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hermes · 05-31-2011, 02:55 AM

OK, if it's truly confidential, you're not going to post here.

In my case...

The excuse.

1. Intellectual: Out of the reading habit. Want to read more, maybe this novelty will help.

The reason.

1. Practical: Lonely Planet West Africa guidebook too heavy for train travel. Adding *East* Africa too and it's impossible.

The real reason

2. Emotional: Six months of 5 hours a day caring for the person in my life who is dearest to me, taking a break from his dying to do something indulgent, unnecessary, expensive, and time-consuming - for me.

The real reason behind the real reason

3. Spiritual: Can't stand clutter or anything superfluous. While I like the results and activity of reading I really can stomach the presence of a shelf of books. Don't really know why. It's an angst about undigested books. Feel I should select and memorize one great 'book' in the pre-medieval oral tradition or totally understand one book before I move on to a second. On my deathbed will having read many books really matter?

Yours might be (seriously or jokingly)...

a. impress strangers on the bus who are still using 14th century technology.

b. vengence for brother who runs antiquarian bookstore, gift for his son

c. impress girlfriend who thinks I am Neanderthal. Just need to fill up my ereader with over 100 titles and do some page turns to make them look read.

Or?

Of course you might have bought an ereader for some strange and some very rational reasons both.

05-31-2011, 02:55 AM	#1
hermes non-techy Posts: 110 Karma: 50586 Join Date: May 2011 Location: wherever I can afford to get laid and eat vegetarian Device: Sony pocket edition and Kobo touch both died - looking at Kindles	What's the other (secret) reason you bought your ereader? OK, if it's truly confidential, you're not going to post here. In my case... The excuse. 1. Intellectual: Out of the reading habit. Want to read more, maybe this novelty will help. The reason. 1. Practical: Lonely Planet West Africa guidebook too heavy for train travel. Adding East Africa too and it's impossible. The real reason 2. Emotional: Six months of 5 hours a day caring for the person in my life who is dearest to me, taking a break from his dying to do something indulgent, unnecessary, expensive, and time-consuming - for me. The real reason behind the real reason 3. Spiritual: Can't stand clutter or anything superfluous. While I like the results and activity of reading I really can stomach the presence of a shelf of books. Don't really know why. It's an angst about undigested books. Feel I should select and memorize one great 'book' in the pre-medieval oral tradition or totally understand one book before I move on to a second. On my deathbed will having read many books really matter? Yours might be (seriously or jokingly)... a. impress strangers on the bus who are still using 14th century technology. b. vengence for brother who runs antiquarian bookstore, gift for his son c. impress girlfriend who thinks I am Neanderthal. Just need to fill up my ereader with over 100 titles and do some page turns to make them look read. Or? Of course you might have bought an ereader for some strange and some very rational reasons both. Last edited by hermes; 05-31-2011 at 06:19 AM.