As I mentioned in the previous post, I am re-reading Carl Sagan’s novel Contact.

I mentioned that the tattered paperback on my bookshelf was just kind of calling out to me to be picked up and read. Last night, before heading off to bed, I checked Amazon to see if an e-book version was available. Then I could read the book on my iPad and avoid using the book light that I have upstairs, which has recently been claimed by Kelly as a tool she finds helpful when feeding the Little Miss in the dark. But no e-book version was available, at least not from Amazon. So I borrowed back my book light and have been reading the paperback book¹.

This is the first paper book that I have read in one year².

The last paper book I read was Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book which I finished back on September 16, 2010. Since then, every book that I have read has been an e-book version.