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Anniversary date with my luvvah. We‘ve been married for TWELVE YEARS.

(The tagged book is what Bryan is reading.)

Finished The Revenge of Analog by David Sax!

Here‘s a quick summary of my thoughts (which, yes I wrote in a Moleskine notebook that is officially my new book journal):

It‘s a good love letter to analog, but if you‘ve kept up with current events or pop-culture you know that vinyl, Moleskines, film photography and well designed board games are having a moment. The book also talks about why analog is useful in business, work & school.

So this book is happening tonight.

What are your analog habits?

Aside from books (I love, love, love the feel of paper on my fingers), I really want to get into vinyl, but I have no space. I‘ve bought more Moleskine journals than I can count, but can never write more than a page in them before becoming self conscious.

Read while listening to an old record. Fascinating and affirming (we are a self-selecting crowd).

“Why print? Because it is real.”

I had never thought of the ”catharsis of finishing” as a reason for preferring print over digital. Makes sense though!

#Epigraphs - from high to low brow 🤔😉

Happy Tuesday morning, dear Littens! 💜💜💜

Not any revolutionary info, especially if you're already on board with analog stuff, but I did like the examples from a perspective of psychology and entrepreneurship. It definitely scratched a nerdy itch there. And it gave me a whole list of records to buy, websites to check out, magazines to read, etc., so it was worth it.

Heute gab es nur ein Buch, aber ich finde es doch äußerst passend. 😂 Zumal ich ja auch selten zum E-book-reader greife 😂

I get only one book today, but I think, it fits perfectly. 😂 As I don't use my E-book-reader it fits twice. 😂

GODDAMN.

Not 10 minutes into this book and already there's a stupid, mildly sexist comment. "When GIRLS started returning to record stores, we knew vinyl was having a real resurgence."

I'll never understand why it's surprising to some men that women like good music and have good taste. Music isn't a gendered hobby! I don't play records with my vagina! Unnecessary.

Also, when they say "girls," most often what they mean is "women."

????

This book seems tailored specifically to me. In my life analog never went away, but I love that the rest of the world is finally picking up on the fact that not everything is made better by turning it into binary code. I've read the first 25 pages and I'm already in love with this book.

If this book is anywhere near as awesome as the first few pages indicate I may be falling in love.

I'm never good at sticking to a #TBR, so instead of a TBR list, I thought I'd try something new! This is my #monthlyreadingmantra: "I will read what I love & love what I read." I also included some books I think I'll love or that have themes that are important to me. I'm interested to see how this monthly reading mantra works at focusing my reading this month! #feistyfeb

One of my favorite books of 2016. Viva la analog revolution!

Can't wait to read this. After 16 years as a professional in the digital music industry, this is particularly interesting to me.

A book after a Luddite's heart & intellect. I can't stop writing in it. #DavidSax #PerseusBooks #PublicAffairsBooks #printisnotdead #neitherisvinylfilmorboardgames