It started with K-Pop by Laura Hunsaker

Hi Everyone! I wanted to write about physical media today. I have gotten back into CDs, and if you follow me on Threads or Twitter, you'll already know that. I definitely need a shelf or CD holder now! 

It started with K-Pop...

My daughters have been fans for years, but one of the coolest things about K-Pop has been seeing the physical albums make a comeback. I didn't quite get it, at first but the same CD/Album will have many different versions. I kept thinking, "Why does she need two of the same CD?" Readers, it's not just about the actual CD. It's about all the fun things that come inside the album. The photo cards, the posters, the stickers, the post cards, the extras. Each one is a different experience. It's so fun and cute! And now that I'm a huge fan, I've joined in.

What that has done for me, is now I want more CDs. I come from the time we had CD holders on our car visor, however, in this time of Apple Car Play, my car no longer has a CD player. So I bought one for my Nightstand.

I think I really enjoy just popping in a CD and hearing the album. No worrying about my phone battery life, or the AirPods not connecting, or whatever other "back in my day" type of complaint I can make. I think I'm going to go low-tech with Blu Rays again too. I think I want to own my media again. Which, this of course brought me back to books. 

I love ebooks. I don't have to store them, I get instant gratification when I want the books, and a Kindle or my phone are just easier on my hands than a physical copy. But not all ebooks have a paperback option, either. That being said, I don't love how now when I purchase an ebook, it tells me that I'm only purchasing the license to read the book, I don't own it.

But also, I don't have the space for a full library (isn't that the dream?). So how do you decide which books you buy the physical copies of, and which books you don't? And how do you feel about movies/music/books? Does it matter to you which format you own?

My cute little CD player-it lights up, connects to Blue Tooth, headphones, all that jazz. And it has a good speaker! link here, in case you want to twin with me! 

And while many of my books do not have physical copies, the Hockey series I write as Kenzie MacLir does! Here's a link to all 3 of the books we've written so far (new one coming out soon!)

Kenzie MacLir The New York Empires