Thom’s Comments (group member since Mar 28, 2011)

Thom’s comments from the Book Buying Addicts Anonymous group.

I agree that it is not an either / or question. Frankly I don’t think anything can really take the place of traditional books. The simple smell and feel of them has been mentioned as well as their esthetic qualities, but I see the e-book as a new method to enjoy this old treasure. E-books are handy and easy to carry around with you. I haven’t, however, read anything about the ability to listen to books in times and places’ reading isn’t possible. I do a lot of traveling and certainly my time on the road cuts dramatically into my reading time. When I find myself bogged down in traffic I’m sure I keep a smile on my face as I no longer consider it a pure waste of time.

I've already reached the 23% mark of my 80 book mark. This may afford me the time to read some very thick books later in the year.

This month I bought an AV E-Book Reader and it works as I expected it to. There are now so many different readers on the market; I have a question. Internationally, which is the best?

and White by Rosie Thomas. I started 2012 strong and with this last load of books I plan to round off January.

Chrissy wrote: "Thom wrote: "I think most of the people that have so far reacted to this subject don't see the forest for the trees. So many people are worried about developments twenty years from now when they sh..."

Chrissy I agree, in part, to your worries but even if your Kindle or E-Reader is replaced with something else in the future, this doesn’t mean you have to lose a single page of your valued library. I have many books stored on my computer or memory sticks, disks, etc. Advancements in reading mediums don’t mean that you have to throw away the old to embrace the new. I am sure that whatever happens in the future there will be compatible with the present technology. I love the written word. It makes little difference to me what form it takes. The Kindle and other e-readers have many advantages over traditional books. The ability to take it wherever you go, the ability to have thousands of books at your fingertips and the ability to read at night with the lights off are just a few of the advantages.
You appear to be at the beginning of a long and hopefully glorious career. I am at the end of my working life and my dreams are filled with what to do to enjoy the autumn years of my life. One of my goals is to read as many books as I possibly can. My life as most others has been dominated by home, spouse, children and work. The working aspect will soon come to an end and I fully plan to enjoy my retirement.

A beautiful Sunday's book shopping in Rotterdam.

This is my first introduction to Nicci French and I must admit that I am impressed.

Land of the Living

I think this will be a bumper book buying year!

No, it was at a charity book market. I had to stop buying because I had to carry them to my car. I guess I have the addiction bug worst than most.

Never too early to start and here we're only three hours away from the second day of 2012.

The early bird gets the worm. Nothing better to start off a new year than a book sale.

If you want to get all of those read this year then you certainly have your work cut out! Good luck and a Happy New Year!

You’re right Beverly, there are reading collectors and reading non-collectors. I am defiantly the first like you are. I do, however, have a library card and occasionally read library books. I generally use the library much like I use Goodreads as a way to discover new authors and stories.

It looks like the race to the end of the year has begun.

Last minute, pre Christmas buys:

I prefer larger print but small print doesn’t bother me. As people age, they generally have to surrender to reading glasses. I have needed glasses almost all of my life but remove them to read.

and Victoria by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham and Models by Kae McCullouga (in German). I went through my to read list and bought and last but not least