this is what motivated me to switch to pdfs/ebooks. i can now read any of my books on my phone/laptop whenever i want with no planning required. although i know it’s not for everyone, and i am missing out on building up a cool bookshelf.
This is what I do as well. Just know that you will still get judged by "real book people" for having a bookshelf of pristine, unread books even though you've read all of them.
Pre-portable reader days having a book was essential. It stopped for me somewhere in the late aughts but I was highly reliant on free newspapers for another decade.
For me it’s usually a matter of overestimating how many chances I’ll have to read while I’m out. Or how tired I’ll be when I finally do get a moment of down time. Hard to read through closed eyes.
Both I and my book feel personally attacked by this cartoon.