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Nyssa wrote: "What I find, when I read DTBs, is that I seriously miss being able to visit the dictionary with the tap of a finger. I have actually caught myself in the act of going to tap on the page. ... LOL"Me too.
DTB = 32 (17 library/ 15 owned)eBook = 9
I'm actually surprised my ratio to library reads and owned reads is as close as it is, since I don't buy that many books these days - but most of the owned books were either gifts or won, with a few exceptions.
Of my DTBs, all are library copies but one.
Luke wrote: "The one point that might actually convert me to ebooks is the back lighting. I get so tired of fighting the pages, trying to keep them evenly lit. Especially at night with a nightlight while my wif..."The e-ink ereaders are top or bottom lit, which is different. I have a 1st gen Nook with glowlight, and the lighting is a little uneven towards the top, but still quite easy to read on. The newer ones are much more evenly lit. LCD screens are backlit and give me headaches if I read too long on them.
Luke wrote: "The one point that might actually convert me to ebooks is the back lighting. I get so tired of fighting the pages, trying to keep them evenly lit. Especially at night with a nightlight while my wif..."That's what pushed me into my Kindle Paperwhite... I no longer get told to "turn that light off!" Now I can read longer into the night, although sleep deprivation is beginning to take its toll.
My late wife and I used to make bookmarks (she was an artist and liked crafts. We did this to "do something together"). We made them out of ribbon and beads, charms etc. I still have some so I always have a bookmark handy.
2013 - Evenly divided with 50 DTB read, 50 ebook and 48 audio booksInterestingly though in 2014 it breaks down as...
37 DTB read, 3 ebook, 2 audio books
I find I read ebook's faster and more but I seem to read deeper and enjoy the books more if they are DTB's
21 of my 25 books are from the library. My reading challenge for this year pretty much weighted the statistics from the beginning to being heavily paper and heavily from the libary. I just couldn't afford to do my challenge any other way.
I kinda want to look at all my stats now. I shall make a thread. :D
82 this year, I haven't checked how they divide up, print, audio and E book.
I never could understand how you guys can read so many books so quickly! Or read several books at once! I guess my brain is just a little to 'simple' to multitask like that! Lol :)
^TV = the devil's workI usually only read one fiction book at a time, but there's usually a non-fiction book or two lying around that I am working through.
I'm disabled and retired. Other than church related activity (I'm an assistant pastor) I have a lot of time to read. Many days I read all day. if I'm preparing a meal or doing something like leather work I listen to an audio book. I don't sleep well so most nights I listen to an audio book for a while before I fall asleep.I'm very lonely....
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm disabled and retired. Other than church related activity (I'm an assistant pastor) I have a lot of time to read. Many days I read all day. if I'm preparing a meal or doing something like leathe..."More cats, that's the answer. Me and my wife almost picked up an orange one last weekend.
I have 3 dogs...Mike, I want to send a virtual Canadian polar bear hug! Thinking of you.
Thanks. Hug back and a sigh.I still have 2 cats. Xander (note spelling, my daughter was a big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan when Xander arrived on our front porch as a dirty yowling kitten) and Luna. She's a female whose age is uncertain. We've had her about 9 years and sh was grown when we found her (starving). We figure she was two or three at least.
I'd like to get a dog, we're still holding off. I think I'll adopt a rescue dog of some kind maybe. My daughter wants another kitten.
I think going back to 4 animals may be a bit much right now especially with Xander being 17. He's still healthy but I don't want him to have to adapt to anything real new.
First thing I'm doing when I get my own house is to get at least one cat! Miss having pets! :(
I agree. More cats. I'm going to be one of those crazy old cat ladies... actually I might not as far from that as I would like to think. ;)
I'm facing having too much free time on my hands too. I know I'll go stir crazy if I don't do something. I'm thinking I'm going to volunteer at my library. They're constantly having book sales, etc. And I'm thinking it'll give me something to do and give some experience too.
I work 40-50 hours a week, play basketball 4 hours a week, and read all the rest that I'm not spending time with my wife. We have a weird setup since she works nights taking care of an elderly lady, so I have our bed all to myself 4 nights a week. It's great getting to read in bed on those nights.I'm worried about having kids because I know my spare time will completely disappear, so I'm trying to get as much read now as possible.
Luke wrote: "I'm worried about having kids because I know my spare time will completely disappear, so I'm trying to get as much read now as possible. "I've got 2 kids (5 and 10). Your free time doesn't disappear, but it is reduced and interrupted far more often.
