November Group Read: Second Check-In

[kalloway]

Somehow, November is nearly halfway over. How did that happen? How is everything going? Are you working through your pile/shelf/chosen media?
(It is perfectly fine if the answer is a long silent scream, of course.)

For added optional discussion, if you'd like- Do you have a preference between hardcover, paperback, ebooks, audiobooks, etc.? Or are books good however they get into your brain?

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[phantomtomato]

This week, I finished a non-fiction academic work, and now I’ve got to make a decision about what to read next! That’s always fun, having the space to choose. I have a copy of Christopher and His Kind on my nightstand as one option, a few books in the mail, and an epub of The Loom of Youth. All I know is that I’ve got to choose before Friday, because I’m giving an exam then, and so I’ll need something to read for two hours while my students are taking it.

I didn’t think I enjoyed digital books at all until I began flirting with the AO3 download option, which showed me the wonders of the epub format. PDF books are the worst but epubs are incredibly better, which might just be down to the Apple Books app which I use to read them, but I love it! It’s now my preferred method of reading all long fanfic, which I used to consume just through the website using my iPad or laptop. The Books app really facilitates that cozy reading under the covers experience that I get out of a physical book, though a physical book will always win out for the lack of other distractions.