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Old 07-03-2020, 12:12 PM   #5308
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I’m not seeing the assumptions. When you’ve got hundreds (or thousands) of books, they can’t all be equally appealing. Moreover, unless you acquired then all within the past year or so (ok, there’s a tiny assumption there), you have rejected most of them as your next reading choice, over and over.
Suppose I go shopping and pick up a variety of entrees that will feed me for a couple of weeks. Does picking steak tonight mean I’m “rejecting” homemade soup or spaghetti? No, just means that I happen to be in a red meat mood at the moment. I’ll get to the other options in due time.

Now imagine I’m able to shop for a couple of years at a time, without worrying about spoilage. I like having a wide variety of options available, and the presence of that variety doesn’t mean I go down the list every time and consciously reject all but one thing. It just means I flip through the index and see what happens to catch my eye. Maybe I want to use the slow cooker, maybe it’s a good night to grill, or maybe it’s been a long day and I just want to pop something into the microwave. Doesn’t make any of those choices “better” than the rest – just means that regardless of what I feel like having, I’ve got something on hand that fits the bill.

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And in the worst case scenario, even though I’m not much of a rereader I’d rather reread the quality books I own and have loved, than read a lot of crap just because it was free. Moreover, tastes change and even delivery methods fall out of favor. I look at all the now-yellowed, now-tiny-print paperbacks I’ve held onto for years and what a waste - I should have disposed of them once read. They represent a huge expenditure of effort and space over time and I’ve still got to deal with them.
I picked my current read specifically because it was a dead-tree edition and I’d crossed paths with the author on Facebook. Zero prep, aside from finding a bookmark, and the sequel was right there with it in the stacks. Makes it an excellent choice if I don’t feel like looking at a screen.
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