{"id":3652,"date":"2012-01-11T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T15:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2012-01-14T02:29:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T08:29:02","slug":"what-are-your-reading-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2012\/01\/11\/what-are-your-reading-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your Reading Habits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"475\" height=\"271\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SKVcQnyEIT8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"475\" height=\"271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SKVcQnyEIT8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday on my personal Facebook page, I posted the video above. A very good friend replied, saying that he&#8217;s all about e-books and audio books these days, because it allows him to not be weighed down by books and lets him read\/listen on the go.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Power of E-Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I love physical books, but I&#8217;m not against e-books and audio books; in fact, in the past two years, I&#8217;ve read more digital books than physical books.<\/p>\n<p>I find myself taking in non-fiction as audio books more and more, because it&#8217;s easy to listen to while at the gym or formatting things at work. (As a technical writer, music with lyrics and podcasts can be distracting, but sometimes &#8212; if I&#8217;m formatting a lot of procedures and not writing &#8212; I can listen to something with words.)<\/p>\n<p>This is the point my friend made: reading is no longer this thing we do before bed, or on lunch breaks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Long line at the DMV? Pull out your phone and read.<\/li>\n<li>Ride a train to work? You&#8217;ve probably seen more e-readers in the last couple years.<\/li>\n<li>That kid you think is checking Facebook on her phone? She&#8217;s actually reading. (Okay, reading <em>and <\/em>checking Facebook.)<\/li>\n<li>Long commute or road trip? Listen to a book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E-readers were big sellers this past holiday season, and I have to think that most of the people buying and receiving an e-reader don&#8217;t leave it on the nightstand. I see them at work, at cafes, and even in restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>All over the place.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>So What About Physical Books?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just because I love e-books and audiobooks (although I&#8217;m still not a big fan of fiction as audiobook &#8212; I like the way it all comes in when reading silently), it doesn&#8217;t mean there&#8217;s not room for physical books in my life.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get an e-reader for Christmas, but I got a small pile of books I&#8217;ve been enjoying.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A pile of books.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/images\/pileobooks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Start of 2012&#39;s Reading List<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For some reason, before bed at night or on a lazy afternoon on the couch, I like physical books best. With an exception: BIG books.<\/p>\n<p>I recently reviewed Craig Thompson&#8217;s <a title=\"Review of Craig Thompson's Habibi.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2012\/01\/05\/the-book-pile-habibi\/\"><em>Habibi<\/em><\/a>, which is a stunning physical book in its design &#8212; but at over 660 pages, it&#8217;s heavy and not as easy to get comfortable with as my phone or an e-reader.<\/p>\n<p>Still, for certain authors, there&#8217;s just something about cracking open a book that I will always love.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What About You?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How have your reading habits changed in recent years? Do you find yourself reading more e-books on the go, like my friend, or do you still prefer to curl up in bed with a good [physical] book?<\/p>\n<p>One thing&#8217;s for certain, whether you prefer digital books to physical books (or the other way around) &#8212; taking time out to read, and the habits that come with doing so, will hopefully never die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday on my personal Facebook page, I posted the video above. A very good friend replied, saying that he&#8217;s all about e-books and audio books these days, because it allows him to not be weighed down by books and lets him read\/listen on the go. 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