Where's My Library Card?

With advancements in technology, we have even seen changes in how we read books, whether they are textbooks or books for pleasure. I remember traveling to the library every weekend with my mother to check out a stack of books, I loved to read then, and I still do now.

We have seen the decline of bookshops, and now people are reading books on handheld devices, the most popular being the Amazon Kindle. You have a library of thousands at your fingertips now, and no longer do you have to wait for a book to be back on the shelf - simply cue it up on your Kindle, and off you go. Sure there is a cost for this - but don't we love instant gratification?

Though I truly enjoy the technology advancements that the Kindle has brought us, I love the feel and smell of a good paper book. My go to is always the library, and when pressed, I will purchase (or even check out) a book on my Kindle.

Have we become too reliant on technology, and that light that hurts our eyes when we read? Time will tell. Don't throw those paper books away just yet. I'm holding out hope.


References

Arcacion. (2016). Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/en/reading-book-ebook-holiday-1249273/

Marlowe, A. (2014). The People of the Book vs The People of the Kindle. Tablet Magazine,