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yeah! I really enjoyed being "forced" to find and read books for some of the challenges - my Saudi book was an unexpected delight!
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Funnily enough, I seem to be the only one around with a kindle, the overwhelming majority prefers paperbacks. ;)
Around the pool? Yeah, I can see why.My kindle is facing a dark future. It had the audacity of consuming half its battery with a under 300 pages book. I'm not in the mood to have to charge it every two days. Heck I do that with my phone IF I spend the whole day playing with it. So yeah. Kindle baby is getting outdated.
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That makes me happy to hear actually :-)
But yes, Sonia might be right about the pool thing being the reason haha.
Probably, but as I am of the dithering kind, I don't like to limit my choice to one meagre paperback. It would make me feel bookostrophobic. ;)
usually when I travel anywhere, 60% of my luggage allowance is books. Who cares about clothes? :D
Wait so you mean you guys don't read on your kindles by/in the pool? I love that I can get my hands wet and don't have to worry about damaging the paper 😅 and before you ask, no I've never dropped one in the water! When travelling I usually try to bring max one paperback and otherwise have everything on my Kindle. depending on where I'm going chances are high I'm gonna be visiting a bookstore and getting a little something there anyway...
I mainly travel with my ereader as I tend to be more of a mood reader when travelling and I an bring a lot of books so I won't run out. plus like Judy, I tend to gravitate towards bookshops and I like having room to buy some, ok way too many, whilst travelling. As for around the pool my ereader is waterproof and I think most of the time I would take it unless i was reading something already and wanted to continue.
In our group chat, I already told the team about the travelling circus (hubby & sonny) I have to pack for and put up with. :D All the diving gear and whatnot they deem as essentials... and no matter how carefully I may pack, physical books would get damaged in the process (I don't care about the diving gear, lol). So I also feel safer with kindle and lots of choices, headphones and the audible app on my mobile, which I can transport in my own bag. :)
I used to carry physical books but then I realised that the majority of the resorts I went to had small libraries for guests. I always manage to find at least one book from one TBR and one book that I have never heard of but sounds so interesting that I want to read it. Of course, my kindle and iPad travel with me after having been loaded up. You know, just in case...
Eni "made" me replace my phone last summer because mine was acting up, plus, with the use I gave it, it justified for me to have a more fancier one. I basically doubled the budget I usually have for phones... which wasn't that high, but higher than we tend to go for.Anyway. Since then, I basically stopped used my kindle. Phone has all book apps I need - kindle, audible, play books, and a second audio book player just in case. And access to everything else.
I still take a paperback with me, just in case the apocalypse happens and we get of grid/run out battery/electricity/whatever.
I'm too much of a mood reader to make paperbacks a thing. Plus we're running out of space for physical books. Which I refuse to get part of. That is a battle for another time. I already struggle enough not to stray from digital.
I don't like reading on my Kindle (or my phone), so while I take it as a backup, I've never had need of it yet.I've never yet come across books left for guests in the accommodation (except once when I stayed in a hotel that was a boat in London, and those were 3 books, all of them rubbish, lol), but then, I don't stay in resorts, so I'm guessing that's the problem, lol.
So I'm quite happy to lug a stack of books along with me. Never been a problem yet ;)
Love reading about our different travelling-reading habbits! :) ♡♡
Ooohhh.... and on my b'day, too. Awsome. ♡♡♡
Judy wrote: "Wait so you mean you guys don't read on your kindles by/in the pool? I love that I can get my hands wet and don't have to worry about damaging the paper 😅 and before you ask, no I've never dropped ..."I've never dropped my kindle in the bathtub (knock on wood) but I definitely HAVE dropped a paperback in the tub before . . . :-|
But just in case I did make sure my newest kindle is waterproof!
Melindam wrote: "Ooohhh.... and on my b'day, too. Awsome. ♡♡♡"Yikes! I almost forgot!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 😁
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made me happy this morning!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england..."
Haha yes, I was so surprised! I got a Rincewind stamp on a letter not too long ago.
There were Harry Potter stamps before Discworld :-)
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Happy Birthday, Mel! <3
Happy birthday, Melinda! Sending you all the best wishes for many years full of joy, peace, and good health! And tons of excellent books, obviously!
Thank you do much, Preeti and Judy. :)))
So hard to decide whether to sing you Happy Birthday like Marilyn Monroe, or like Winnie the Pooh. Decisions, decisions.Have a day in which you only do things that make you happy please!!!
And eat chocolate.
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I love all this artwork
Jenny, either or both versions would be much appreciated, thank you. :D ♡
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happy birthday Mel! hope you're enjoying your holidays :)
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Who doesn't love the Swedish Chef?
Happy Birthday, Mel!! Hope it's been a great one!
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Thank you, Jenny for the excellent performances.
Thank you so much Christina and Michelle. 💕
Well done, Team Ashara! That was some awesome-mad reading you did. :) ♡
Congratulations Team Ashara, Well done.. and to the Mods, Team Captains and all the players for another great Challenge. Thank you.
Great job Team Ashara! Thanks to all the Mods and Captains for all their hard work 😊
Congrats Team Ashara! And thanks to the mods for organizing another fantastic team challenge :)
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