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I have an iPhone 8 so screen is not that big. Good point though.I never felt much like recreational reading during Camino, but I have a Kindle App on my iPhone which would have provided such use. Personally, I wouldn't carry the weight of a mono-use, dedicated e-reader device.
Hi Dani7! I never thought I would enjoy reading from my phone (a normal size iphone 8) but... I do. Try it at home, download the free Kindle App. and have a go. I convinced a friend of mine who previously carried her e-reader everywhere, she was surprised.I have an iPhone 8 so screen is not that big. Good point though.
I have an iPhone 8 so screen is not that big. Good point though.
Sorry, can't help you because I'm ALWAYS carrying "real" book anywhere I go. Even on Camino and then people staring at me like I'm from 19th Century
BTW, try to wipe your "behind" when out of TP with smart phone or tablet
I'm just not that tech savvy, DaveWhat???? You don't yet have the 'Personal Tissue' app? I also have the 'Portable Camino Toilet' app installed. . although I refused to pay for the Premium version, so I have to contend with ads which pop up at the most inconvenient times, and I don't get the 'Flushing Sound' add-on.
I wasn’t ‘phone savvy’ on my first camino and really missed books. In a Sarria albergue, I finally found a book! Yes! A Swedish novel translated to English.Sorry, can't help you because I'm ALWAYS carrying "real" book anywhere I go. Even on Camino and then people staring at me like I'm from 19th Century
I know that's almost stealing the thread but by now I know how fast/slow I read books in English which isn't my native language. Therefore I get a thick but lightweight paperback with small fonts and it lasts for whole Camino. Only once I read it to the end in the evening sitting outside SdC airport waiting for my early morning flight home...
The one time I only took one book away with me on a 6-week trip thinking it would be a slow read and I would be too occupied or tired to read - I finished it in three days and had to go looking for more!
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Aren't you concerned that it might be stolen during the night if you nod-off while reading it?I loved having my little Kobo reader with me - I could connect to my library by wifi and get new books as needed. It was perfect for me to read in bed with no need for a light or my glasses as you can adjust it to 'night mode' and turn the brightness right down, while increasing the font size too. I probably only read 20 minutes or so before nodding off, and only had to charge it once
Don't know much about those gadgets but usually I fall asleep while reading (after some time of course). A book is on the floor in the morning and I can easily use it again the next evening. What about e-readers, kindle's etc's??? Do they break? My smartphone screen did.I loved having my little Kobo reader with me - I could connect to my library by wifi and get new books as needed. It was perfect for me to read in bed with no need for a light or my glasses as you can adjust it to 'night mode' and turn the brightness right down, while increasing the font size too. I probably only read 20 minutes or so before nodding off, and only had to charge it once
I took my Kindle and was very happy I did. I read every evening after dinner.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
I never go anywhere without my ipad and have a kindle app with many books on it. Wouldn’t want to be without books to read! well worth the weight of any e-reader. Though some people seem to read happily on their phones.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
BTW, try to wipe your "behind" when out of TP with smart phone or tablet
I used the Kindle app on my phone. I mostly read on rest days and during transportation.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
I always take my Amazon Kindle. Bit of an indulgence due to weight but I think it is well worth it. The big advantage is a long battery life so you do not to worry about having to charge up daily. Also take a smartphone for photographs, maps and all those helpful Camino apps.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
The predominant favorite is kindle on smartphone.
Yes! My iPad (ereader) goes everywhere with me. I didn’t get a lot of reading done but it was a comfort having it with me. I had my luggage forwarded by Camino Facil so the extra weight was of no concern in my day pack.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Actually I am obsessed with the weight of my backpack on the Camino!!!It’s the least heaviest option. If you take a separate device, and find that you “don’t have time” for reading, like many people above, then you will start to resent carrying it. If it was an old t-shirt you could just toss it, but an expensive electronic gadget . . .
(P.S. we are obsessed with the weight of our packs on this forum.)
