Musing Mondays is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.Do you prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks (the bigger ones), or mass market paperbacks (the smaller ones)? Why?
Good question. I think it's a toss-up between hardcovers and trade paperbacks. I hate mass market paperbacks (they smell funny). Hardcovers are nice, but they can be heavy (and since I read in bed, it can be hard on the hands to hold a 600-page tome over your head). Trade paperbacks are lighter, but some of them have the sort of cover that wants to curl like you've stuck it in a curling iron even though all you've done is hold the pages open (and that drives me crazy).
I'm kind of liking e-books at the moment, though. They all weigh the same on my e-reader, there are no covers to curl, and they don't smell like anything at all.
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Hardcovers. They last longer and look awesome on a shelf.
I agree, EReaders best for reading in bed. Thanks for stopping by.
CMash
I agree about the chunksters...thanks for visiting my blog.
I agree with the trade paperbacks' covers curling. Annoying! I've been thinking about buying an eReader... maybe for Christmas. Thanks for stopping buy. :)
Carmel @ Rabid Reads
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I haven't thought of buying an e-reader, because I have so many books waiting on my bookshelves to be read. I like the trade paperback books best, and I have no trouble with the covers curling. I recently gave a friend a book I enjoyed and knew she would also, she wanted to know how I read it without bending the spine or the cover. She couldn't believe I had read it... LOL... It's just my way of how I read a book.
I would love an e-reader, but at the same time I love having the actual book in my hands. I prefer hardcovers because they don't curl and last longer :)
I love my e-reader the best! If I had to choose an actual print book, I'd pick mass market, but I do prefer ebooks.
Hardcovers usually look best on the shelf- but for reading in bed, smaller is better!
Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog
Hardcovers do look nice on the shelf, but so do trade paperbacks, I think. However, I prefer any type of paperbacks when I can get them, just because they're so light, and I do most of my reading on the subway during my commute. I also must admit an affection for mass market paperbacks, since I read so many as a child/teen.
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