Day 269: Books

In my rules post I mentioned that one of my 2 firm rules in life was to only buy books on kindle.  As all rules must have exceptions I recently bought (and just finished) the latest French Prix Goncourt in printed form.  The book is very well written (despite a slightly disappointing ending) but a lot of my pleasure was derived from the medium as well as from the content.  My position for the last 7 years (since the acquisition of my first kindle) was that the important thing in a book is the content not the form, but I now have to admit that I may have been wrong (see Fianna!).  In spite of all my efforts I cannot deny that reading in electronic form is not as satisfying as turning the pages of an actual book.  I think there is still a place for kindles when travelling or for re-reading certain books or authors but form now on I will be finding my primary reading material in bookshops once again.