Monday, January 17, 2011

Kindle love

At A Glance image

Yep, that's right...after months of lusting, I finally bit the bullet and bought a Kindle.  I hemmed and hawed, agonized over the many choices (Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPad, which size, blah, blah, blah), should I wait for a Kindle color.  Finally, after playing with Meg's (DD#1) Kindle for a few weeks, I was hooked.  Still, I procrastinated.  I gingerly perused the Amazon website....placed it in my cart...finger hovering over the purchase button... press...press...no...close tab.  I did this for days and then one day...I did it...I hit the "one click purchase" button and it was done.  Two days later, I was in reading Heaven.

I love the feeling of a book in my hands, and thought that would be the thing I'd miss most, but I gotta tell you, I ain't missing that one little bit.   I bought the "Official Kindle" cover shown below (got the snazzy apple green) and once you slip the Kindle in there, it opens up just like a book and you get that same feeling.
Kindle 3 covers

The weather was so nice over the weekend, I was able to take it outside, slip into a lounge chair and test out the nonglare factor....man does it work.  It was bright and sunny, and it felt just like I was reading ink on paper...no glare at all.

Now I just need to pace myself, or nothing will get done...no laundry, no cooking, no work....I've had it for less than 4 days and am on my second book...easy does it old girl.

7 comments:

  1. I am still on the fence about jumping onto this grand new bandwangon! What about reading in the bath or on the beach....I just don't know! LOL I am glad you like yours and the apple green is just yelling out for some pink monogramming!

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  2. Michelle, it would be perfect for the beach, but I'd be really careful in the tub...of course, I'm a klutz though...so...

    A pink monogram would be PERFECT!!!

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  3. Good for you for treating yourself to a Kindle. I'm still old school with paper.

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  4. okay, question: can you download a book anywhere? say, if I'm sittin' at the McDonald's in H/M? or just going down the road? or do you have to be somewhere with wireless?

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  5. Sheila, if you get the 3G version (which is what I have) you can download virtually anywhere, anytime. It's unbelievably fast and simple.

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  6. Glad you're happy with your purchase. My dd is wanting a Kindle for her school books.

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  7. Sounds like you a made a good decision for yourself, Shannon. Yes it's hard to get anything done when into a good book, isn't it?
    Enjoy!
    Donna

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