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Originally Posted by Desertway
Another Kindle gal who used to grab nearly every freebie around, but at some point realized it was a waste of time. They are still all there on my Oasis, "just in case". I have no idea what that case might be. Some dystopian catastrophe in which I can never obtain another book, but can still charge my Kindle?
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Or, stuck in a nursing home or hospital. I'm saving for when my kids have to put me in a home and I'll only need a tablet of some kind with my books with me. I've had to get rid of so many in the past, I know that more will have to go when we finally retire and downsize.
I get twitchy without my library with me. We were military, and I spent 3 years in Japan, where my kids started school. I had to donate all my paperbacks because of weight restrictions before we went, paring them all down to one medium box. Didn't see that box for nine months, when we finally got settled and had our household items unpacked.
Guess what box was the ONLY box that had set a long time in some kind of puddle of water? For a long time? Yup, my box of books. All moldy.
The base had a PX book store (very little Scifi or Fantasy) and a B&N (very expensive, and the Scifi-Fant section had about four shelves.) and a lending library, that was mostly donated books people didn't want to pack up and ship home. I just started with "A" authors, and there was a reason no one had wanted those books.
Withdraw is an ugly business.