so lately I've been reading books I've read last time and rated 5 stars on goodreads
currently reading: Spirit Walker by Michelle Paver (ebook)
books such as Ice by Sarah Beth Durst and Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver (which I listened here: http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/wolfbrother it was quite a different feeling, listening to my first book, and I had to concentrate hard or I'd miss out on parts)
I really loved animal books lol (and I know I had this blog in the phase where I really really super duper loved dragons and everything was dragon themed. there are even some blog posts all about dragon books I believe, back in... idk when)
I still kinda do like animal books heh. fantasy shiz. they make me long to be in their worlds.
now in today's blog post I will first try to write a poem-ish thing, then I will talk about ebooks vs hardcopy
Trapped in the dreams of a storm
I've reached the end of the rainbow
My time has come, I make the wish
The softest touch, the darkest kiss
I step on the bridge of heaven
Bring me away on the breath of the North Wind
inspired by Ice (book mentioned above) as well as my bookshelf in front of me (the titles)
> ebooks vs hardcopy books <
now I don't have a kindle or any devices strictly for ebooks. I do however have a phone (duh) and a computer. some ebooks don't work on my phone though, so it's quite frustrating.
also... shh but I google the books and download them. might be illegal, but I have no money :') sorry
you might ask, how do I find the books? how do I know it's reliable and I'm not downloading some virus?
well I usually start with the name of the book, followed by "download" and "free" and sometimes "pdf" (I like pdfs more than epubs)
then I click on the first website, try to download. if it works, I stop searching, if it doesn't, I go on to the next link. sometimes, though, there really are no copies of the ebook that are online and free to download lol.
aaaand I'm using a mac so I'm trusting that all viruses won't affect me .-. I might be stupid but oh well
(please don't arrest me book officers, if what I'm doing is super wrong, drop me an email and I'll stop yeah?)
let's get on with it.
like I said, I get my ebooks free, so that's a huge plus :D and I can read the book on my phone, which is super convenient to carry around, especially when I'm going out with no bag. the minuses (?) are that I can't read it in school during silent reading (where we all sit down as a school during assembly and read together) and I can't smell and feel the book. I'll explain in a while. also it might be spoiling my eyes as I tend to read my ebooks on my phone in the dark.
now, hardcopy books.
the first proper books I ever read on my own, obviously, were hardcopy books. more specifically, Enid Blyton's books. ever since I touched my first book, I loved the feeling of flipping the pages and smelling the booky papery smell of books, whether new or old. so yes, I love holding hardcopy books and they are just generally more comfortable to read. and I also won't lose my progress, as I can easily stick a bookmark in (or fold the corner of the page down, or remember the page number) or even if I lose my page, I can easily flip around and find it again, whereas in ebooks, I sometimes accidentally close the app, and it would take ages to scroll down to where I last stopped.
also, I can read them during assembly :)
and I can get free books to read at the library :D
negative side: I need time to go to the library (nearest one is at least 7 bus stops away) and also time to choose the books I want. and sometimes I can't find the exact book I want (but I always find other good books anyway... which also pushes my to-read list down). then I have to carry the huge pile of books back home (you know how it is, once you see a book you think you'd like, you can't put it down) and may not be able to finish reading all of them by the renewed deadline. after that, I have to find the time to carry the huge pile of books back to the library to return them.
so you ask, why don't you just go buy some books then?
well... there's a ridiculously small range of books at bookstores around here. and they are all so expensive, I don't have a book budget. a second-hand bookstore? the last time I bought books from one, half of them were M18 books. not exactly desirable, but it could've just been my bad judgement of the book covers and synopsises.
in conclusion.
I will read both, but if I had the money for books, I would buy hardcopy books, not ebooks.
assuming that I can, you know, find the hardcopy books.
can anyone recommend me a bookshop that sells not-selling-anymore books? thanks if you do <3 (which you won't because the blog reader(s) I know don't care for books)
meow
ciao
lynn