Mind of a Goldfish, Body of a Sloth!

carandol · 07-31-2008, 11:32 AM

Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? I've discovered I'm much more impatient with books on my iLiad than I am with paper books. If I'm reading an ebook and I'm not sure I'm enjoying it, I'll switch to one of the other 1500 books I have at my fingertips. Consequently, my iLiad is full of half-finished ebooks. Whereas, I'm discovering, now that my iLiad is off to be repaired, I have more patience with a paper book, because to change partway through means to get up and go to the bookshelf and find something else. And besides, if you don't finish a paper book, then all those resources used up creating it are wasted.

Or is it just me?

DixieGal · 07-31-2008, 11:52 AM

LOL! See my long post from earlier this morning https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=225584#post225584

MickeyC · 07-31-2008, 12:52 PM

I do find myself tempted to do exactly what you are saying and have had to discipline myself to finish the damn thing. Probably the psychological difference between the solid actual pBook in your hand and just the digits in teh eBook reader.

M0zza · 07-31-2008, 12:56 PM

It is not just you. I do find myself abandoning a book if I'm not getting into a lot more easily on my 505.

But then, due to the access to free ebooks, I find I am experimenting with a lot more authors than when I buy pbooks.

M0zza · 07-31-2008, 12:57 PM

Oh. When I say "free" I mean "Free and Legal"

Just thought I'd clarify.

pshrynk · 07-31-2008, 01:57 PM

I am finding that I flit a lot more with the Kindle than with a p-book. Probably for the exact reason you posit: Laziness.

badgoodDeb · 07-31-2008, 02:15 PM

I do it too, but I'm not sure it's JUST laziness. All the out-of-copyrite books are on my Kindle because "I ought to read this someday". But since most are only
"ought" not "I really really want to" then I don't feel obliged to finish them if I don't like them. In paper, I wouldn't have picked them up to begin with. So at least I'm giving them a try, this way!

Books that I've purchased, I usually finish. Usually.

zelda_pinwheel · 07-31-2008, 07:43 PM

i do that, but not necessarily because the book doesn't please me ; it's because i haven't quite gotten over the overwhelming novelty of having SO MANY BOOKS available to me so easily, so i keep starting one, and then rather than finishing it at the next session i think "oooh i forgot i had THAT ONE on there !! let's take a look !!" and sometimes before i've even opened i spy yet another one that is even MORE tempting. sometimes by the time i can decide on just ONE book to read i've run out of reading time. but that's sort of part of the fun, to me. i'm still enjoying having such mind-boggling quantities of new reading material *right* *there*. plus even before i like to read 2 or more books at the same time and switch back and forth depending on my mood.

but yes, my liseuse is full of partially read books, and i'm going to have start finishing some of them soon, because it's getting ridiculous.

nekokami · 07-31-2008, 08:02 PM

I'm usually working through several books at any given time anyway. I'm a bit more prone to switch out of one book into another on the iLiad, perhaps, but not by much. But since I have access to so many books and samples of books, I do browse around a lot. Kind of like how I behave in libraries, before I settle on something.

pshrynk · 08-01-2008, 09:19 AM

Now, there is hope for us domesticated sloths.

DixieGal · 08-01-2008, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Now, there is hope for us domesticated sloths.

Hallelujah! I barely suffled a few laps at the walking track on Wed, today is Friday, and I am still so sore I just want to lie down and get my feet rubbed. Not out of shape - amorphous blob is a shape, right? I need that exercise pill! Unless it's like this stuff they sell in the health food stores, you know, called "Jogging in a Jug," which is basically a "purgatory." As in "the purge from heck."

GeoffC · 08-01-2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Hallelujah! I barely suffled a few laps at the walking track on Wed, today is Friday, and I am still so sore I just want to lie down and get my feet rubbed. Not out of shape - amorphous blob is a shape, right? I need that exercise pill! Unless it's like this stuff they sell in the health food stores, you know, called "Jogging in a Jug," which is basically a "purgatory." As in "the purge from heck."

One soothing chocolate wrap on its way...

BookishDreamer · 08-01-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Now, there is hope for us domesticated sloths.

Yippeeeee! This means I can stop working on the furniture reshuffling plan I started last month. Too much heavy lifting to relocate the treadmill (currently folded and tucked into a corner behind the stack of plastic bins in my craft room) to the dining room where I could actually leave it unfolded and look out the window while walking.

