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Chitter Chatter
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:59 pm
by northeasters68
Any of you guys ever read Animal Farm? I just started the book and I already like it, so I took a copy home. To be honest, I like shorter books because they can establish such a clear narrative in a "small" amount of time
I feel like people have a very interesting tendency to dismiss shorter books because they aren't worth the read, but that's of course just my thinking!!
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Bring back old ideologies and see what happens...
Re: Chitter Chatter
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:53 am
by Peter
It's a classic book by Orwell nevertheless.
Yeah but reading is "hard".
Physical books: I don't like physical books because I can't read them at dim light, I have to take good care of them, they can be physically destroyed, they can be lost, etc. It's just very tedious and not many can withstand actual reading. Ie.: pages can start falling out
Ebooks: I much prefer having ebooks but I hate the DRM that comes with it.
Reading the ebooks: Finding the perfect ebook reader is also a challenge. Kindles are cool I guess but are they really ergonomic? Phone is comfy but forget PDF scans. Honestly, just using my computer and reading on it seems like the best for my body.
Audiobooks: are cool but I feel like it requires the same attention as reading so not much better I guess. It's OK on the road if you are like a trucker or you do long distances.. but it does require more 'brain power' so not really good for busy roads for example in my opinion.
Blinkist: I also tried this "Blinkist" service just because why not but it's very underwhelming. The content is just super lacking, almost all the books I was interested in ... are simply missing. Some have these weird audio effects and even some distracting music added which is just super weird.
It is what it is.
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Re: Chitter Chatter
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:01 pm
by harryb382003
Animal Farm is a personal favorite. I have it as a 2 in 1 book with 1984.
As for Ebooks, I have yet to bring myself to buy one due to DRM and the fact that I like physical books, preferably hardcovers.
Pete, you now you you can get clip-on LED book lamps
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Re: Chitter Chatter
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:18 pm
by northeasters68
No way, I definitely gotta get one of those :0