How long do you read each day

[CBRetriever]

Christine wrote: "CBRetriever, I'm a bit scared of the side effects that the so-called blue light from screens has on our eyes. So I try to limit my screen time at the computer and avoid e-books entirely."

ah, Tablets (Amazon Fire is one) and computers have backlit blue light problems. Kindles (B&W) are front lit with the same LED lights that you might use in the lights in your house so it's more like a reading light shining on them.

[Christine]

I just finished reading my first and last e-book (The Book Case by Nelson DeMille) and it was pretty frustrating how often the text became black. My husband had to find me the text about 20 times this afternoon as it kept disappearing.
More than ever I prefer hardcover books.

[Jan C]

Christine wrote: "Mostly books from the 1980's and 1990's. I could already find hardly any of them on audio books.

From my husband reading his Kindle, I got the impression that they offer 95% new unknown authors (w..."

I find a lot of the "golden age detective" stories. Not all that I seek but a lot.

[John]

CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "CBRetriever, I'm a bit scared of the side effects that the so-called blue light from screens has on our eyes. So I try to limit my screen time at the computer and avoid e-books en..."

There is a setting on later kindles (not sure of the version) that has a setting for this and it is called Blue Shade. Helps with the blue light issue. [ranton] Why do they not make this easy and consistent [rantoff]

For audios, several libraries do have them in their digital assets section. I was lucky and my metro area allowed apply online during the pandemic for reciprocal library cards so can now access 6 libraries. If you can, get card(s) and access Cloudlibrary, Overdrive, and Hoopla. Hoopla in particular has quite a bit of "old" material.

https://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/
https://www.overdrive.com/
https://www.hoopladigital.com/

[Christine]

Thank you all, will check it out.

So far I was only familiar with ILL (Inter Library loan) meaning my public library here in Worcester has access to all other public libraries in MA. They even got me books from the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., and one from Scotland.