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BOMB Wellness Team

That said, I am still one of the few who prefer the tactile experience of reading a book, the fresh smell of its clean pages, the cover design as tempting as its content. There’s still something in curling up in your fuzzy slippers under lamp light and snuggling beneath a cozy blanket with a good book. I don’t know if I could say I would have quite the same enjoyable experience with an e-reader.

Sure, you can carry thousands of books in your backpack, but would you be able to read all of them in one sitting anyway? Not me. I prefer to savour my stories. I’m not necessarily a literary polygamist. One book at a time for me is all I need.

As for the rest, it is not a dying art. I am an avid reader as much as I am a savvy “penpaller,” and happily discovered a network of pen-friends (ironically on InterPals) who still believe in sitting down and penning a letter from abroad. And because of technology, this art has become even more special and authentic. There’s a big difference between receiving a mass email that was sent also to 30 other :CC recipients than there is in receiving paper stationery with hardcopy photo and sometimes a postcard or bookmark!

There is still hope for us yet, should we fight hard to preserve the best of our past and caution ourselves against moving too fast into our future.

Visiting Indie bookstores and buying hardcopy books are a great start…or at least a continuation.

My original copy of “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White that I bought as a child at my school book fair is still far more beloved than its e-reader digital counterpart.

Thanks for the article.
Zara
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