Yeah, kind of same here. Wouldn't categorize us as poor, but yeah, couldn't afford tons of new books. Older books in my collection are all used books, though now I go for new books.
Funnily, I have never understood the smell part of it, even though whenever I mention liking physical books, it comes up. I just like the physical feel of the book. Getting the subconscious feel of how much I have read and how much is left by just looking at the pages. Just the overall feel of it.
Yours might even be older than me. I have Sony PRS-350. It was released in 2010 (and when I bought it) PRS-505 was apparently released in 2008, don't know when you bought it though.
And yeah, the official leather cover (bought separately) has broken down, during the time when I wasn't using it. Device itself works like a charm though.
Yeah, I don't care about much about how you read, it's so rare for me to meet people who love reading. So after the initial "I prefer physical books" thing, we just move on to what we read and like.
Haha, I am one of those people. Never thought about like that. Though I go with "physical" not "real".
E-book readers are great. I prefer to read physical books, but for some of the older books that are difficult to find locally, I just get the ebook.
Still have a 15 old Sony Pocket reader, without wifi or any bells and whistles. Still work like a charm though, and battery life is still pretty good. Though, I didn't use it much for about 6-7 years in the middle, and then light use for 3-4 years, but still, something like that to last 15 years, and still keep working is so nice!
Thanks for providing the nicely formatted list!
Skimming through the list, I don't think I haven't read anything from the list, except for A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Throne), though I do have some Cassandra Clare books that are in the list. Is this related to LGBTQ+? Seems to be, according to title of some books...
This does seem to match exactly what the OP asked for.
Yeah, looks interesting, I'm going to check it out too.
Heh, that is most probably true. On reddit, I too was subscribed to both bullet journal and fountain pens subs. Though, haven't joined it here (yet), it is not a healthy community for your wallet. 😀
I have more inks that I'll probably use in next decade, don't have enough pens though... also missing a few colours in ink...
Yeah, me too. Though I was mostly a lurker on reddit, and while lurking on lemmy for a while and not finding one, I decided to create one. A place to start gathering the people. Hopefully, we will seeing people contributing soon too. 👍
(That was me, going on a roundabout way, to encourage you to join and start posting 😀)
Ah cool. Amari series looks interesting. Going to order the first book to see if my kid likes it.
The author mentions it as Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black. Have you read Artemis Fowl series? I am wondering which should I get for him first. Which of these is better for younger audience?
How's the 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed to read? Easy to read or somewhat dense?