Dreamer

slayda · 08-01-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M0zza

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But then, due to the access to free ebooks, I find I am experimenting with a lot more authors than when I buy pbooks.

Ditto

nekokami · 08-01-2008, 03:03 PM

My thought is that something like this could help me get back into shape. I want to be able to ride my bike to work, and while I'm trying to build my way up to that level of endurance, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going to make it before oil prices make it impossible to get there any other way. (It's only 7 miles, but that's if you measure flat distance. It's quite a bit longer than that if you take the hills into account!

)

07-31-2008, 11:32 AM	#1
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Mind of a Goldfish, Body of a Sloth! Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? I've discovered I'm much more impatient with books on my iLiad than I am with paper books. If I'm reading an ebook and I'm not sure I'm enjoying it, I'll switch to one of the other 1500 books I have at my fingertips. Consequently, my iLiad is full of half-finished ebooks. Whereas, I'm discovering, now that my iLiad is off to be repaired, I have more patience with a paper book, because to change partway through means to get up and go to the bookshelf and find something else. And besides, if you don't finish a paper book, then all those resources used up creating it are wasted. Or is it just me?

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07-31-2008, 11:52 AM	#2
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	LOL! See my long post from earlier this morning https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=225584#post225584

07-31-2008, 12:52 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	I do find myself tempted to do exactly what you are saying and have had to discipline myself to finish the damn thing. Probably the psychological difference between the solid actual pBook in your hand and just the digits in teh eBook reader.

07-31-2008, 12:56 PM	#4
M0zza Geek... Apparently Posts: 211 Karma: 51260 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Herts, UK Device: Sony PRS-505 (Silver), ASUS Transformer TF300T, IPAD Air 2	It is not just you. I do find myself abandoning a book if I'm not getting into a lot more easily on my 505. But then, due to the access to free ebooks, I find I am experimenting with a lot more authors than when I buy pbooks.

07-31-2008, 12:57 PM	#5
M0zza Geek... Apparently Posts: 211 Karma: 51260 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Herts, UK Device: Sony PRS-505 (Silver), ASUS Transformer TF300T, IPAD Air 2	Oh. When I say "free" I mean "Free and Legal" Just thought I'd clarify.

07-31-2008, 01:57 PM	#6
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I am finding that I flit a lot more with the Kindle than with a p-book. Probably for the exact reason you posit: Laziness.

07-31-2008, 02:15 PM	#7
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,539 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I do it too, but I'm not sure it's JUST laziness. All the out-of-copyrite books are on my Kindle because "I ought to read this someday". But since most are only "ought" not "I really really want to" then I don't feel obliged to finish them if I don't like them. In paper, I wouldn't have picked them up to begin with. So at least I'm giving them a try, this way! Books that I've purchased, I usually finish. Usually.

07-31-2008, 07:43 PM	#8
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i do that, but not necessarily because the book doesn't please me ; it's because i haven't quite gotten over the overwhelming novelty of having SO MANY BOOKS available to me so easily, so i keep starting one, and then rather than finishing it at the next session i think "oooh i forgot i had THAT ONE on there !! let's take a look !!" and sometimes before i've even opened i spy yet another one that is even MORE tempting. sometimes by the time i can decide on just ONE book to read i've run out of reading time. but that's sort of part of the fun, to me. i'm still enjoying having such mind-boggling quantities of new reading material right there. plus even before i like to read 2 or more books at the same time and switch back and forth depending on my mood. but yes, my liseuse is full of partially read books, and i'm going to have start finishing some of them soon, because it's getting ridiculous.

07-31-2008, 08:02 PM	#9
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I'm usually working through several books at any given time anyway. I'm a bit more prone to switch out of one book into another on the iLiad, perhaps, but not by much. But since I have access to so many books and samples of books, I do browse around a lot. Kind of like how I behave in libraries, before I settle on something.

08-01-2008, 09:19 AM	#10
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Now, there is hope for us domesticated sloths.

08-01-2008, 03:03 PM	#15
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	My thought is that something like this could help me get back into shape. I want to be able to ride my bike to work, and while I'm trying to build my way up to that level of endurance, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going to make it before oil prices make it impossible to get there any other way. (It's only 7 miles, but that's if you measure flat distance. It's quite a bit longer than that if you take the hills into account! )