Neck lamps are a bookworm’s best friend

Callum at home NOT annoying his partner. | Photo by Callum Booth / The Verge

As convenient as e-readers are, I can't quit actual books. Maybe it's their reassuring weight, the satisfying crinkle of their pages, their beguiling musk; but there's something addictive about that combination of paper, ink, and glue.

Despite this - and as much as it pains me to say it - physical books aren't perfect. One issue that's been a particularly large albatross around my neck is reading in low-light environments. When I do so, I'm either keeping my partner awake with a blazing bedside lamp, twisting my body into awkward positions to illuminate the pages, or - worst of all - having to turn on the dreaded Big Light.

But you know what? That's all history. I've seen the light! More specifically, a neck light. And the longer I use...

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