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*Some context to this purchase is that it is physically impossible to afford any other e-readers in Brazil due to the fact that they don't sell them over here. So I would probably have bought a Kobo Libra Colour if I still lived abroad
Despite loving my kindle oasis, especially its buttons, I've recently been feeling the weight of its 8 years of use. It's gone through dozens of books with me, but it's time to change it for a new one (pictured in this post) and gift my oasis to someone I love who won't buy an e-reader for themselves
4d ago
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Dec 17, 2024
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βbUt i LuV a phYsiCal b00Kβ silence
I wake up thinking about my kindle. I take it everywhere with me. On the train? Reading my kindle. At the park? Reading my kindle. In bed at 8pm? Reading my kindle.
I also was sick of buying books that sucked and being stuck with an object that took up space so now if I love a book on my kindle I buy a physical copy. Expensive habit but worthwhile imo.
Sep 27, 2024
I was so anti with e-readers for the longest time. I had a Nook as a teenager and it was clunky, heavy, and locked into the B&N marketplace. I also hated the idea of not having a physical book. That has all changed with my Kobo Libra 2. The highlights for me, in short:
1) Slim + lightweight. I can fit this baby in basically any bag, including a tiny shoulder bag
2) Holds THOUSANDS of books....literally thousands. Also audiobooks!
3) I can purchase books directly from kobo, but you can also buy them from any other retail chain (not amazon tho, their file structure is different). As long as its an ePub your Kobo can read it...even if its not from reputable businesses π
4)BIG SAVINGS!! π°Stuff goes on sale all the time, I have price alerts set thru a website and gets tons of books for cheap. Kobo will match prices of other retailers and give you store credit for the difference.
5) Battery lasts for a week or more, without needing a charge
6)Links to your overdrive if you want to check out books from your local library!
7) Space saver. I take my kobo with me on every vacation, in my commute etc. Where I go, she goes.
I still love, use, and travel with physical books. So, to those who, like me, were afraid of not having real paper in front of them, trust, you will adjust. The e-ink screen is actually of great quality. And I still have a huge library of paper books at home! Rumors are swirling that the Libra 3 is dropping in Spring!
Get into it!
Jan 23, 2024
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I wish I could read books in the deep and observant way that Dua Lipa does. It seems like a lot of hard work to think up actual eloquent, well thought out and deeply emotional opinions, questions and conversations that she has.
Anyways... Watch her interviews with authors!
3d ago
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I feel like I can never actively consume more than one type of media at a time. It's as if my reading slumps and movie slumps are actually mutually exclusive and can never coincide or else that kind of time travel universe destroying paradox will rip apart the space time continuum. I'll spend an entire week watching at least a movie a day and not read a single page, but a week later I'll read 4 books in 10 days but panic at the thought of choosing a movie to watch. If Youtube is ever deleted off the internet I think I'm f*cked because it's my only constant
5d ago