11/7/2023 0 Comments Virtual bookshelf![]() ![]() I knew that ebooks were efficient and practical. I didn’t like the threats posed by new technology. I have ALL the nostalgia associated with paper books. My mom bought/read The Hunger Games Trilogy on her iPad, I decided I was due for a re-read, and there the books were, side by side on the virtual shelf, a much easier situation than the alternative of waiting for three years on the library holds list or spending a chunk of grocery money on all those pages about Panem.īefore my family starting sharing a virtual shelf, my feelings about ereading were this side of chilly. My mom and dad read Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things on MY rec, again, because my mom picked it up for the Family Virtual Bookshelf. Palacio’s Wonder on my mom’s rec, each getting our e-copies through the Family Virtual Bookshelf. And having a communal family shelf has made sharing a HECK of a lot easier. It’s what my iPad is synced to, my dad has it on his iPad, my brother on his ereader… you get the idea. When my mom buys books for us now, she tends to put them on her shelf. That’s starting to change a little thanks to my Mom’s ebook shelf. We’re a really good family, but we’re like the worst-run library ever. We tend to forget who has what, or which of the twenty bookshelves in our house a book is on. MY MOM: Right, but I don’t know where the other two are and now I know the third one is in your car.Ĭlear enough picture for you? We’re always borrowing books from each other and not giving them back on time…or ever. ME: Like in a week, but Mom, we have TWO OTHER COPIES! ![]() MY MOM: When’s the next time I’m going to see you? ME: We have three copies of To Kill A Mockingbird? MY MOM: Do you have our copy of To Kill A Mockingbird? ME: THEN STOP GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT NOT READING IT! ![]()
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