OH. Mah. GAWDT. Videos of the fuzzy babies!!! 😍 You love us!!! Thank you!
I will always love reading physical books the best AND I have to say that I really love my Kindle. I put off buying one for so long and then finally caved last year. I love reading books during the day and reading on my Kindle at night. Barf on Bezos pero like also its wildly convenient.
Reading your description of the paperback and the kitsch bookmark had me looking around my bedroom like, "Has she been here before?" 😂 The floppy book of my dreams is my copy of Henry and June.
Great vacation game choices. I fucking LOVE Taboo although I have not played it in ages.
The Love Witch is SO good and so campy. Visual splendor!!
I recently started Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley on whim after hearing her on a podcast but I don't know if I'm going to continue. I DO want to finish it but it's sad and I'm in the mood for something more fun.
hahahaha I DO love you guys. Amy posted a video and my whole world opened up.
the Kindle is SO convenient especially sharing a bed with someone who doesnt want a light in their face. Yes I have been there before it is also at my house lol.
I say pause on the thing that is sad so you dont hate it for just not being in the mood.
Me and my games and summer reads are also very excited for a little getaway :)
Agreed about paperbacks! Thanks for the thoughtful analysis and photo proof! :) And imagine the frustration of being an author stuck in a world where hardcover sales matter the most (even pre-orders of hardcovers) when we all know they cost too much and are hard to carry around and read. How is an author supposed to talk people into buying a sufficient # of hardcovers? I love a great floppy beach paperback, big or small, a little wear is okay (I just bought a heap at a local community sale) because it makes the book stay open even better, and it feels loved. Secondarily, a Kindle loaded with every possible book I bought on a whim so when I'm traveling or away from home I can jump from one choice to another.
You literally nailed it. I buy every single kindle deal under $3 so I have anything I might suddenly want to read which shouldnt be discounted, but isnt quite the same experience as a paperback. And oh you must feel so much pressure, I wish publishers would listen - WE WANT PAPERBACK. Lit fic or classics can have their hardbacks, the fun stuff needs to fit in a purse. I also am fully game for some wear if the cover is cool and I got it second hand :)
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE FLOPPY PAPERBACKS! I know everyone's into these special edition hardcovers but you can pry my floppy papers from my cold, dead, floppy hands!!!!
I have the floppiest copy of The Hobbit from my childhood (like you can immediately tell my favorite scenes by the way the spine gaps open around them). Nowadays I’m a kindle reader who *wants* to be a physical reader… I just can’t get over the ease and accessibility features of my kindle (reading in dark mode has been life changing for my focus) 🥰
Also your comment "I feel my reading experience slowly siphoning off into Digital Land in the name of convenience." made me nod so deeply in agreement! I've been struggling with this lately, finding myself listening to alot on audio while catching up on misc small tasks or reading a few pages on my Kindle with all the lights off in bed at night since my husband goes to sleep earlier than me. I'm trying to be easy on myself, saying that this is just a season of life that's busier with less time to melt in to a chair for hours on end enjoying a physical book.
ah to melt into a chair for hours with a physical book! what a luxury right. I know exactly how you feel. I often get a few kindle pages in at night before falling asleep, but we can still romanticize our physical copies even if we never get to read them lol
My most satisfying floppy paperback is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Got it at a used bookstore some 25 years ago. They don’t much make them like that anymore.
Just finished Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow. So fun! I needed a break from sciencey or heavy non-fiction.
I love a lame cat fight! When the shorthairs fight here, I just say, “Lame!” They don’t really put their all into it. We’ve made their lives too cushy!
lame lol I love it. they are certainly gentle with their paws its not a true cat fight like with the male neighborhood cats. Love in the Time of Cholera is such a classic, and that you got it used 25 years ago you better keep that thing forever!!!
I’m loving the scientific analysis of the book flop. Books in the UK are HARDLY EVER floppy, it’s honestly so incredibly rare I come by one - so I back your point! UK books have no flop ever. It’s obvs a printing difference. I laughed at the inclusion of our current East of Eden analysis. May it continue to be so profound. I’m enjoying reading along with you too - it definitely makes me think so much more about what I am reading!
Ps please order Elena Knows…. I know it’s in your basket, just click buy x
My friend introduced me to the Love Witch and was truly considering ordering the painting that's shown at the end. I think a whole dissertation can be written about the eyeshadow colors alone.
I definitely prefer physical over digital (though I will admit to the convenience of said digital rendering with limited shelf space.) I do love me a hardcover, though. There's something so weighty and serious about it. I, too, don't like breaking book spines, so maybe that's why? Or, I'm just used to being surrounded by leather bound books (my Dad has a collection from the Easton Press) and so I'm recreating that in my own apartment idk.
A hardback book can be gorgeous on the shelf. But recently I find myself not picking up the titles I only have in hardback! I just like to look at them. I love that your dad has a collection
keep holding out!! I love that for you. I have an ancient copy of Valley of the Dolls, just looking at it reminds me of the places I took it and where/when it was read. 🖤
OH. Mah. GAWDT. Videos of the fuzzy babies!!! 😍 You love us!!! Thank you!