Me, too! I took along a regular book and ripped out the pages as I read them. One afternoon at a restaurant someone saw me and said, “Hey! You’re the one who rips out pages! I heard about you a couple days ago!”Sorry, can't help you because I'm ALWAYS carrying "real" book anywhere I go. Even on Camino and then people staring at me like I'm from 19th Century
BTW, try to wipe your "behind" when out of TP with smart phone or tablet
Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Oh, but I don't rip out the pages. From any kind of books, even guidebooks. It's kind of a sacrilege for me.Me, too! I took along a regular book and ripped out the pages as I read them. One afternoon at a restaurant someone saw me and said, “Hey! You’re the one who rips out pages! I heard about you a couple days ago!”
Aren't you concerned that it might be stolen during the night if you nod-off while reading it?
I cut my LePuy guidebook in half before I left home as I was finishing in Moissac last summer. I did it carefully and perfectly with a razor blade. I now have 2 halves in case I do the remainder! I love my guidebooks!Oh, but I don't rip out the pages. From any kind of books, even guidebooks. It's kind of a sacrilege for me.
But I would in an urgent situation.
That's an excellent read! Lingered with me long after I was done reading it. Buen camino!I don't take a special device for reading on camino but I certainly need some sort of device right now, as I am alone on the Madrid. I am reading at present, downloaded from my home library, a fascinating book by Yann Martel called "The high mountains Portugal." It feels like appropriate camino reading.
Very resourcefulI cut my LePuy guidebook in half before I left home as I was finishing in Moissac last summer. I did it carefully and perfectly with a razor blade. I now have 2 halves in case I do the remainder! I love my guidebooks!
I did, on my last CaminoOh, but I don't rip out the pages. From any kind of books, even guidebooks. It's kind of a sacrilege for me.
But I would in an urgent situation.
Kobo is much more hardy than a phone - the screen isn't glassDon't know much about those gadgets but usually I fall asleep while reading (after some time of course). A book is on the floor in the morning and I can easily use it again the next evening. What about e-readers, kindle's etc's??? Do they break? My smartphone screen did.
In a semi sleepy state, I always managed to just tuck it away into my sleeping bag or the valuables bag attached to myself! It'd be annoying if someone stole it, but less hassle than losing a phoneAren't you concerned that it might be stolen during the night if you nod-off while reading it?
I brought a tablet. I made it a point not to have any random books on it, because I did not want to be tempted away from the presence of the Camino. But it was invaluable to have (in order of how important they turned out to be): a historical guidebook to the areas I was going through; Brierley; the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius de Loyola; a Bible; Merton's Seven Story Mountain; a history of European religious-military orders.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Tried something different on this Camino, from which I've just returned, and that was an audiobook on my iPhone. (We took our iPads last time, only phones this time). During quiet stretches of walking, my wife and I agreed to put on our audiobooks and just walk. Then we'd talk about the books we were reading. This worked really well. However, I did not do so often enough and ended up finishing the book on the flight home from Portugal.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. .....
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Thanks for this this info. Much appreciated.You can download an E-reader app for both Apple and Android phones and tablets. There are hundreds possibly thousands of this type of App, The main issue is the source of the E-Book. If you are paying for a service for Kindle or Barnes and Noble then you are locked into their own reader because of the DRM (distributed rights management) software that is meant to protect the copyright owners material from illicit distribution. If you are obtaining your E-Books from non-DRM sources in Epub or Mobi formats then you can use generic ebook readers like "CoolReader" . A good source of Non-DRM books is project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) which hosts the expired copyright books for most of the classic books ever written
I did. Got tons read on transatlantic flights, and of course, a kindle-ish device is lightweight and you can set the backlighting low enough so you don't disturb fellow pilgrims. Highly recommend.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
If you’re bringing a phone just use that for reading. Why bring redundant stuff?Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
I took a paperback with me as I also love reading any opportunity I get and did wonder how I'd get on after I'd finished it. However, I needn't have worried as I found a reasonable supply of books in many of the albergues I stayed in along the way that had been left by those who'd gone before me. Granted, they might not have been my first choice were I back on home turf browsing my local library shelves but it certainly expanded my scope of reading :-D (A type of continuous book exchange if you like..)Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
I never once had time or desire to read on the Camino. Yes one gets tired but there is so much to digest, wonderful people to meet, time for reflection and much more. I highly recommend against doing much, if any, reading. For me one of the best things about my Camino was not engaging in ANY internet communication. No email no Whatsapp and best if all no Facebook!!!! I highly recommend it. I took notes and then did a blog to share my very special and unique Camino. Can’t wait for the next one. Buen Camino!Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
I did bring a paperback and read it a few times - although there is not enough time every day, like you I find it relaxing to read. I have a kindle and would love to bring it but not sure because of the weight?Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
Me too. It’s the weight. I’ll decide once my pack is fully loaded. Still completing my pack list and the weight then will guide my decision.I did bring a paperback and read it a few times - although there is not enough time every day, like you I find it relaxing to read. I have a kindle and would love to bring it but not sure because of the weight?
