A bad year for books

[mooncat_chelion]

Not that I've read much this year anyway, which is unusual for me. Still, with Atlantic Books closing near me, and the nearby Borders on its last 10 days of existence, local book-browsing options are now slim to none.

Libraries are, of course, still out there, but as much as I love them, I like to read at my own pace. Sometimes i will finish a book in a day, sometimes it might take me weeks, and that due date always looms and I'd feel bad if I had a book checked out and never read it, thus depriving someone else that chance.

Ah well. I still have a backlog of books that are in need of being read, so that'll keep me busy for a while yet.

Comments

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

What are your thoughts on the electronic book readers?

[mooncat.livejournal.com]

I have considered them from time to time. The technology does intrigue me, and I do like the idea of being able to carry thousands of virtual books around in a small tablet. I may, at some point, acquire one, but it will never replace the feel and smell of a book held in one's hands.

I'm not certain if one can flip through the ebook, as it were, before downloading, because that's part of the fun in discovering a new book. Or spotting an amusingly titled factoid/reference book and deciding that I must have it.

I guess I'm old fashioned when it comes to my reading preferences. :)