Usually just go on holiday for a week at a time and usually take 3 books with me and after I've finished those I look out for hotel exchanges or second hand bookshops............. had to stop typing there as post just arrived with my Kindle.
Will go and get started !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will go and get started !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Depends on the holiday. This year I barely managed to get through 2 in a week. last year I managed to read about 8 in a fortnight but we spent a lot longer round the pool. That year I took 5 and found another shelf full in the aprtment. Left mine behind to add to the library.
Don't think I would ever want a kindle (other brands are available). 1) you have to pay full price for a 'book' 2) You can't borrow them for free from libraries. 2) You won't be able to borrow files from your friends. 4) You won't be able to get the books cheap from charity shops.
I can't see that this is progress!
Don't think I would ever want a kindle (other brands are available). 1) you have to pay full price for a 'book' 2) You can't borrow them for free from libraries. 2) You won't be able to borrow files from your friends. 4) You won't be able to get the books cheap from charity shops.
I can't see that this is progress!
Hi di Hi - I've always thought the same as you, but my daughter has a Sony one from Waterstones, and she swears by it 
Don't think I would ever want a kindle
oh me neither. I love everything about books- the way they look, feel and smell
I could quite easily be in my element working in a library or bookshop. I hope these e-readers won't mean the extinction of books 
shirley h wrote:Don't think I would ever want a kindle
oh me neither. I love everything about books- the way they look, feel and smell
That's the point I was making too, shirley! While, as a fast reader, I can see the attraction of not lugging heavy books on holiday with me, I would miss the actual experience of reading a book, same as you. There's something quite special about turning the pages, etc...
While there are bibliophiles like us, books will remain. There's something special about a book.
I love books and at home go through loads especially in the "summer" if I get chance to sit in the garden and read - BUT I have to say that 'Sir' bought me a Sony e:reader and I love it for my holidays! Rather than the whole of my hand luggage being taken up by books this year I had 120 (free!!) books downloaded and it weighs nothing!!
I usually take about 6 and still manage to read a couple from the hotel/apartment. I love books but I am thinking about a Kindle too. However, I usually buy/sell my books via Greenmetropolis so that will stop but it seems like a really good idea for travel/holidays etc.. Mind you, would it become like the Peter Kay observation, where you have 3000 songs on your iPod and only seem to listen to the same 20 or so Plus I don't read many of my books twice, think I'm talking myself out of one!
but it seems like a really good idea for travel/holidays etc.. Mind you, would it become like the Peter Kay observation, where you have 3000 songs on your iPod and only seem to listen to the same 20 or so Plus I don't read many of my books twice, think I'm talking myself out of one!
I am taking 4 away with me when we go to Egypt on a diving holiday. I am a quick reader but wont actually have much time for reading so that is why I am taking so few.
My thoughts on the Kindle ..... Early days yet but so far I am delighted. I can't always get to the library. There are no Charity Shops in my town where I can get cheap books. I downloaded 5 free books on Wednesday when it arrived and was charged up. I have read 3 so far. and a bonus I never expected, because of athritis I often had to sit at a table with the book flat but the Kindle is so light I can relax in the armchair and read it I will not desert the library because , like others, I love books but with the current weather forecast I am unlikely to get there this coming week
Can you read a kindle in the bath?
A friend of mine goes on walking holidays with her husband. She takes a couple of paperbacks and discards the pages (into bins) as she goes to lighten the load. Actually she always keepes a few sheets that she has read as emergency toilet paper in case they get called short on some godforsaken footpath somewhere out in the wilds. Try that with a kindle!
A friend of mine goes on walking holidays with her husband. She takes a couple of paperbacks and discards the pages (into bins) as she goes to lighten the load. Actually she always keepes a few sheets that she has read as emergency toilet paper in case they get called short on some godforsaken footpath somewhere out in the wilds. Try that with a kindle!
Hi De Hi.
You made me laugh with your comments. As I am disabled I am unlikely to need pages from books as loo paper and for the same reason Social Services removed my bath and installed a shower so reading in the bath is not an option anyway.
I'm hoping to move to sheltered housing shortly and as part of a preparatory clearout I gave over 200 books to charity recently. I hope that someone can get the enjoyment from them which I did and not just use them as toilet paper.
You made me laugh with your comments. As I am disabled I am unlikely to need pages from books as loo paper and for the same reason Social Services removed my bath and installed a shower so reading in the bath is not an option anyway.
I'm hoping to move to sheltered housing shortly and as part of a preparatory clearout I gave over 200 books to charity recently. I hope that someone can get the enjoyment from them which I did and not just use them as toilet paper.
Depending on my weight allowance I usually take 4 or 5 paperbacks which I pick up from the charity shop down the road at 20p each. The only problem I have is that sometimes I start reading them before my holiday! I always leave them at the hotel and rely on others doing the same so I can find something else if I run out.
I have taken the same book on holiday since 2008 when i managed to read a few chapters but not looked at it since. we are going on a Nile cruise at christmas and the said book is already in the flight bag might even get round to reading it while im away
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Yeah, Edd. But what's the book?
We always go straight to Waterstones when we get through to departures and buy four books each. I try to persuade my hubby to buy books I could read too as I will read all 8 on a two week holiday.
I am almost convinced to get a Kindle though as books weigh a TONNE. Not a problem on the flight out, but it is on the flight back and I've had to leave books abroad before.
I am almost convinced to get a Kindle though as books weigh a TONNE. Not a problem on the flight out, but it is on the flight back and I've had to leave books abroad before.
I used to take lots of books on holiday but since buying my Kindle that is all I now take. Do not miss the "feel" of a book as this is so light and the "pages" easy to click over. Bought the 3G Kindle so I can download books when I am not in the UK so will always have something to read wherever I am.
We have just been on a 4 weeks touring holiday and it was brilliant that my hand luggage was so light on the internal flights and I still had the choice of books to read whilst passing time in the Airports.
Lots of free classics on the Amazon web site as well as a good choice of books to buy.
I still buy cookery and travel books etc as I like to keep them and go to the charity shop to buy my home reading but would not be without my Kindle.
We have just been on a 4 weeks touring holiday and it was brilliant that my hand luggage was so light on the internal flights and I still had the choice of books to read whilst passing time in the Airports.
Lots of free classics on the Amazon web site as well as a good choice of books to buy.
I still buy cookery and travel books etc as I like to keep them and go to the charity shop to buy my home reading but would not be without my Kindle.
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