We were reading online about the Kindle wireless reading device on Amazon, it doesn't appeal to me. I like to hold the book, feel the weight, see all the pages and words, like the feel of the paper.For instance, I just finished Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes (his latest book - a manuscript that was found posthumously). The book looks like it is about pirates - the cover with the skull and crossbones in the water, the pages are faded a bit and ragged on the edges. You can refer to the old map of the Caribbean sea inside the front and back covers at any time while reading to trace the character's journey.
What is your preference? Reading online on on a hand-held device or a real book?
Speaking of reading, visited the library this week, the first time in a while. The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner caught my eye, it sounds good, but the real reason I brought it home was because of what I read on the back cover:"If you read Sue Grafton, Lee Child, Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly, or Nelson DeMille, you're going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven." ~ Stephen King.
What makes you pick up a book and take it home? The cover, the author, the feel of the pages, or an awesome review by Stephen King?
I like to keep up with what I have read, and according to Library Thing I read 40 books in 2009! I am way behind that for this year already.
Do you know how many books you have read? Do you keep a list? It comes in handy so I won't check out the same one twice - but old age will solve that problem, I won't remember it anyway, so might as well read it over again - LOL!
Speaking of keeping up with things, I also like to see who is reading this blog, and use Site Meter - (website tracking tool to see who is visiting your site, how they found you, where they came from, and more).
The information is very interesting, a lot of folks end up here through search engines - the most popular results being 'gonna be a bear' 'pie song from Michael' 'indian trail trees 'Maxine cartoons'.
It is always surprising to me to hear of people actually reading what I write, like the other day a friend called with a question for Buddy and asked why I hadn't been blogging much lately, they missed reading it… and the neighbor who told Melissa at the grocery store how she keeps up with all of us by reading my blog… who knew?
