wrapped up in books

[anniesj]

I did my book shopping last night! Yay! Thank goodness I did, too, because I got home and my computer acted funky yet AGAIN, cutting me off from the delicious teat of the internet. Oh, how I can't wait for the brother to get his new computer so I can have his hand-me-down ... *yearns*

Anyway, yesterday swmbo and I were talking about the awesome advent

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[anniesj]

YES -- they really DO seem more permanent, somehow. And I don't know why, but they seem more ... I don't know ... elegant is the only word that really fits there. They're prettier than mass-market paperbacks. It's like reading a hardcover book, but with much more portability and ease. Trade paperbacks are fucking AWESOME. :)

(omg tell me about it -- I have a mass-market paperback, a hardcover, AND a shiny new trade paperback of The Prince of Tides, because it is my favorite book EVER and I could not sacrifice my mass-market to the wastebin when it was full of highlighted sections and notes in the margins *g*)

[ex_stormwin]

I love trade paperbacks, only because I do 90% of my reading at the gym working out, and they're the perfect size for fitting in the book holders the gym provides :)

[anniesj]

Dude!!! Which gym do YOU go to? Our little fitness center in the apartment complex offers no such book holders! But they do have cable, so I can at least go in there and watch The Simpsons while I exercise. ;)

[ex_stormwin]

It's a locally based franchise kinda deal... but while we get book holders, we get 5 TVs set on 3 channels... usually the ABC affiliate, ESPN, and FOX News :(

[anniesj]

Seriously, WHY must every single restaurant/gym/establishment show FOX news all the time?!?! It. Drives. Me. CRAZY!

[fadagaski]

Well, I didn't even know there WAS a difference in paperbacks. I am slow and sad. Ah well. I like anything that's cheaper than a hardcover. Except e-books, because fic is enough. :P

I ticked 'Other' because I like to watch the films too. GOD BLESS BRANAGH'S HENRY V! That baby got me through my A Level.

[anniesj]

HAHAHA I am so glad I am not the only one who passed their finals thanks to Kenneth Branagh. I love that man forever for helping me pass my Shakespeare semester in high school. ;)

[fadagaski]

Dude, if it wasn't for him, my coursework would've sucked. All my imagination was spent trying to bring Birdsong to life - I needed someone else to do the job for me for Henry V.

[penmage]

Mass market paperbacks are cheaper, and fit easier in bags, and take up both less space in carryons, and less weight in suitcases. And when you're going away for a year and taking a lot of books, believe me, those extra pounds count.

<3333333333 mass market paperbacks.

[anniesj]

This is all VERY VERY true -- mass-market paperbacks definitely have their uses, which is why, even as I move to replace my books with trade paperbacks, I'm still keeping the old editions. Because dammit, you HAVE to have a mass-market when you go to the beach. YES. It is like a rule or something. ;)

[rani23]

I loathe E-books. I like having something solid in my hands when I read. :)

[anniesj]

I totally feel you on that. I actually have a LOT of e-books on my computer, and I always use them to test out new books before I buy them, but when it comes to REALLY sitting down and reading? I need a book in my hands. Otherwise, I feel like I'm reading fanfic or something. Plus, there's something to be said for the smell. Giles is so right on that. ;)

[swmbo]

But but but if you have a PDA than you can load it on that and lay in bed and read IN THE DARK!

And it is having something in your hands.

[anniesj]

DUDE! Can you really?!?! Because I have, like, TONS of e-books and I'd love to figure out how to get some of them on my BlackBerry, just to see how it works. *g*

MAGIC PHONES RULE!