How much? Should you buy cheap books?

Tuesday 26^th December Day 157

Boxing day starts with a coffee in bed. ((Like it’s any different to any other day!)) and then we treat ourselves to croissants for breakfast. We’ve learnt the hard way not to have too much rich food in one day so we have it over a few days. I then get some writing done but cannot really get into it this morning so just do a bit of plotting, planning and checking some content on the chapters for the new book. ((And people want books for 99p after all the work!)) I know right, but then so do I! It’s hard because if you’re an avid reader, buying books at full cost would just be impossible for me and I would struggle to use libraries due to my location problem. I always feel a bit guilty buying the 99p kindle offers but it’s the easiest way and cheapest to get books if you read a lot and i’m planning to read more this year. Also, I’m finding that pricing is finally starting to change on ebooks. I recently wanted to buy the new Richard Osman book but the kindle version was £11.99! ((How much!!)) I know, to me that is too much. Yes all the same work goes into creating the book but you don’t have a physical book in your hands at the end of it. I don’t know, it just seems to expensive for a book which sits on the kindle – what do you think?

After lunch and a walk, it’s that time of the Christmas calendar… the traditional game of Monopoly. I set the latest vlog to upload to Patreon whilst we are playing. The signal isn’t amazing here and in the end it takes around two hours to upload. It means our Patreon supporters can enjoy it ad free before it’s live on YouTube. After thrashing Chris at Monopoly and doing a few boat jobs the vlog is finally uploaded so then I set about scheduling it on Youtube as we enjoy another classic film; Big with Tom Hanks.

I wanted to make sure I had this weeks work all sorted as on Thursday we will be going to London and then Friday flying to jersey; as long as public transport behaves and the wind doesn’t cause a problem with the flights. Tomorrow we have to get the boat ready for leaving it for two weeks. We are planning on draining the hot water tank so there is no water in the pipes just in case we have we have freezing temperatures again. We also have to make sure books and other bits and bobs are moved in case there is heavy rain and possible leaks.

I’m trying to get my blog up to date as well so when I get to Jersey I don’t have too much to catch up on and can properly focus on the book as well as exploring the island.

Until tomorrow… x
P.S. If you’re planning a reading challenge then let me know. I’ve set mine at 52 on Goodreads.