i grew up with books around me, both my dad and my granddad were collecting books, and our walls were lined with bookshelves and i loved it. though most of the books i read myself came from the library.

but as a digital nomad myself, physical books were just not practical anymore. i remember a friend of mine when he moved from europe to asia, he shipped several containers full of books. that's a move you only do once in your life (and only if your employer covers the cost). so all my books stayed in my parents home.

then i also didn't have time to read anymore until i discovered audiobooks and audio drama. i am now listening to about 3 books worth of audio per month (including audio drama and short stories) but my kids would not know.

and there is no way to fix that. the books that i would want to buy are not available locally and would need expensive international shipping, and every time we move i'd have to discard my collection because books are just to heavy to be carried in a suitcase.

i'd love to show my kids how much i enjoy reading, but i just see no way to do it. it's a conundrum that i don't know how to solve.