SOL18: 20th Century Reading Revisited
Posted on March 19th, 2018
A few thoughts upon checking the mailbox and discovering the print book I ordered: I love my Kindle App–really, I do. Long line at the check-out? No problem. Stuck in the waiting room at the doctor’s office? No problem. Facing a three-hour ride to visit relatives? No problem. Change your mind half-way there and want to read a different book? No problem But wait… There’s just something comforting about an old-fashioned book. The feel of the paper as I run my hand up across it to turn the page… Finding that passage to reread by eyeing the edge of the book. Wasn’t that about a third of the way through? Hmmm… not quite, maybe back a few more pages. Yes! Here it is. Marking…