adrian_turtle

The rain last week cut into my reading time quite a lot.
I don't like this. Over the summer, since I acquired a
computer (with the related time sinks of livejournal and
AIM), most of my reading has been happening outside. This
is great way to spend my commute time, much of which
involves walking and waiting for buses. (Fortunately,
my visual difficulties with moving pictures on movie or
tv screens don't kick in when I'm walking, reading
something I'm holding.)

This past week, half my commutes were in the rain. 2 of
them were in extremely heavy rain. I take heart from the
proverb, "There is no such thing as inclement weather, only
inappropriate attire." Nevertheless, I know of very, very,
few books that will survive being read in these conditions.
(And I don't consider them suitable for buses.) I'm also
concerned that it will be getting dark earlier, interfering
with reading even in dry weather.

Maybe books on tape would help. I don't like the idea...
having a stranger read to me always seems awkward and
uncomfortable, and they usually leave out the wrong bits
and go much too slowly. I don't even have an appropriate
tape player. Are there inexpensive ones with waterproof
cases?