Kindle arrived!!!

Yes, my Kindle has arrived and I am really enjoying it.

Originally I downloaded the "Kindle for PC" and downloaded a couple of free books to make sure I would enjoy reading a book on the computer and not regret having a "book in hand" and would not miss the tactile feel of a book in my hands.  But I was OK with reading a book on the laptop....I was just “into the book” itself and it didn't seem to matter to me what form it came in.  So I ordered the Kindle.  It really helped when a friend turned me on to all the websites available for free and inexpensive Kindle books.  No, they aren’t the newly published books, but still found lots of stuff I was interested in reading. 

I bought the 3G model with the built-in capability of getting online to download books, without having to be in a WiFi spot.  I downloaded books on Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Thoreau, and a lot of other classics. I downloaded the complete works of Mark Twain for $4.99!!! There are also a lot of really good unknown fiction authors that are available for free downloading. There are also many good non-fiction books and reference books available for free.

I have downloaded a couple books I paid for but they are of my favorite authors who only put out one book a year and I didn't want to wait till next summer to read them...usually I wait and get them from the library in Colorado when we return for the summer.  But even those are pretty cheap.  Even newly published hardcovers are only $12 for Kindle version. I bought the latest Jan Karon's Father Tim series "Home to Holly Springs" which was $7.99 in paperback, $5.99 on amazon.com and Kindle version was only $2.65!!!  So that's not bad.

Luckily, I can read while in a car so it is very handy to take along my Kindle in it’s quilted case that even fits in my little purse and not have to schlep around a tote bag with books and magazine. So I’m very happy with my Christmas gift to me! Now I’m just spending waaaay too much time online searching for Kindle books to download.

Remember, you are loved.