My journey to a debt free life

Drawingaline

I got a kindle last month. I have the ap on my phone, but found it was too easy to swipe away onto social media. I subscribed to kindle unlimited while the library is shut (I just don't get on with the online library) and have enjoyed having it.

foxgloves

I love reading but have never wanted to own a Kindle. I do love my book collection, but have implemented a policy that it must never get bigger than the space I have on my current book shelves......& that's 'space' as in the books have to be put away properly, not piled on top, around & anywhere I can balance them! I love a physical book in a way I don't think I could get as excited about if I were to access my fiction needs on a screen. I have pondered why this is the case, & I think it is because so much of what I do is already on a screen........i.e banking, some of my hobbies & interests, daily communications, my dfw diary on here, social media, chatting to people, reading the News, etc, & I just don't think I want to access my reading in a way which means a lot of extra screen time in addition to all of that. I have got much better in recent years at keeping on top of my book collection. In normal non-lockdown times, I buy lots of my books from our local Oxfam bookshop, which is really good. The stuff in there is often like new & I have found several of the titles on my reading list. When I've read them, I don't often keep any but pass them on to my sister or best friend or drop them back in to Oxfam to sell again. The important thing is to keep reading, as it is a good stress buster & keeps our imaginations fed & grey cells sharpened - the format just comes down to individual choice.
Have just started an Icelandic crime series & I think it's going to be a good one. It's certainly off to an intriguing start.
F x

Willowtree222

I have always been like that about books too. I just like the smell and feel and Waterstones is my fave shop, especially the huge ones with a cafe. Since having my allergies, I have found the book shelf just triggers it and have submitted to onscreen reading. It isn't as bad as I thought, but I do prefer holding a book still.
I did use to hoard books though and like your idea of the 'space' 

Drawingaline

I could never replace normal books, I love browsing the library and bookshops and have a wonderful bookshelf on our half landing that my dad built. If we move I will miss that so much. But I find the kindle convenient at certain times. Have read books I would never have looked at in the library and its opened me up to genres I wouldn't have otherwise tried. To me it's not a replacement, more of a companion to 'proper' books.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I prefer real books too as, like Foxgloves, I don't want to spend any more time looking at a screen. Reading a real book seems to rest my eyes more somehow and make me feel more relaxed. I would prefer to keep my books to my bookshelf space, but I dont' have enough bookshelves despite having one in every room. Books have been such a solace during lockdown that I've been glad to have so many to read that I know I'll never run out. I understand the convenience of a kindle but it's not how I want to read.

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

My grass is dying due to lack of rain. This happened last year too and I remember Alan Titchmarsh saying don’t bother watering it, it will come back (not to me personally by the way 🤣). And he was right - it did.

My GKs wouldn’t understand social distancing either so not sure now is the right time for a garden visit from them.

Just had an image of Alan popping round for a cuppa 😂 I noticed this morning that there are shoots coming through now even though it hasn't rained 😊

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

I love reading but have never wanted to own a Kindle. I do love my book collection, but have implemented a policy that it must never get bigger than the space I have on my current book shelves......& that's 'space' as in the books have to be put away properly, not piled on top, around & anywhere I can balance them! I love a physical book in a way I don't think I could get as excited about if I were to access my fiction needs on a screen. I have pondered why this is the case, & I think it is because so much of what I do is already on a screen........i.e banking, some of my hobbies & interests, daily communications, my dfw diary on here, social media, chatting to people, reading the News, etc, & I just don't think I want to access my reading in a way which means a lot of extra screen time in addition to all of that. I have got much better in recent years at keeping on top of my book collection. In normal non-lockdown times, I buy lots of my books from our local Oxfam bookshop, which is really good. The stuff in there is often like new & I have found several of the titles on my reading list. When I've read them, I don't often keep any but pass them on to my sister or best friend or drop them back in to Oxfam to sell again. The important thing is to keep reading, as it is a good stress buster & keeps our imaginations fed & grey cells sharpened - the format just comes down to individual choice.
Have just started an Icelandic crime series & I think it's going to be a good one. It's certainly off to an intriguing start.
F x

I'm a huge book fiend 😂 and used to have piles of them all over the place. I now have two piles on my bedroom floor in the corner, one is to be read and the other is to be donated when the charity shops re open.
 The books in my bookcase are mostly non fiction books about old lore,witchcraft, Norse beliefs and Druidism plus some gardening books and my unfinished Terry Pratchett collection.These are books I return to again and again like reference books and I would never get rid of them.
I don't have the same connection to most of the fiction books I read so I'm not fussed which format they come in. The kindle is really for reading on my break at work, I read whenever I'm on a break so three half hour slots during a twelve hour shift, I'm thinking it will be easier and lighter than transporting books in my rucksack. If I haven't got a podcast episode to listen to I also read on the bus whenever I am on one, I can't just sit there I have to be reading or listening 😀

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

I have always been like that about books too. I just like the smell and feel and Waterstones is my fave shop, especially the huge ones with a cafe. Since having my allergies, I have found the book shelf just triggers it and have submitted to onscreen reading. It isn't as bad as I thought, but I do prefer holding a book still.
I did use to hoard books though and like your idea of the 'space' 

I love bookshops, we have two Waterstones here, one with a cafe and one without. We used to have a rare books bookshop as well that was always interesting to look around. 
We also have a charity book shop called Book Cycle, the books are all donated but when you buy a book it's up to you how much you pay, I can't remember exactly how it works and whether you have to give some books to buy some books but it's certainly popular and a cheap way to buy books. My DD has an independent bookshop in her town, I still haven't had a chance to look in there but she says it's really good

I fear that my enjoyment of shopping for books is going to be ruined by our new normality, we aren't going to be allowed to pick up the books to look at them which to me is the whole point of going to a bookshop😟

Onebrokelady

Drawingaline said:

I could never replace normal books, I love browsing the library and bookshops and have a wonderful bookshelf on our half landing that my dad built. If we move I will miss that so much. But I find the kindle convenient at certain times. Have read books I would never have looked at in the library and its opened me up to genres I wouldn't have otherwise tried. To me it's not a replacement, more of a companion to 'proper' books.

That's exactly how I see it, as a companion to proper books 😊

foxgloves

OBL..... the non-fiction subjects you mention are a big interest of mine too & I also have a large collection of books which I regularly dip into.
F x