Reading time is me time. Hands up who agrees? After a busy week at work (I had a new member of staff shadowing me in class last week. Having to be continually upbeat takes effort) I set aside some recharge time in the form of my favourite introverted pastime… reading.
Spring has finally arrived in Northern Ireland. Since last week, temperatures have been up to around 16°C, which has granted a much-needed opportunity for me to get some Vitamin D while getting in a few more hundred thousand words. Not writing, mind you, just reading. During sunny spells I tend to leave my laptop at home and take a few paperbacks out to the park in my bag.
In one of my previous posts about reading preferences, eBooks vs paperbacks: which is best for reading, I mentioned how I tend to read more eBooks overall because of the accessibility. Lately, it has been the opposite. I normally read my Kindle books in bed, but due to health issues this past month I’ve been going to bed pretty much at the same time my son has been sleeping; in other words, sleeping as much as a child of single digits. Not normally necessary for a middle-aged mum, but health dictates everything. Usually I read my paperbacks in the morning over breakfast or in the afternoon. I find it hard to read from a screen on sunny days as it pretty much turns into a mirror, so my paperbacks have been much handier while out and about in the sun.
Since I haven’t been reading as many eBooks lately, it also made sense for me to cancel my Kindle Unlimited subscription. This doesn’t mean I’ll be reading less books overall, though. It simply means that my paperback TBR pile will be whittling down much quicker than anticipated.
Of course, this can mean only one thing… You guessed it. Another excuse for a book shopping trip soon. Hurray!
Leilanie Stewart 