On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 9:17:43 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 3/9/2021 3:06 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > I know you're too old for an e-reader, but they're great. You easily
> > carry dozens of books around if you want.
>
> Why would someone want to carry around dozens of books?
> I only read one at a time.

I've been known to have a couple of books going simultaneously.

If I'm out and finish the book I'm reading, the next one is right there
waiting for me.

> > You don't need to store the books.
> > You're not stuck with a useless book after you've read it.
>
> Non-fiction books never become useless.

Tell that to my 1968 World Book Encyclopedia.

> Fiction books, I only save the really good ones to maybe reread many
> years later.

Different strokes. I re-read almost every book. Sometimes for
a really good new book, I turn from the last page to the first page and
re-read it immediately.

> I read many from the library. No cost.

Unless you live in some third-world hellhole, you can load library
books onto an e-reader.

> As I said, I've got so many books here. If I ever move and have to
> downsize, getting rid of many books would be the hardest thing to part with.

We voluntarily downsized our collection of books when we realized
we strongly prefer the e-reader. We're down to one 6' tall, 3' wide
bookcase.

Cindy Hamilton