Books

[Cuckara]

I'm fine reading on a train or bus, but I get a massive case of motion sickness if I read in a car. It really is different for different people.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Yeah, train's a-ok for me.

I don't recall you making any posts

That's only because I consider light novels to belong in the weebshit thread.

[Guest]

I stopped reading paperbacks when they adopted that fucking awkward extra long design. I also refuse to entertain that lefty BCE/CE bullshit in history books.

[Keith Chegwin]

>Christ existed

[Cuckara]

I stopped reading paperbacks when they adopted that fucking awkward extra long design. I also refuse to entertain that lefty BCE/CE bullshit in history books.

The fuck are you talking about?

[Guest]

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/book ... -eyes.html

Nice dose of soy to go with it.

[Keith Chegwin]

Good. I hate Mass Market Paperbacks. They're so small I can't even hold them properly

[Kugelfisch]

Never had problems reading on a train. Bus depends, car is impossible. The up and downwards motion of a bumpy ride just make it impractical.
Ships are comfy, though. I like rocking boats and could easily live on a house boat. Second best sleeping atmosphere only coming after thunderstorms.

[rabidtictac]

Train and bus reading is usually fine for me. I used to read those giant omnibus books on buses because I had to spend a fair amount of time riding around. I can't read in cars at all though.

Mass market paperbacks are much more readable when they've been reinforced. Go check out your local library to figure out how they do it if you don't know. Basic idea is tape around the spine and anywhere else that's weak. Once they're all taped up so the shitty things don't fall apart, I find them very comfortably-sized for reading. Hardbacks are definitely sturdier, but they're also a lot heavier and less portable (obviously.)

My big problem with mass market paperbacks is many of them were made so poorly they fall the fuck apart after even one reading.

[Kugelfisch]

I don't read paper books anymore. Kindle Oasis all the way. Light conditions don't matter, it's slim and light, it's comfortable one or two-handed and you can rest it on your leg just flipped open and it'll stay there. Plus you can get anything on it including e-pub and I've already got enough reading material for a year at least as is.