Why Kindle is great

Last Christmas I got a Kindle for Christmas. I have now read a few books on it and I just love it.

Why is it such a good buy:

• It is light weight and can easily be carried around if you plan to read while commuting to work

• Reading from it doesn't strain your eyes. The technology used is different from that used on computers and mobiles. There is no backlight and it literally feels that you're reading from paper.

• There are so many cute covers you can accesorise it with. Mine has a pink leather cover. It's very durable and doesn't bulk it up. You can also buy covers that come with a small light source so that you can also read in the dark without having to put extra light on.

• Buying books is very easy and quick. It takes less than a minute to have it downloaded on your Kindle.

• You'll stop losing the location that you stopped reading at

• You can mark parts of your book and jot down notes. You can share these notes with other Kindle users or even share them on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.

• There is a dicitonary and thesaurus for the words you cannot understand.

What I miss from the normal book experience:

• The smell of books, both old and new

• Going to a shop or second hand book market and flip through books. Although I think I can still do this and then download the books at home. I still plan to buy some paper books anyway especially if they are technical or cooking books.

• Not being able to lend my books to friends and family when I have finished reading a book.

• If I'm at the beach it might be slightly unsafe to leave your Kindle unattended plus what if it gets water on it?!

Is the Kindle causing me to read more? In the end I doubt that since my love of reading is just that; a love of reading and it doesn't really matter on what medium I read from

Here's Kle's opinions about the Kindle.

Famous books

Never judge a book by its movie. J.W. Eagan

                                                 
In the past years I noticed that I as well as a huge number of people seem to become obsessed with series book. First it started off with The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Lately there seems to be another rush for the The Twilight Saga and The Millenium Trilogy. I'm sure that there are other series of books which were famous before these set.

All these books have been converted into Holywood movies, or are in the process to be converted into one. When a book becomes a movie, it does become more popular. So many people never get to read as a hobby. They're missing so much!  I must admit that I never managed to muster reading The Lord of the Rings completely. The English used in the books was too difficult to process as bedtime reading! And somehow most of my reading is done at bedtime.

Most of the time these movies leave out certain details that are present in the books, due to time limitations or just because certain scenes just won't look good on video. This is a pity but nonetheless I love reading the books and then watching the movie. I can then spot any changes or understand nuances that are not very clear in the movies.


So what is it that makes masses of people getting so into such movies and books? Is it because the length of such series' makes you feel as if you really know the characters.  Why did these books become so famous while others haven't? What makes them so special? Some of these books aren't the most ingeniously written books but somehow they manage to burrow you into the story for hours on end.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.  James Bryce

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