Tablet ebook readers

It has come to my attention that over the past few years we have slowly been drawn in to the technological world. Slowly everything that we used to do by hand or mentally has been taken over by 'apps' that mean that we don't have to think and can spend our time 'productively' - watching TV or socialising. Now I was never completely drawn in to begin with. Sure I've used the odd calculator or guitar tuner (which is a god-send!) on my phone but with everything else? Zilch.

Now there is something more than an app. Something that threatens what I see as one of the most important things in the world. Tablet ebook readers.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good idea many books in one accessible place and before you say we have libraries - on the go. However it doesn't compensate for the actual experience. The warm fuzzy feeling you get when walking into a book store, browsing through the endless possibilities, different worlds, opinions. Finding that one book that catches your eye and prizing it open, getting that amazing new book smell that you can't really pin down. Triumphantly carrying it to the cash register and walking out of there knowing you've found something brilliant..... or maybe it's just me?

There's just something about staring at that bright screen that irritates me, something about that glare just hurts my eyes and I'm never able to get into the novel. I like being able to physically turn each page and when re-reading old soppy novels seeing traces of where I've cried my eyes out on it's pages. It's just my opinion, it doesn't make it law but I can't help it, books have always been my life, somehow managing to cheer me up when I feel there's no one there for me. I just think that technology shouldn't take away what has been done for centuries and hopefully it never will.

Books contain memories and reading from a tablet just can't compare with holding the physical book in your hands.

Ooh I play guitar...You didn't know?

So this is one of my first covers, I quite like it so I want to share it with you guys :) (I'm very sorry for the image freeze I recorded it using youtube)

Mentally sorting myself into a house

So, a week or so ago I was asked 'Which Hogwarts house do you think you belong to' - the key word here being think.

I'm not one for the on-line quizzes so I sat down and had a good old think. To quote Night at the Museum 2 'I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm thinking' and to not much of an avail. So i started looking individually.

Hufflepuff: Now this house is extremely underrated, Hufflepuffs are loyal and are all about friendship and kindness etc. However, this is all they really are: Sheep. They follow the herd and in return don't actually get heard. Apparently they are also extremely good finders (of which I am not) Unsurprisingly I don't think I'm Hufflepuff. Although the hard working side I can relate to...

Gryfindor: If you ask someone they will almost automatically say Gryfindor; why? because Harry Potter was in it. But without really considering what it means to be one of them. I tend to associate this house with confidence. Of which I am extremely lacking. I'm not exactly the most confident person in the world, but I am working on it. using things like YouTube and BlogTv to get little boosts of confidence. To be honest, I'm not brave or daring. The bravest I can be is when everyone's scared of a spider so I either grab it or squish it - usually the latter.

Slytherin: Not to say that Slytherin is a bad house but...I'm not generally an evil person. I'm blunt but criticism is prejudice made plausible is it not? They're cunning, something I have never been; but ambitious which I do like about them as I do like to aim high. However they also show huge amounts of self preservation and tend to only think of themselves, I detest people who do that. So definitely not Slytherin.

That just leaves Ravenclaw. After thinking long and hard, I'm sure this is where I'm meant to be. Ravenclaw is about intelligence and wisdom, something about the constant strive for knowledge just pulls me in. I like intelligent people, having good long debatable conversations. Most of all, I like how Ravenclaws have the individualism trait. I like being an individual and saying what I think is right, not what everyone else is saying. I like being myself and looking how I want to look. Which is something I think everyone should strive to do.