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Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?
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I can only speak for myself, but since December I read 4 fiction books and I'm working on my 3rd non-fiction book.
Somehow I only had the patience for 3 or 4 books all year last year, but I got myself an eReader for Christmas and I'm already on my third book, so I guess that was the problem. Weirdly, I thought I wouldn't like an eReader but I got it for the purposes of future commuting. Turns out I like it a lot more than physical books. 🤷♂️
I've found Reading ebooks on a portable screen a better experience for myself than paper since late 90s Palm Pilot (Handspring Visor, for me) days.
Being able to carry dozens (or now hundreds) of books with you is so convenient and if you don't like the book you're reading, you don't need to go somewhere to get a different one. Its replacement is already in your hand. Reading paperbacks for hours isn't comfortable for me as it either takes two hands, or one hand with a difficult "guitar chord" like hand shape. Hardbacks are heavy to carry. Ereaders also can produce their own light (and at VERY low levels if you want). Paper books means finding and staying next to a reflective light source.
Paper books are great for collectables, but if I'm going to read, I much prefer an ebook.
I have read on my phone before but I really didn't like it. This is different somehow.
Oh, don't get me wrong. E-ink (like Kindle and Kobo) are far superior to backlit LCD screens of old school PDA and modern phones.
I can only do the same. I pretty much exclusively read non-fiction but I'm about as far from toxic masculinity as you can be at this point