I love my Kindle!

         It was Christmas morning and my husband gave me a small, wrapped gift. He asked me the week before Christmas, "Would you rather have a gift certificate to the spa, some new clothes or some expensive perfume?" I thought hard and said, "Well, any of those would be great. I'd be happy with any one of those." That was the only hint I got, so on Christmas morning when I received the small gift, I immediately thought, "He must've went with the perfume," trying to predict my one gift from him. However, when I tore the paper, a brown box appeared. Not what I was expecting, since most perfume boxes are bright pink, yellow or orange. Then I saw the words, Amazon and Kindle. I thought, "Cooool!" I had the same feeling that I had when I opened up the Barbie Dream Camper when I was 6-years-old!
       Since Christmas, I've had some time to use it and it is the neatest thing since I bought a French Press from Starbucks! The first thing I did was shop, on Christmas morning in my pajamas, for books using my Kindle. It's like browsing the bookstore and flipping through interesting-looking books, but not. Click on a book and you can read a sample and some reviews others have written. If you want to buy the book, click on it, and you can have it in your hands within 3 to 4 seconds. Yes, seconds! No more having to get dressed, go to the bookstore and hunt down a good book. Even though I still enjoy doing that, this is sooooo convenient. Plus, there are many, many FREE books. In fact, so many of the classics are free, now I have a good reason to make time to read War and Peace. I always saw that big, thick book in the library, and never wanted to haul it around. But, now, I have all some 1,300 pages in my Kindle!

       I don't know who invented it, but it is really a nifty gadget! I mean, I can put 3,000 books on it. I still have my beloved paperbacks and hardbacks, but this Kindle, I can really get used to. My husband even went and bought me a leather case with a light to go with it so I can read it in bed. There are so many more things I can read on it, I haven't figured it all out yet. I can subscribe to newspapers and blogs and receive monthly magazines. You can click to have a 14-day free trial of a subscription and then you cancel if you don't like it. If you accidently buy a book, you can click and say "Oops, I didn't mean to do that," and they will return your money back. I mean, you really can't go wrong with the Kindle.
       If you haven't looked at one, I suggest that you go and check it out. It is a good reading alternative to have....especially when you want to read War and Peace!