Our local library is quite new and, as a bonus, won a Sustainable Development Award after completion. However, there are a number of reference books on my coffee table which I love to open time and time again and pore over the juicy inspiration inside. I'm not convinced that more environmentally-friendly e-books are going to have the same tactile & visual appeal for me? Having said that, they will be the way to go for me for fiction and biographies, so maybe I will be able to reach some sort of compromise... In the meantime, physically turning a page never stops being a thrilling experience for this bookophile.
Cheers,
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I've also reached a compromise in regards to e-books. But it will be non-fiction for me. I feel more comfort in having a novel in my lap.
I have to agree with you regards to books there is nothing like flicking through a good book.
I don't think I'll ever embrace e-books, for me it's so much more than just reading the words. It's the feel, smell, sight, the comfort factor and the whole visual thing of having a book in my hands.
cheers Kate
I wasn't sure how I would feel about reading on my Kindle but I love it to pieces. I read more now than ever before and I love being able to support new independent authors. With the eInk display I forget that I'm reading a digital book. Honestly it's nothing like trying to read a book on your computer (which I've tried and failed at). Not to mention the fun of having a built in dictionary and wikipedia for those uncommon words and obscure references. :)
Even still, anything that I would want more for reference and browsing than pure cover to cover reading I prefer to have as a regular book.
Ooh, did someone mention books!! I love books... but I am a library addict. I rarely buy books, and just can't come around to e-books or that Kindle thingy!
I do love my Kindle by I've found a happy balance between e-books and real ones. I've limited myself to one e-book a month so once those are finished the library and I are fast friends. It's the best of both worlds :)
Home sausage making? Do tell!
Hello everyone,
Thanks you for your comments about your e-book readers, that's very helpful :-) Still undecided, but I can't afford one just now anyway, so I have a while to think about it before I run out of books at the library LOL.
Max, I am saving my pennies for a grinder and sausage filler, yay! In the meantime, I used a book voucher to buy the book to drool over recipes and find out some more info on grinders etc :-)
Cheers,
Julie
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