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Changes In Your Reading
What changes in your reading have you noticed over the years?
For me, there have been two major changes.
One is happily reading ebooks on my Kindle. I held out against having one for a long time because I will always love paperbacks but do find the Kindle useful especially when I’m away.
Gives me far more room in my suitcase and I don’t have to fret about only being able to take so many books with me. I can have as many as I want on the Kindle!
The other major change is happily reading non-fiction.
Fiction will always be my first love for too many reasons to say here but I have discovered the joys of non-fiction reading and only wish I’d discovered those sooner than I have done. Still, better late than never!
During lockdown, that dreadful time, I was focusing on reading humorous or other lighter works and found those to be therapeutic.
I still do this when the news is especially grim so am back to the lighter works again now.
Am currently reading a wonderful book of writers’ quotes and a collection of flash stories (though some of those aren’t light in tone but in fiction I have no issues with that. I suppose that is because I know it isn’t real life. What I can’t cope with when life is grim are dystopian works though I do understand the market for them).
For me, there have been two major changes.
One is happily reading ebooks on my Kindle. I held out against having one for a long time because I will always love paperbacks but do find the Kindle useful especially when I’m away.
Gives me far more room in my suitcase and I don’t have to fret about only being able to take so many books with me. I can have as many as I want on the Kindle!
The other major change is happily reading non-fiction.
Fiction will always be my first love for too many reasons to say here but I have discovered the joys of non-fiction reading and only wish I’d discovered those sooner than I have done. Still, better late than never!
During lockdown, that dreadful time, I was focusing on reading humorous or other lighter works and found those to be therapeutic.
I still do this when the news is especially grim so am back to the lighter works again now.
Am currently reading a wonderful book of writers’ quotes and a collection of flash stories (though some of those aren’t light in tone but in fiction I have no issues with that. I suppose that is because I know it isn’t real life. What I can’t cope with when life is grim are dystopian works though I do understand the market for them).
