First, ROW80:
Been blogging every day, even though midterm week has made it a bit hell. I hope you liked what I delivered this week, especially considering Thursday kind of sucked to write.
I got a 95 and 92.5 on my midterms, so I’m happy there. My school cuts off the “A” grade at 92, so that’s my minimum ‘pleased’ grade. Yeah, I’m kind of an overachiever.
For writing, I have the new project I referred to Wednesday, plus I’m replotting one that was having issues using the baseline form Larry Brooks put up the other day. Been spending today on that.
As for reading, less than previous weeks, but still plugging away at Little Brother.
Blog Discussion!
I’m definitely a convert to ebooks. In fact I often decide not to buy physical books when I have the chance, just because I know the kindle is more convenient. But that isn’t always true. I went out of my way to buy a copy of Illusions: Confessions of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. I love this novel. So hunting down a hard-backed copy was enjoyable, and I got lucky and am pretty sure I’ve got a first edition.
So now for you:
Ebook converts: What’s the one book you absolutely must have in hard copy?
Traditionalist: If you could only have ONE book in physical form, what would it be?
Answer below!
it would have to be Neale Donald Walsh’s “Conversation with God” it freed me from all that lapsed catholic guilt.
That’s a pretty good reason to want the book! Thanks for stopping by!
There’s no way I could ever pick just one book, but I like your choice. Illusions is a wonderful read. I have owned a copy (in paperback, unfortunately) for years. When I first read it I felt that it had the same kind of tone as Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein. Bach’s other books are great too.
Now that you mentioned it I may just have to take some time to read it again before NaNoWriMo starts. One more thing on my to do list… (sigh)
Luckily Illusions (And Jonathan Livingston Seagull) are both really easy reads. I’ve managed to read both of them in an afternoon before.
Great post title, it’s why I popped over! I have to have my favourite books in actual paper on my shelves. I have been through too many digital versions where readers have changed and treasures lost, unless I want to pay for them again.
So far I’ve stuck with one brand, so my losses have been minimal, but I’ve got two theories on favorite books:
They’re good enough I’m willing to pay for them multiple times. (I have multiple physical copies of Ender’s Game, for example). Or I will buy a quality hardback of the things I really want.
So I totally understand. Thank you for the compliment!
My pleasure.
We started in the early days with an Adobe e-book reader which when used on a Mac, did not get updated when we went to a new OS. Much lost money! Adobe has a reputation for being slovenly when keeping up with non-Windows customers.
Sweet grades on those midterms! Good for you. I learned so much from reading STORY ENGINEERING by Larry Brooks, and it sounds like his ideas have helped you too. Best wishes for another great week!
As to the novel I MUST have in print, I’ll take JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte. Although I’d take it in ebook as well. Any format, I’ll take it.
I love Brook’s system, and I can’t wait for Story Physics next year! Yeah, he’s really improved my plotting side, which makes me more confident on getting the work written.
See, that’s really a favorite book, one you want in every format to keep near at all times.
So do I, and I love talking about it to people. So much good.
Those are awesome grades! Congratulations. And good luck with your writing project.
Oh, how could I pick one book? I use to think I had to have all of Stephen King’s books in print, but I’ve finally started only getting his ebooks. So as long as I have my Kindle, my iPad, and my Droid phone, I can read anything I want.
I mentioned this on Twitter, but my first deadtree book I had to have (and I’m a die-hard, die-hard ebook convert because the feel of books…skeeves out my OCD) is Please Understand Me II. <–It's a book on personality profiles–with a dumb name in my opinion. I'm having to read it with my sleeves pulled over my hands because of the paper/OCD thing, but I'm LOVING having a paper copy. I've gone through and used sticky-notes to mark the sixteen personality profiles and then I'm going through and highlighting aspects that I can use in creating three dimensional characters. The nice thing about it is that it also has a section on "Mating" where it discusses how personality types will react to one another during "mating." For a romance author, that's GOLD.
Yeah, I want to sleep with this book under my pillow. And it's totally worth all the hand-washing and sleeves over my fingers…also…those are nutty behaviors anyway and I should challenge them occasionally. ; )
Sounds awesome!
Tough question! I expect soon I’ll be a Kindle owner simply because I’ve run out of space, but ebooks will never replace physical ones for me. If I could only have one book in hardback, though… I honestly can’t decide. While I’ve read a lot of books, I don’t think I’ve read one yet that would be my ‘one and only’ hardback. Maybe The Hobbit. It’s a real tough question; unless you’re going to come to my house and force me at gunpoint, I fear that’s the best answer you’re going to get!