Kindle vs The Traditional Book?!
Like an old friend, re-reading an old book can offer just the appropriate ‘constant’ when life becomes a muddle of frenzied change.
Whether you’re lucky enough to have extended leave over the festive period or only a day or two, the holidays seem as good a time as any to kick back your feet and sink into the familiar pages and the comforting world of words you’d once lost yourself in.
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Let it be known, I am a book purist. Turning the pages of a new book, inhaling the smell of crisp unread pages just waiting to be gobbled up in minimum sittings. For me it is akin to a dining experience; all senses are engaged.
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It’s no surprise to say I was skeptical about getting a kindle.
I find things much easier to read when they’re printed on paper – call me Granny Annie but having to endure hours of data analysis on a computer screen for most days, why would I willingly subject my eyes to even more strain?!
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That said, I did have a problem. Annual trips to India would mean I had to selectively choose which books would be make it on for the long-haul flights. Usually what happens is that by day 2 (of at least 15-20) I’ll have exhausted my luggage’s literary stash and I’ll be craving something more.
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Enter the kindle in all its paper light glory.
Being able to carry all my favourite books & more than I could ever hope to finish in my long stretches in india was a bit of a dealbreaker for me.
Instead of praying my books weren’t contributing the excess weight allowance or worse – having to prioritise other things over including them in the luggage at all. This little contraption was able to single handedly add dimensions to my reading experience.
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It has perhaps added one slight problem though.
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Now that none of the books are in sight and you can add to it with one single click, it makes it a lot more tempting to just go a little overboard in buying…
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And so, my holidays will partly be spent trying to get through my virtual reading list which is suffering a huge back log!
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First on the list is Anne Frank ::
What’s on your current [holiday] reading list?
Until the next time,
Namaste, from Ananya
xo
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