Me too. It’s the weight. I’ll decide once my pack is fully loaded. Still completing my pack list and the weight then will guide my decision.
If you start a new thread with your packing list we can pick it apart for youso you can then decide what may be essential and what is definitely not.
I read on my phone. When I was walking the Camino Frances with my son in 2016, I didn't read much for the first part of the Camino until my wife reminded me that it didn't matter where in the world I was, I could still borrow ebooks from my local public library. Then I read somewhat more.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
That’s my thinking exactly. Relaxing. Letting go...a bit of quiet time.I read on my phone. When I was walking the Camino Frances with my son in 2016, I didn't read much for the first part of the Camino until my wife reminded me that it didn't matter where in the world I was, I could still borrow ebooks from my local public library. Then I read somewhat more.
I still didn't read as much as I usually do at home, but when fatigue sets in at the end of a long walk, some light fiction reading lying in the albergue bunk can be relaxing - much more relaxing than going over guidebooks and planning the upcoming days.
Since I was homeless (by choice), my whole library was on my iPad. But I didn't do a lot of reading. Did, however, often look at maps or guidebooks in electronic form.And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
I just read books on my phone.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
The only concession I make is to rake a small Spanish dictionary (Spanish:Spanish, not Spanish:English) to assist my newspaper reading. It sometimes involves looking up words in the definition of the word I don’t know; but it certainly passes the time if I’m on my own.Thought I answered but don't find it, so please excuse if this is repeat.
I read only my guide book and an occasional local newspaper. Really wanted to simply "be here now" and not be distracted from the Camino experience.
Even more, not to go to Burguete (on the Camino, just past Roncesvalles) and not stay in the Hotel Burguete, and, if you are lucky, the very room, where he wrote "The Sun Also Rises".It's criminal to go to Pamplona or San Sebastian and not read Hemingway
I always take my kindle. It does add to the weight but for me it is the best option.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
That's also where, in the book, they go on the fishing trip and meet the Englishman on the Camino, right? I never knew the hotel was still there. One for next time.Even more, not to go to Burguete (on the Camino, just past Roncesvalles) and not stay in the Hotel Burguete, and, if you are lucky, the very room, where he wrote "The Sun Also Rises".
My husband uses his iPhone to Read while on the Camino. He Reads a few hours a day and he has done so for our last 5 Camino France.Hello Camino peregrinos!
I am considering purchasing an e-reader with downloaded books to read along the way but it got me thinking. I do like to read fiction for pleasure and have so little time to read now due to busy days...I miss it. Thought hey...I could get a whole lot of reading done while on my Camino. This got me thinking some more.... with fatigue settling in at the end of the walk...meal times and some socializing...will I even feel like reading...or have much time to do so. I'm an early riser so most days I should finish my daily trek early enough.
And so I ask all of you...did anyone bring an e-reader with intention to read...and...was it worthwhile? I understand my question is quite subjective based on your experience, but I find your posts on the whole quite educational while providing worthy food for thought.
Thanks in advance to all those that post
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