Hello, Free-spirited Forest Dweller,
📚 From library rat to digital hoarder
I love reading. I always have. I basically lived at the library as a kid, and I still don't leave the house without a book. Though, I no longer carry paperbacks with me.
One of my happiest memories from that library life, was finally being allowed in the adult section, which opened a whole new era of reading for me. (get your mind out of the gutter, it would be many years before I read any sex scenes, even more before I wrote any 🤪)
Another memory of that time, one that baffled me for many years—no, decades—is why the return period was three weeks. Three weeks! I was bringing back five to seven books a week. And yet, my biggest regret is that I never kept a record of all the books I read... I can barely remember a handful. (yay for apps like goodreads, story graph, fable, bookmory, etc)
Anyway... last summer, I went back to borrowing books. Through Kobo Plus. Granted, they don't have as many books as Amazon does, but KU wasn't available when I first started buying ebooks (the Netherlands didn't have their own Amazon back then), and as a non-US (wide) author, I support the non-exclusivity. (aka, you can put your books in Kobo Plus AND publish it everywhere else.)
✍️ What's Blaine working on?
Still writing The Songs We Owe . Still slow-going. The week after a bank holiday always throws me off my rhythm. I keep having to check what day it is.
🙋🏻 Question of the week:
How do you get your reading fix? Library card, subscription, or a dangerously tall to-buy pile? Feel free to email me, I love to hear how you find your favourite books.
Until next week,
Blaine
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If you don't... Kobo Plus has ebooks and audiobooks, and is a great alternative to Amazon's Kindle subscription. Read more here.
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