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(45,851 posts)We have a generator but mostly use it during power outages to run the well pump and recharge some batteries, then we shut it off, until you use one it's hard to credit how fast you can burn ten gallons of gas.
I had paper books lying around that I could read while iced in, the electronic stuff wasn't accessible except for the couple of hours a day the generator was on and maybe another hour or two on the batteries, without the generator we'd have been completely without electricity. When the generator was on I had other things I had to do than read.
That's the second time in my life I've unexpectedly spent a week or more in an urban setting without mains power, the previous time was in 1972.
I just don't want to have to buy, haul around and keep track of another electronic gadget for casual reading, I've downloaded some books but I sometimes find myself like the donkey stuck between two piles of hay that starved to death. If I go to the thrift store, which I do anyway, and see something I think I'll enjoy it's easier to make a yes/no decision with the physical book in my hands. I've read everything I like the Baen Free Library but a lot of it doesn't really appeal to me.. http://www.baen.com/library/