Well I used to participate in Thursday Thirteen and I recently discovered that they started it up again so I thought I’d give it a bash and my Kindle is in serious need of some appreciation.
- It fits in my handbag with no pushing or squishing.
- Thousands of books in a package smaller than one book.
- No-one can guess what I’m reading by looking at the cover.
- Reading when lying down is a lot easier since the Kindle is so light.
- The battery lasts for an age and a half before having to be recharged.
- Getting new books is easy-peasy thanks to built in wi-fi.
- I can sync my current book between my Kindle, phone and computer and pick up where I left off.
- I can try out samples of books and find new authors to read.
- I’ve had this one for two years and it’s still in great shape despite constant usage.
- If someone recommends a book, I can go check it out immediately.
- I love stroking the screen… I don’t know why.
- The dictionary function is awesome and I can look up new words simply by moving the cursor to the word.
- I can email documents and web-pages to the Kindle to read later.
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I have a Kindle Fire and I love it for the magazines. The color screen is terrific and, as you said, a Kindle fits in my purse so I don’t have stacks of zines cluttering the house. (Which is not to say I haven’t replaced that clutter with new clutter, but that’s another story.)
I feel the same way about my iPad (on which I have the Kindle app for reading). I have to have it with me, all the time, everywhere, so now I buy purses with the idea that they have to be big enough to haul the iPad…