[barryem]

Originally Posted by Timboli

@Sirtel & @barryem - each to their own.

Of course. I was describing what I enjoy, not what you should do. What you should do is for you to decide.

I love words and language too ... but keep that as a separate interest to reading for pleasure ... where for me, it is about getting lost in another world ... suspending disbelief at times even ... especially if SciFi or Fantasy. I do not like being in clinical mode when reading for pleasure.

I don't feel that looking up words is clinical. To me it's a natural part of reading. I guess I read less to get lost in a world than you do although that does happen. For the most part I read because I enjoy stories. It's just that short interruptions for a good reason don't bother me. I go right back into the story.

If you ever want a challenge of reading the archaic form of English, then if you haven't read it already, I suggest the brilliant original version of William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land. That's a doozy.

I used to enjoy reading challenges but no more. Now I read for the fun of it. I like a book to have a little meat but not always. As I get older and my mind reacts more poorly to challenges I just want the fun. I guess for me looking up words is part of the fun.

I seriously considered buying a 6" Kobo once, for that very reason. But in the end, could not justify it based on the projected usage ... and the fact my Samsung phone could do as much with the Kindle app or other app.

And now they have a bigger Samsung phone, which is ample for the amount of time I might read that way. Ultimately I would prefer to read larger E-Ink anyway, if it is reading for sustained periods. 30 minutes on public transport or in a waiting room somewhere, and my phone is plenty good enough.

On a longer journey (i.e. Plane) I would be in a position to have my Kindle and/or Tablet anyway.

I prefer reading on a phone but unfortunately my eyes limit the length of my reading sessions on LCD. If I keep it under 15 or 20 minutes I'm fine. Much more than that and I'm done reading for a few hours and sometimes longer.

But I always have my current book on my phone and I find lots of short breaks for reading. Recently that Russian phone with the back with e-ink went on sale for $150 and I was very tempted but I had read reviews some time back that said it didn't work well with most reading apps other than the built-in one, which wasn't that good. I didn't want to risk that much money on something I didn't feel fairly confident in. But if it did work that would have been really nice so it was very tempting.

I prefer a 5" screen with Moon+ so I can manually scroll. I don't know a nicer way to read than that. But I end up doing most of my reading on my Voyage.

Barry