I find it exactly the opposite anymore. What changed it for me was obtaining an e-ink kindle (aka kindle paperwite), which optically is very much the same as a book. I had tried various e-readers before, and tablets, etc, and using the paperwhite is much superior.
Plus, I typically read at bedtime, and the paperwhite I use does have a built in backlight, but it can be set so low that it isn't glaring in your eyes like a typical tablet - it's more like a book light without the external light. And, you don't have to find your place when you fall asleep reading. I'm NOT a fan of reading on a traditional tablet. I think if that was the only choice, I'd stick with the dead tree books. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:27 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > One book I wanted to read recently was only available on Kindle. > I don't like reading books on devices other than wood pulp. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 2:21 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bored > > Try some of John Ringos' original SciFi.. > > On 07/24/2020 01:14 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > I get Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair confused. Didn’t really like > > either of them. Been a while since I read any Bradbury or Heinlein. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:01 PM > > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored > > > > I talked to an old college friend the other day, he had just read and > was > > recommending “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > > *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:54 PM > > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored > > > > Books are better. > > > > I found the 1911 edition of the /Boy Scouts Handbook /enlightening. The > > views expressed by the author(s) are a glimpse into a different time. > It > > also discusses survival and outdoor skills in broad terms. If you tried > > to build a bow or a log cabin from the instructions in that book you'd > > have to do a lot of your own figuring to fill in the blanks, but maybe > > that's the whole point, and maybe that's the piece we're missing from > > society today. Like maybe the journey of figuring out the precise > > techniques to carve the notches into the logs is a better experience > than > > emulating a you-tuber who shows you every single step. > > > > My other recent recreational book was the /National Audubon Society > Field > > Guide to North American Trees/. I lived 40 years on this earth only ever > > learning a handful of major tree types (Oak, Maple, etc). I'm > embarrassed > > to say I was calling every needle leafed tree a "pine" for most of those > > years. I finally decided to educate myself on the topic. > > > > On 7/24/2020 3:29 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > > > I am not much of a sports fan... I thought. But with no sports on I > > am really missing them. I would at times catch part of a game to > > pass the time. That option is gone for the moment and there nothing > > but crap on to watch... Need a good book I guess. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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