Books

I love books.  I love reading.  I love being taken away and entertained by words.  I had always bought my books because I always wanted to be the first person to ever lay eyes on the words on the pages.  Shawn thinks it's strange and doesn't understand why I would want to buy a book when I can go to the library to pick instead.

When electronic readers started to come out, I was adamant that I would never turn away from the printed word.  It was blasphemy for me.  It was also easy to scoff at as well because of the high cost of e-readers. Then prices started to come down but they weren't coming down enough for me to justify buying one.

Last year when Shawn and I went away on a beach vacation, I brought a couple of books to read while I was lounging.  Well, a couple of books wasn't enough.  I ran out of books.  You want a challenge?  Try finding a good book in English to read while you're in the middle of Mexico. I couldn't believe it but I started to consider buying one.

One day I found out that a new, very stripped down version was coming out and it was inexpensive compared to some others.  I hemmed and hawed and hemmed and hawed.  And then I took the plunge and bought the Kobo.

It's been a few months since I've had one and I'm still not convinced it's a replacement for books.  However I will admit when I've travelled it has been a lot better.  It's much lighter and I never have to worry about the number of books I bring with me.  It has definitely made buying books easier much to Shawn's annoyance. All I have to do is buy it online then sync up my Kobo and I have a new book waiting to be read. 

I just hope that one day I won't feel like a traitor when I walk past a bookstore.