Thing 20 - Books 2.0

Now, I have grown up in the digital age but I still really like good ol' fashoined books. Most of the time, I would rather have a physical book, ya know with paper pages and a cover and all, than read from a computer (or cell phone - ick) screen. It does come in handy when a textbook is available via the internet so that I can read it during the down time at work without having to lug it around with me all the time. Also, it's always nice to use the "Find" feature to help search for an answer for your homework or whatnot. Good stuff. But, when I am reading for pleasure and most of the time for class, I would rather not read it from a screen. And books are just so much more portable - I pretty much always have one in my purse. "But, Katy, don't you always have your phone in your purse also - you could download a book onto that!" Yeah...no...my cell phone doesn't even have a camera on it so the screen is tiny - that would be painful to read an entire book or even a page or two via my phone. I wouldn't even want to read on my mp3 player and that has a slightly larger screen. On to "Reader's Advisory" and "Online Book Communities"...um, isn't this totally what Librarything is? Pick one book site with everything (or almost everything) on it and stick to it, please. Now, the audiobooks sites would be handy if I wanted to listen to a book while I workout - but that too, I would really rather read an actual book book. All in all, Book 2.0 seems kinda lame. I mean, come on, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!