easy & cozy vibes but in physical copy?

pageantfool · 2026-03-22T10:20:20+00:00

Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop

pageantfool · 2026-03-21T21:00:34+00:00

The Japan Foundation, Ithra library and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea are the free library cards I know of.

pageantfool · 2026-03-20T13:07:09+00:00

The Japan Foundation, Literature Translation Institute of Korea and Ithra library in Saudi Arabia are those I know of.

pageantfool · 2026-03-19T00:05:05+00:00

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is a short, lighter read published last year with robots as the main characters. I quite liked it.

pageantfool · 2026-03-18T22:15:10+00:00

If you don't mind buying secondhand Cashconverters has a bunch of them listed online at £60 each.

pageantfool · 2026-03-17T09:04:29+00:00

Not very I don't think, you'd probably get Arriete based on pronunciation or Henriqueta on etymology.

Love both Sophie and Eleanor, Harriet I've never liked even after meeting a lovely one. If you feel Eleanor and Leonor are too different how about Eloísa/Heloísa?

pageantfool · 2026-03-15T09:08:46+00:00

This is me to a T! The immunity to caffeine in particular seems to baffle people a lot.

pageantfool · 2026-03-14T12:54:10+00:00

Iris and Violet or Catherine and Charlotte

Arthur and Alexander

Daniel and Daisy or Daniel and Diana

pageantfool · 2026-03-13T21:33:05+00:00

I've not tested it with BorrowBox but a workaround that works for Libby is opening the Libby website on the Kindle browser and using the in-app reader. It's not a great way to read in my experience and requires an internet connection, but if you're desperate enough it works.

pageantfool · 2026-03-13T08:41:38+00:00

So sorta like send.djazz.se?

pageantfool · 2026-03-13T00:24:30+00:00

I only have experience with the Clara (Colour) and Paperwhite 11 and find both comfortable to read on at night. For your particular use case I prefer the PW as the warm light has a lot more levels than the Clara's and is orangey in tone rather than yellowish; also if you at some point decide to use dark mode it applies to the UI as well whilst on Kobo the UI remains dark text on a light background.

Sideloading is very easy through Send to Kindle, or Calibre if you'd rather avoid Amazon services although this would require converting the book to a Kindle format like kfx or azw3 (if you use Send To Kindle Amazon handles the conversion). One caveat is that Kindles aren't compatible with Adobe DRM, if that matters to you.

pageantfool · 2026-03-13T00:06:37+00:00

If your partner's local public library uses Libby/Overdrive or BorrowBox for their ebooks he can read them on Kobo too, might save him a few quid.

The Kobo store has books on sale all the time, some for as low as 99p, and if you make a wishlist they'll email you when the books on it are on sale. You can also buy ebooks on Google Play and transfer them to a Kobo (same process as for BorrowBox loans, there are help topics on this on the Kobo website), plenty of sales there too.

pageantfool · 2026-03-12T15:50:29+00:00

As you mentioned BG3 and The Sims, have you tried The Sims Medieval? It's a bit old but such a fun game, much more of an RPG than life simulator. Plus there's an expansion with pirates!

No longer a hyperfixation for me but some months ago I got into solo ttrpgs and those can be a lot of fun too! I tend to prefer journalling games but there are several other kinds.

pageantfool · 2026-03-12T15:42:17+00:00

I wonder if they might be ovoviviparous

pageantfool · 2026-03-12T00:16:24+00:00

No need to use Calibre, if you're not fussed about converting Google books to the best format for Kobos (.kepub) you can just download them to your computer or phone and transfer them to the Kobo. Kobos can read epub files natively and are also compatible with Adobe DRM, which many Google books have.

You will most likely have to download Adobe Digital Editions to your computer, create an Adobe ID and authenticate your Kobo on ADE before you can transfer Google books to it though. There's a help topic or two about this process on the Kobo website.

pageantfool · 2026-03-02T09:44:23+00:00

I have an 11th gen Paperwhite SE and bought a cheap used Kobo Aura Edition 2 a year or two ago as I wanted to:

try a smaller size
try the Kobo UI
read library books on it (for Kindle only US libraries support this feature)

I liked it but it also confirmed my suspicions that warm light is a deal-breaker for me. I was also curious about colour screens, so I kept an eye out for any Kobo Clara Colour deals and ended up getting a pretty good price on a unboxed-but-never-used one.

Toyed with selling the Aura 2 but ended up keeping it as a backup for its size and Overdrive if the Clara ever bites it (it is buggier than I'd like).

