It was the Kobo Elipsa e-reader that finally solved this conundrum for me
I really did have a backpack just for books before that
https://www.tumblr.com/myjetpack/757146800119545856/for-guardian-books
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“It’s sufficiently well written that I kept reading, without being actually good.”
… @Bluejo, reviewing a book
https://reactormag.com/jo-waltons-reading-list-june-2024/
This is mostly my reading life. I’m slowly learning to put them down now
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“I paid a terrible price for this knowledge.”
It sure feels like that at times!
#Books #Reading
More here, https://moss-sprout.tumblr.com/post/753938020143677440/im-starting-a-collection
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Via catchymemes on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/catchymemes/754007035834712064
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I did this as a young un.
A lot.
A lot, lot, in fact.
https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/754089082767998976
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Abso-fucking-lutely!
https://www.tumblr.com/syupon/753366914953248768/me-all-my-friends-currently
#TLT #TheLockedTomb #Books #Reading
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#tlt, #TheLockedTomb, #books, #reading
I Read Like Grandma Does
https://janusworx.com/blog/i-read-like-grandma-does/
#mjbWrites #100WordHabit #Reading #Books
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#mjbwrites, #100WordHabit, #reading, #books
Probably me …
Who am I kidding? Definitely me!
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‘The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.’
— G.K. Chesterton, as quoted by Terry Pratchett
https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/749094988346015744
#Books #Reading #FairyTales #Dragons #Kids
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#books, #reading, #fairytales, #dragons, #kids
“The saying goes you need to pay twice for a book; once when you purchase it, another when you read it the first time.”
https://herbertlui.net/you-cant-summarize-the-most-important-parts-of-a-book/
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