tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post4485320203098104948..comments2024-03-22T11:13:26.808+00:00Comments on Life is a Mind Bending Puzzle: Thoughts on visiting a lending librarymbphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-19170706025880299582011-06-01T14:16:07.598+00:002011-06-01T14:16:07.598+00:00While I like the thought of having hundreds if not...While I like the thought of having hundreds if not thousands of books at my fingerprints through the accessibility of a Kindle or Nook, IMO there's something tactile about a physical novel that is conspicuously absent from an eBook. How can you have a "page turner" if there are no pages to turn? :)<br /><br />In the blown up picture on my Blog where I'm showcasing my 50" "computer monitor" <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BI-td4K00vk/TdXbVU21THI/AAAAAAAAAYI/r8lfn9pzzH8/s1600/IMG-20110519-00183.jpg" rel="nofollow">you can see my bookcase</a> to the right of the big screen, and the keen-eyed observer will notice that my books are double-stacked with a second row behind the first. My wife is a member of <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">paperbackswap.com</a> and she is frequently asking me which of my books she can list so she can get credit to obtain other books. At first I would look through them for any that I was willing to give up. Now I just tell her "none of them", for just as I can watch & enjoy a good movie multiple times, I will frequently reread good books, revisiting loved characters and reliving their victories.<br /><br />I realize Kindles & Nooks and even eBook readers on smart phones are becoming more & more popular. I even have one on my BB Torch which lets me read many classic novels such as The Jungle Book, Sherlock Holmes, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist, but in spite of the convenience of having numerous books immediately available via my Torch it's just no substitute for reading a real book.Cap'n Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267651027289124037noreply@blogger.com