Well...it disappeared for the first few years. But it can be a "good" disappear. My wife was an artist so the house was always kept a bit "informally" as I worked long hours and she wasn't well most of her life. I was okay with it. I wanted her to have time to paint etc. Once we discovered audio books (books on tape back then) she listened to them as she did other things (like paint) I listened to them in my work vehicle. I read to my kids every night (my daughter was soon reading on her own, my son took to it more slowly). When my son was in Jr High (Middle School) I began running a D&D game for him and 2 of his friends on every other sat. night. This went on years. I still found time to read...though not nearly so much as now.
The thing about audio books also is I can hold a cat and listen. LOL Xander just meowed at me for attention.
I would like another dog and a cat - I grew up with both - but hubby is allergic to pet dander. Benji is purebred but I actually prefer mutts and rescues (can't have them, though...)
My cat gets mad when I read. He seems to think that he warrants more attention than a book does.
I've never actually tried audio books.. I think I would get distracted and end up not following the story. Except in a car i guess, but I don't really drive a lot so that's not really an issue. My attention span isn't the greatest, at least when I'm reading my eyes are focused on the book if that makes any sense?
Free time, what's that? two kids 10 & 13, three dogs, wife, cat, 60 hour work weeks = never enough time to read.I did just join the Board for my local library so it will be interesting to see how that influences my reading. Less free time but more time around books. Should be fun.
Audio books during exercise and house work are GREAT!
Yep. My mind starts to wander if I don't have something in front of my eyes. I also can't picture things the same when it's auditory. If the room is dark, I can generally make it through if the book is fairly simple.
Luke wrote: "Yep. My mind starts to wander if I don't have something in front of my eyes. I also can't picture things the same when it's auditory. If the room is dark, I can generally make it through if the boo..."Glad to hear it's not just me! Also I would imagine that the person reading on the audio could completely ruin a book if not done right?
MrsJoseph wrote: "I would like another dog and a cat - I grew up with both - but hubby is allergic to pet dander. Benji is purebred but I actually prefer mutts and rescues (can't have them, though...)"I'm allergic to cats.
I have 3.
I also have problems with audio nooks. I've tried, but my attention does wander and I had trouble keeping straight who was who.
Ditto for me with audiobooks. The constant talking actually becomes too much for me and I start to tune it out.
I love audiobooks. I think the majority of my reading this year will be via audio.
I think it might be the same as in Visual and Audio learners. When I went back to college I could study or learn from lectures. Others seemed to do better one way or the other. Probably much the same with audio books.Luke, Romy (the cat who just passed) used to do that when I did anything. Reading, leather work, typing on the keyboard...whatever. He'd show up and star meowing for attention. I had to stop and pet him.
I used to have a cat (or she had me) who was really my "primary cat friend" who'd do the climb up and lay on the book thing.
Mike, I started to type a response to your post but my cat is lying
on the keyboardddd...
Fortunately, the keyboard occupying cat claims my wife and not me, otherwise I'd never get anything done. My cat simply meows at me and bites my hand whenever I try to read...
Romy (the cat I mentioned earlier)... Back when I got my first computer we had "Compuserve" if you remember them. When you'd log on you'd get the "ding-welcome to Compuserve".Twice i heard that, turned around and found Romy sitting at the key board. This was back in the dial-up modem days. Somehow he'd managed to log on, twice.
I always figured he had a web sight or something he ran when we all in bed.
Maple just tends to bump up against the book and try to squeeze between the book and my face when I'm lying on the couch reading. Give her ten minutes and she'll go find something else to do or lie on the legs until she or the legs fall asleep.
My boy has to lay on which ever book - or ereader I am currently reading - or trying to read. He knows the difference too. He doesn't want just any book he wants MY book. He used to do it as a kitten too - he used to be able to lay on the whole thing he was so little - now you can't even see the book under him. Now his brother on the other hand just craves attention and he will do whatever he can to keep you from reading if he wants your attention.
Alfie had a special love for my HP books when he was younger. Look at his face - he's like "What? I'm cute. I can get away with this!" :
Read a good chunk of TWOK on Saturday then haven't touched it since. Mainly because we closed on our house today. It is ours....
Thanks, ladies....Now we just gotta get moved in...
Chris wrote: "Read a good chunk of TWOK on Saturday then haven't touched it since. Mainly because we closed on our house today. It is ours...."
Congrats Chris!!!
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I didn't coin the phrase, I just use it! I consider all of the types I mentioned to be "books", and "paper" book seems weirdly specific to paperbacks, so DTB works to specify that it's a book, made of paper, but not (necessarily) a paperback.
"Organic" could work, but then I'm sure that there are chemicals used in the processing of the paper, and in the creation of the book, so that might ruffle a few feathers.
Dead Organic Matter pressed into flat planes, which are then affixed with ink and gathered together between slightly thicker planes of dead organic matter?
How specific do you think we should be? ;)