Moving has always been an experience for us...each time we move the tonnage of books that accompany us increases dramatically. And when My Lady or I are deployed in response to disaster we usually end up mailing lots and lots of books home. Even though we work 7 days a week while in the field there is always time to fill with good words and book stores are always a draw.
After my last deployment I figured up how much money was spent in buying books and mailing them home and I started to consider buying an e-book reader such as a Kindle. In one compact package I can have literally hundreds of book titles and access to new titles anytime I want. It's a seductive thought but any new item comes with "issues". One more thing to go bad, a new charger to lose, paying download fees to the book source and, with our eclectic taste a chance that the strange title that interests us will not be available. I also like to flip pages and a plastic screen just doesn't do that!
So for the nonce, I'll continue to search the old used book section at the store and settle back with a good book whenever the opportunity arises.
I must say I was a holdout on the Kindle, because I like to read in the bathtub and there is the occasional casualty of a book wot slipped into the bubblebath, but I've been reading a few books on Himself's kindle, and it certainly is handy in some ways. I just would never read it in the bathtub, because then you'd lose an expensive piece of equipment and the whole library in one go. I will continue to prefer paper format, though. There's the tactile part, the font, the smell of the paper to consider. Reading should always be a textural experience.
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