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eBooks vs. Audio Books vs. Actual Books

All readers are well-acquainted with the struggle of deciding which format is best for their next book bargain. It may seem like such a shallow problem (they’re all books, you might say, they all have the same story) but, speaking from experience, sometimes reading a book in the wrong format sucks. I once downloaded Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children on my Kindle only to discover that its beautiful black-and-white photographs wouldn’t show up in the ebook format (many tears were shed that night). And of course, listening to a book with illustrations totally defeats the point.

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All My Blogs

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My First Blog...

THE BAT INCIDENT

Camp: An Introduction

Camp: Day 1

Camp: Day 2

Camp: Day 3

Camp: Day 4

Camp: Day 5

Why I hate building

My Life is Complete...

My Biggest Pet Peeve: Grammatical Errors

The Nerd List: July 2013

My Thoughts on the Notebook

Living in South Africa

Holiday Reading List!

10 Things Meg Cabot Taught Me

Excuse me while I fangirl for a moment...

The Nerd List: August 2013

Back to School Blues

The Other Camp

Nickelback Touring South Africa in December!

My Night(mare) in Hospital

The Nerd List: September 2013

The 9 Stages of Early-Morning Tennis Syndrome

Can I get an Amen?

The Nerd List: October 2013

The Nerd List November 2013

Allegiant Feels

Recent Attempts At Socialisation

How To Survive Christmas Socialisation

Happy Holidays!

The Ultimate Nerd List 2013

Happy New Year's and New Year's Resolutions

Ermagherd Skewl

The Nerd List January 2014

Everything that's wrong with the world

Existential Crisis

The Nerd List - February/March 2014

This was supposed to be useful...

Home Sweet Home and Back to the Dungeon

Amy's Adventurous Adventures in France

Amy's Adventurous Adventures in Prague

Amy's Adventurous Adventures in Vienna

A Look Inside the Life Of a Procrastinating Teen Reader

The Nerd List - April/May 2014

How Not To Be Known As "That Moron" (Or Other Less Family-Friendly Derivatives) On A Plane

Amy's Adventurous Adventures in Italy

100th Blog?!

The Nerd List: June/July 2014

Global Young Leaders Conference - June/July 2014

My Biggest Pet Peeve: Grammatical Errors - Part Two

The Nerd List - August 2014

"We're all part of the same sick little games."

The Nerd List - September 2014

The Nerd List - October 2014

Another Update From Amy

The Nerd List - November 2014

The Eight Stages Of Grief Over the Death Of A Fictional Character

Merry Christmas and All That Jazz

The Ultimate Nerd List 2014

The Nerd List: January 2015

Existential Crisis Mode: Activated

The Nerd List - February 2015

The War on Feminism

The Nerd List - March 2015

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During which I gush about John Boyne and humiliate myself in the process

How reading can help you escape awkward social situations

My August TBR Shelf

Six reasons why September is going to slaughter me slowly