I will always love reading physical books the best AND I have to say that I really love my Kindle. I put off buying one for so long and then finally caved last year. I love reading books during the day and reading on my Kindle at night. Barf on Bezos pero like also its wildly convenient.
Reading your description of the paperback and the kitsch bookmark had me looking around my bedroom like, "Has she been here before?" 😂 The floppy book of my dreams is my copy of Henry and June.
Great vacation game choices. I fucking LOVE Taboo although I have not played it in ages.
The Love Witch is SO good and so campy. Visual splendor!!
I recently started Grief Is For People by Sloane Crosley on whim after hearing her on a podcast but I don't know if I'm going to continue. I DO want to finish it but it's sad and I'm in the mood for something more fun.
Very excited for you and your vacation!!! 💕
hahahaha I DO love you guys. Amy posted a video and my whole world opened up.
the Kindle is SO convenient especially sharing a bed with someone who doesnt want a light in their face. Yes I have been there before it is also at my house lol.
I say pause on the thing that is sad so you dont hate it for just not being in the mood.
Me and my games and summer reads are also very excited for a little getaway :)
Agreed about paperbacks! Thanks for the thoughtful analysis and photo proof! :) And imagine the frustration of being an author stuck in a world where hardcover sales matter the most (even pre-orders of hardcovers) when we all know they cost too much and are hard to carry around and read. How is an author supposed to talk people into buying a sufficient # of hardcovers? I love a great floppy beach paperback, big or small, a little wear is okay (I just bought a heap at a local community sale) because it makes the book stay open even better, and it feels loved. Secondarily, a Kindle loaded with every possible book I bought on a whim so when I'm traveling or away from home I can jump from one choice to another.
You literally nailed it. I buy every single kindle deal under $3 so I have anything I might suddenly want to read which shouldnt be discounted, but isnt quite the same experience as a paperback. And oh you must feel so much pressure, I wish publishers would listen - WE WANT PAPERBACK. Lit fic or classics can have their hardbacks, the fun stuff needs to fit in a purse. I also am fully game for some wear if the cover is cool and I got it second hand :)
IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE FLOPPY PAPERBACKS! I know everyone's into these special edition hardcovers but you can pry my floppy papers from my cold, dead, floppy hands!!!!
I’m dead lol floppy hands 😂😂😂
I have the floppiest copy of The Hobbit from my childhood (like you can immediately tell my favorite scenes by the way the spine gaps open around them). Nowadays I’m a kindle reader who *wants* to be a physical reader… I just can’t get over the ease and accessibility features of my kindle (reading in dark mode has been life changing for my focus) 🥰
I love that you still have the copy! And I feel you - I often have one physial and one kindle book going at a time so I can read at night or at work.
Babies being babies!! 😍😍
Also your comment "I feel my reading experience slowly siphoning off into Digital Land in the name of convenience." made me nod so deeply in agreement! I've been struggling with this lately, finding myself listening to alot on audio while catching up on misc small tasks or reading a few pages on my Kindle with all the lights off in bed at night since my husband goes to sleep earlier than me. I'm trying to be easy on myself, saying that this is just a season of life that's busier with less time to melt in to a chair for hours on end enjoying a physical book.
ah to melt into a chair for hours with a physical book! what a luxury right. I know exactly how you feel. I often get a few kindle pages in at night before falling asleep, but we can still romanticize our physical copies even if we never get to read them lol
My most satisfying floppy paperback is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Got it at a used bookstore some 25 years ago. They don’t much make them like that anymore.
Just finished Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow. So fun! I needed a break from sciencey or heavy non-fiction.
I love a lame cat fight! When the shorthairs fight here, I just say, “Lame!” They don’t really put their all into it. We’ve made their lives too cushy!
lame lol I love it. they are certainly gentle with their paws its not a true cat fight like with the male neighborhood cats. Love in the Time of Cholera is such a classic, and that you got it used 25 years ago you better keep that thing forever!!!
I’m loving the scientific analysis of the book flop. Books in the UK are HARDLY EVER floppy, it’s honestly so incredibly rare I come by one - so I back your point! UK books have no flop ever. It’s obvs a printing difference. I laughed at the inclusion of our current East of Eden analysis. May it continue to be so profound. I’m enjoying reading along with you too - it definitely makes me think so much more about what I am reading!
Ps please order Elena Knows…. I know it’s in your basket, just click buy x
I knew you would approve of that one in the cart ☺️
My friend introduced me to the Love Witch and was truly considering ordering the painting that's shown at the end. I think a whole dissertation can be written about the eyeshadow colors alone.
I definitely prefer physical over digital (though I will admit to the convenience of said digital rendering with limited shelf space.) I do love me a hardcover, though. There's something so weighty and serious about it. I, too, don't like breaking book spines, so maybe that's why? Or, I'm just used to being surrounded by leather bound books (my Dad has a collection from the Easton Press) and so I'm recreating that in my own apartment idk.
A hardback book can be gorgeous on the shelf. But recently I find myself not picking up the titles I only have in hardback! I just like to look at them. I love that your dad has a collection
keep holding out!! I love that for you. I have an ancient copy of Valley of the Dolls, just looking at it reminds me of the places I took it and where/when it was read. 🖤