I'm finding myself reading more and more on my iPad or Kindle (I own both) - it's too easy to get a book, carry it around, read it on either device, etc. I have stacks of unread paper books which I really should read...but somehow I just keep on picking something on the iPad as the next read. I also subscribe to BookBub, Beacher - and have gotten hooked on some great thriller series that way. I do still have a rather large analog library - and many books are "old friends" - and I like the fact that I can lend them out.
The silly thing is my cookbook collection...again, lots of "old friends" but when it comes right down to it, when I'm looking for a recipe, where do I go (other than the ones in my personal recipe files)? You guessed it...the internet, where you can find great recipes, complete with ratings and comments and alternatives. But I can't quite give the old books up - and some of them are really old. I have my great great grandfather's book of recipes that he used in his bakery in downtown Toronto in the mid-late 1800s. (It's a bit eye-opening to see some of the things they used as ingredients in those days - particularly some of the leavening methods!)
