Reduce book storage
I won’t say I’m an avid reader but I do try my best to read as much as I can. It was such a shame that I didn’t really take note of what I read in 2019 but below is an attempt to recall:
Out of 9 books, I actually only had 4 as ebooks (Kindle). They are either light books (not so many pages) or written in the narrative form. I tend to buy heavy and analytical books in physical form.
I can’t imagine myself reading Principles as an e-book because it requires me to flip back and forth throughout the book. Of course, this explanation doesn’t apply to all scenarios. Sometimes, I visit a bookstore and just feel like buying so I would buy, like The making of manager book.
However, the problem is once I finish a physical book, it just stays there in the bookshelf. The book, at this point, is like a statue: to show people and myself that I read.
In a mindful way, it’s just lame. Realistically, I don’t need this book for at least a long period of time. So I should either throw it away (read: recycle) or give it to someone else (which I don’t know whom. I’m not free to keep asking people every time I finish a book) or sell it (Somehow I’m never successful in doing this).
To live simply, should I move all books to ebooks? Digital format is a perfect way to store books (a lot of them) without taking up physical space, yet I can still retrieve. The only thing I’m scared is it will destroy my physical reading experience (read: nice cup of tea and book). But who knows? Is it really the case or it’s just me thinking too much?
So I want to do an experiment. This year, 2020 will be the year that I read all books in ebook format. For each book I read, I should be able to summarise (like the Blinkist summary) and update here.
(Unfortunately, before I decided to do this, I have 3 physical books that I haven’t read yet so I would try to finish them first).