I’m a stubborn reader. I like to read a book all the way through from cover to cover to the bitter end but sometimes when you do that it can feel like you’re reading through gritted teeth and relentless forced eye movements across the page. Until recently I could hardly recall books that I had stopped reading half way through, I just put up with it and ploughed through it. And then recently…
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Thoughts #1: On Books That Fit In Your Pocket
How convenient and satisfying, when you can walk through town or through the woods, and sitting down at a cafe table or on a tree stump, pull a compact, flexible book from your pocket. No bag unpacking required. What a good feeling. You can skim a few pages or just a paragraph or two and then back it goes and you’re on your way. The age of paperbacks that you could truly…
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