prepper paranoia by reading some survival fiction. Hubby will have me committed if I start wrapping things in aluminum foil in preparation for an EMP attack. He barely tolerates it when I buy yet another can of Campbell's Chunky soup.
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I know what you mean. OSA really got to me and made me freak out about prepping. We were in the middle of a move and barely had enough room for our stuff, let alone all the stuff I wanted to prep.
Then I was in a major, read relearning how to walk, accident and thanks to all my prepping, my husband didn't have to worry about grocery shopping while we were in different states for 4 months!
If I let it, I start to panic and while my stock is much greater, I always feel like there isn't enough. HOPEFULLY!, I have a lot more time before anything horrible happens!
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