Musing Monday...Before I Hit the Highway...

As I mention at the end of this post, I am out of here in a minute, but first let's check out this weeks Musing Monday question from MizB Should Be Reading...

This week’s musing asks…

Do you prefer hardcovers, trade paperbacks (the bigger ones), or mass market paperbacks (the smaller ones)? Why?

Well, it depends. If it is a book that I might want to keep, put on the bookshelf, then I like a hardcover. Yes, they are heavy and too big to usually carry with you. But I like how they look and I like that they often will stay open when you put them on a table.

But quite honestly, for ease of reading, I have to go with a trade paperback. Much nicer to hold, much easier to slip in a bag to carry with you. But even if I am not sure it is true, they feel less sturdy and long lasting than a hardback. Of course that raises the question of why I am keeping them. You nay remember that I said recently that I am not a bib re-reader of books...so why do I have hundreds and hundreds of them in my house?
That is a question for another day....

Mass market paperback I do not like at all. They are too thick, they do not stay open easily when you hold them and it always feel like a fight to hold them. And talk about fragile...I have had pages start to come out of mass market paperbacks. The price! When did that happen? The price of mass market editions used to be cheap but now they almost approach the price of hardbacks.

---

On another subject, I just want to mention that I am out of here for a week, starting in 5 minutes. I am heading down to Tennessee and North Carolina and Virginia to check out Dollywood and the Blue Ridge Parkway. I will have my wee net book and my internet capable phone, but I am not sure if I will have internet access in the mountains...or desire to post. :-)
So I might just disappear for a few days.....

---