I may or may not have written about my Kindle... perhaps in one of my failed attempts at blogging in the past. This is a wonderful addition to my travel, as well as my at-home life. Presently I have the following available books on the Kindle:- How to Use the Amazon Kindle (Steven Windwalker, 2008)
- Beyond the Literary-Industrial Complex (Steven Windwalker, 2008)
- You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Mehmet Oz, 2007)
- The Holy Bible King James Version
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce,1911)
- Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying (David Bach, 2008)
- First Footsteps in East Africa (Sir Richard S. Burton, 1880's?)
- Delizia! (John Dickie, 2000)
- Freakonomics (Stephen Levitt, 2006)
- The Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
- Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (Mungo Park, written in 1790's)
- Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
- Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary (Daneila Gobetti, 2007)
- Italian Popular Tales (Thomas Frederick Crane)
- CIA World Factbook - Complete Edition. Detailed information and maps for over 270 countries (Mobile Reference, 2007)
In addition I have subscribed to these periodicals:
- Analog Science Fiction
- Asimov's Science Fiction
- Reader's Digest
And one blog... Tetrapod Zoology.
These reading materials would obviously not easily fit in any carry-on bag, or briefcase, much less a purse. And yet I can 
read any of them anytime I want, just by pulling it out of my purse. The Kindle is convenient, easy to read, and conserves paper. It gives me access to the reading materials I prefer. I think it fits very well into A Normal Life!
What do you think? Is the Kindle worth buying? Would you use it?
2 comments:
I dont really know what a kindle is, although I have heard of it. I am not sure I would use one ... Is it like reading on your computer? Now I am intrigued.
Cherrye, I think it really is better than reading on a computer - you don't have be attached to anything, it fits in your purse - and it does have some primitive internet access too. Not all books are easy to read on it - I think I'll stick to things like casual fiction or books that I only want to read once. (Or, like the Mungo Park book - a book that isn't readily available in the bookstore.) There are other electronic readers out there - Sony makes one - but I like the support that Amazon provides.
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