A Case for Books
July 7th, 2011 | 
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“The contents of someone’s bookcase are a part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.”
-Anatole Breyard
There has been so much buzz about e-literature lately, via such technology as the Kindle, iPads, smart phones and just straight ahead computers.
I have to admit that the idea of carrying a thousand books around with me in a lightweight techno-gadget gets my juices flowing. I mean, think of the possibilities!
But alas. As much as that idea thrills me, and as fond as I am of gadgetry, I don’t think I’ll be getting an e-reader or book downloading app any time soon.
Quite simply, I. Love. Books.
I love new books.
I love old books.
I love really old books.
I love the mingled smell of ink and glue and pulp and old musk. Yes, I am an obsessive book smeller.
I love the feel of paper between my fingers, and having to turn the page just when you get to a climactic part.
I love that many of my books have been paged through by other readers, who (I like to think) left a little something of their soul in the pre-reading of the thing (along with, occasionally, a spot of jam or a coffee mark!).
I love being the first person to crack the spine of a brand new book.
I love how they look, lined up on a book shelf.
I love what they say about you as a person as they accessorize a room.
Yes, I love them for shallow reasons as well as deep.
I love that you can throw one in your bag and not worry about it shorting out if it’s banged around a little bit.
And I love to judge them by their covers.
As long as I am here, there will always be a place in this world for old-fashioned books.
- Words and photos by Lori-Anne Poirier
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SO with you on this one. One positive side effect of moving to Cambridge (and cutting out at least 2 hours of travel time per day) is that I have been able to read a LOT more (read: at all) in the past few months. Mainly I read in the bath in the mornings. It’s the only peace I get, and at the moment I’m enjoying Donna Tartt’s _The Little Friend_. There’s no way I could take an e-reader into the bath!
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I Love books and can’t imagine reading them on any type of e-reader. I love sharing them. Last year I decided I wouldn’t keep a book unless I think I’ll read it again, so I’ve been enjoying giving them away. I refused to get a cell phone for a long time, but eventually got my first one last May, so I expect I will eventually give in and get an ipad or something.
Yes, yes, yes. I’m with you, fellow book-lover.
EP,
sleepless in a neighbouring province,
and off to sniff the inky pages of a favourite book