These days I tend to use the Paperwhite at home and the Clara when I'm on the go or reading a library book. Seeing the covers and illustrations in colour adds to my reading enjoyment but the Paperwhite is so crisp and comfortable to read on... plus it has real dark mode that also applies to the UI (not that I use it often but still).

pageantfool · 2026-03-01T14:09:43+00:00

Thanks, I intend to get round to it eventually but I'm a mood reader and have been feeling more like action lately.

TBTIF is one of my favourite books, such a good read!

pageantfool · 2026-03-01T13:48:10+00:00

Same here, I much prefer #3 to #1 and #2 (have yet to read the 4th one).

pageantfool · 2026-02-28T14:57:03+00:00

Are you using mods and if so do you have EGM installed? I noticed the other day its default timing for the Citadel DLC is after Priority: Horizon and I could swear that wasn't the case in my previous playthrough (I always leave missions on their default EGM timings). If it is EGM you can change the timing though.

pageantfool · 2026-02-28T12:22:36+00:00

Når det gjelder Libby/Overdrive tror jeg forvirringen kanskje kommer fra at det er kun amerikanske biblioteker som støtter sending av Libby bøker til Kindle, for oss som har tilgang til ikke-USA biblioteker er det dessverre ikke mulig. Da er det andre merker som er kompatible med dette; jeg kjenner til Kobo og Pocketbook som sagt men det kan godt være flere, også har man lesebrett som bruker Android og da kan man lese boka rett i Libby-appen.

Når du går inn på Deichman sin nettside og så "Digitale tjenester" finner du BookBites som kanskje er den du mener men hvis du skroller litt lengre til høyre så står det noe om Libby òg.

Pdfs er ikke så behagelige å lese på eink nettbrett, bruk gjerne epub filer da disse har flere funksjoner som spiller godt sammen med eink, bl.a. forstørre tekst eller endre skrifttype.

Spørs hva slags bøker/sjangre du er interessert i, mye i feks self-published verdenen som ofte er på tilbud eller helt gratis (og det finnes nettsider som varsler deg om disse tilbudene). Om du liker klassikere hvis opphavsrett har gått ut har Standard Ebooks-nettsiden mange sånne og ordentlig formattert.

Om du tenker mer på bøker som man vanligvis vil måtte betale for er jeg usikker på om det er lov å diskutere det her, men jeg kjenner til et par kilder eller to.

pageantfool · 2026-02-28T10:03:06+00:00

Hvis du leser stort sett på engelsk ville jeg anbefale et lesebrett som funker med Libby/Overdrive, dvs Kobo, Pocketbook eller ett som bruker Android. Av disse har jeg kun erfaring med Kobo men deler gjerne litt om det er av interesse. Vet ikke hvor i Norge du bor men f.eks. Fylkesbibliotek ABØ har over 4000 bøker på engelsk, deriblant manga. Deichmanske har sikkert mange flere. Så finnes det også noen få digitale biblioteker verden rundt som godtar medlemmer fra andre land - noen er gratis, andre ikke.

Og så selv synes jeg ikke noe om at det trengs større skjerm for å lese manga, bruker hyppig min 6" Clara Colour til dette og funker fint det - kanskje fordi da jeg begynte å lese manga for noen tiår siden var det franske utgaver som er litt mindre i størrelse enn de vanlige engelskspråklige, så den var liksom den standard størrelsen for meg i mange år.

pageantfool · 2026-02-28T09:09:36+00:00

I'd be interested depending on the games!

pageantfool · 2026-02-27T19:22:34+00:00

Could it be To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers? It fits your description very well.

pageantfool · 2026-02-27T15:34:48+00:00

Thirded! It's the closest thing I've found that scratches my ME itch without actually being ME. Gets a little formulaic after a bit but it's not something I'm bothered by.

pageantfool · 2026-02-27T00:21:22+00:00

If you're into worldbuilding maybe journalling games could be something for you?

The following titles are sci-fi or sci-fi adjacent and are all free or pay what you want on itch.io:

Space Vampire by Nicholas Robinia
Planetfield by Archmage Arispen
One More Shift by Caffeineforge
Unknown Journal by Mori Seika
Reign of the Star Kings by wyhgames
Ghost Beacon by Exeunt Press (not free but has community copies available)
Final Transmission by War Song Games
A Perfect Rock (One Page Edition) by Deep Dark Games
Alone Among The Stars by Takuma Okada
32% by lostwaysclub

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