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to read?
Seriously. I’ve been working on the same book that I vowed to read before the end of 2009.
I’m just not that into it.
It just so happens that I am into Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. (I’ve been on a health kick 30 days and counting.) It just so happens that I can purchase the ebook for half price! But when will I have time to read it, if I don’t have time to read anything that is already on my to read list?
Despite considering myself to be technology savvy, I haven’t quite jumped on the ebook bandwagon. There’s just something about putting down my iPhone when I get home and picking up a real paperback. There’s something about the lack of tangibility of an ebook that irks me.
The thing is, I never put down iPhone. It dawned on me today that maybe I can make time for reading if I’m carrying a “book” with me as I wait in line at the grocery store or wait for a server in a restaurant. Maybe if I can read a page or two every time I’m waiting, I will actually finish a book some time this year.
I’ll admit, I tried an ebook once and it didn’t work out. Maybe this time will be different. Maybe this time I will see the inherent value in having a book without carrying the book around.
Maybe this time next week I’ll have an update on how my reading of The Omnivore’s Dilemma [ebook] is going.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:15 am
The Internet has killed our level of mental concentration. I think we all have some form of ADD. lmao.
January 29th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
i unfortunately procrastinate all of the things i should be doing to read…i’m addicted. my friend has a kindle and even though i feel like somewhat of a book purist i love it- it would be really convenient.
January 30th, 2010 at 6:53 am
The Internet has killed a lot more things than our concentration. In fact, it’s interesting that you wrote this particular blog, because I was planning on writing a blog on a more personal level that speaks to my experience with new technology compared to the original ways we used to do things. It’ll be up sometime later today!
However, more on point, nothing could ever replace a true paperback for me, and nothing ever will. I do sympathize with your plight of having no time to read though. You’d think with me being graduated and having no job I’d have plenty of time to read, but almost four weeks into the new year and I’m only one book down and a quarter into the next one. C’est la vie.
January 30th, 2010 at 7:04 am
I actually always carry a small book with me everywhere and it sits in a separate pocket of my bag so I can get to it easily. It’s always nice to take it out when there is waiting, I’ve never gotten into the whole ebooks things, I tried but it’s really not for me. And well, the libraries around here are so nice that I always find a small book to carry around with me!
January 30th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Just saw him on Oprah. He has new book, Food Rules. He’s also a part of a documentary called “Food Inc.” You can purchase it for only $9.99 right now and you get the dvd and you can also download it for free. I think it is a limited time offer. Dad just got it.