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I have joined the revolution
Nov. 6th, 2008 10:02 amI got a Sony Reader last week, and have been carrying it around with me everywhere. I <3 it. A lot. But there are some drawbacks.
+ Much easier to read on the subway than a book, since I only need one hand to hold it and turn the pages, leaving the other free for holding onto a pole, and preventing that whole trying-to-turn-the-page-while-train-goes-around-a-curve awkwardness.
- Since I have so many different things to read all in one shiny package, I've discovered that as soon as something starts to lose my interest, even a little, I switch to reading something else. I can already tell this is going to lead me to being a quarter of the way through twenty different things. There are some books that I only finished because it was the only book I had with me—good books, too, just not page turners. It's going to take discipline now to get myself to finish things.
+ Portable fanfic! Fanfic on the subway!
- Portable fanfic! Leading to the old problem of "if I'm in bed, it counts as sleeping, right? Even though I'm actually reading." Note to self: caffeine =/= sleep.
+ Much easier to read on the subway than a book, since I only need one hand to hold it and turn the pages, leaving the other free for holding onto a pole, and preventing that whole trying-to-turn-the-page-while-train-goes-around-a-curve awkwardness.
- Since I have so many different things to read all in one shiny package, I've discovered that as soon as something starts to lose my interest, even a little, I switch to reading something else. I can already tell this is going to lead me to being a quarter of the way through twenty different things. There are some books that I only finished because it was the only book I had with me—good books, too, just not page turners. It's going to take discipline now to get myself to finish things.
+ Portable fanfic! Fanfic on the subway!
- Portable fanfic! Leading to the old problem of "if I'm in bed, it counts as sleeping, right? Even though I'm actually reading." Note to self: caffeine =/= sleep.