Does size matter?

[pbray]

When I was packing for last week's vacation, picking clothes was the easy part. Picking which books to bring involved a considerable dilemma.

The next book in my TBR stack was THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS' NEST. If I'd been taking a car vacation I would have brought it, but I couldn't quite convince myself to bring it on a plane trip. My carry-on was heavy enough, and it didn't make sense to pack this book in my suitcase and then start reading a mass market paperback on the plane.

If we'd gone near a bookstore in Florida I would likely have given in and bought a second copy of it, knowing I could always pawn a copy off on a friend, but turned out there was no reading time on this trip other than the plane flights, so in the end it probably worked out for the best.

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Comments

[romsfuulynn.livejournal.com]

Um - all of the above? I probably will have 2 or more paper books in my checked luggage and hardcover vs pb has less to do with it than they have to be a "guaranteed read" i.e. something I am sure I will want to read. I don't want to be limited to a book I have to be in the mood for.

I will have one paperback or thing trade paperback in my carryon for reading when I can't read my ebooks. And I have my Palm TX with about 1800-2000 books with me at all times and my phone, which is a Windows Mobil 6 and can read ebooks but it really small.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

There's nothing worse than only have one book in your carry-on, then starting to read that book and realizing it sucks. Then you're stuck either reading the inflight magazine over and over again, or reading something terrible.

I always take at least 2 books on the plane. Just in case.