Reading - the Kindle and the Car

by Jane

Never thought I'd want a Kindle (or any ereader) as I love books themselves, as well as reading their contents.

But then the trip to the US was coming up and since the biggest weight in my luggage is nearly always the books I want to read on the trip it looked like we would have to take a small library along to last out the 55 days or so we would be away from home.  So I bought a Kindle, in the end, a couple of months before we left.  (Needed time to get used to it, didn't I?)

It was a huge success from the first.  I always take books out with me when I walk around the neighbourhood with the cats (Ragdolls Sam and Mocha, also known as 'the Royal Princes' by our house cat sitters) but the Kindle was better than books!  I had bought a cover with a light and now I could read anywhere outside in the darkness of our early morning or late night walks, instead of either having to loiter under the street lights or wave my hands until the neighbours' security lights came on.

I read through most of the books I put on it 'for the trip' even before we reached September and also discovered that the Kindle was the ultimate tool for feeding the book buying addiction ... I could buy books in the middle of the night when I was in bed!

Anyway, off on the trip.  Once we were on the road I discovered something new:  I COULD READ IN THE CAR.  (Yes, those were shouting letters.)

I have never been able to read in the car - and have envied one of my friends who could.  To be honest I'm still not sure I'll be able to read in the car on New Zealand roads, but certainly here I can pull out my Kindle and read, read, read.

Read, read, read.  Read, read, read.

I've had to buy more and more books for the Kindle as we've gone along.  Spent my entire book budget for September and October, in fact, though I think I might finally have cracked it and have enough onboard to see me home.

And what have I been reading?

For September and October (the trip months) my reading records show I've read the following:

Childrens:

Birdsall, Jeanne ~ Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The
Digby, Anne ~ Second Term at Trebizon
Digby, Anne ~ Summer Term at Trebizon
Digby, Anne ~ Boy Trouble at Trebizon
Hobbs, Will ~ Take Me To the River
Pratchett, Terry ~ Wintersmith
Pratchett, Terry ~ I Shall Wear Midnight
Riordan, Rick ~ Lightning Thief, The
Riordan, Rick ~ Sea of Monsters
Wrede, Patricia C. ~ Shadow Magic
Wrede, Patricia C. ~ Daughter of Witches


Not-Childrens:

Blair, Annette ~ Larceny and Lace
Blair, Annette ~ Death by Diamonds
Bourbon, Melissa ~ Fitting End, A
Dunn, Carola ~ Winter Garden Mystery, The
Dunn, Carola ~ Requiem for a Mezzo
Dunn, Carola ~ Murder on the Flying Scotsman
Dunn, Carola ~ Damsel in Distress
Dunn, Carola ~ Dead in the Water
Dunn, Carola ~ Styx and Stones
Dunn, Carola ~ Rattle His Bones
Dunn, Carola ~ Case of the Murdered Muckraker, The
Dunn, Carola ~ Gone West
Pratchett, Terry ~ Colour of Magic, The
Watt-Evans, Lawrence ~ Misenchanted Sword, The
Watt-Evans, Lawrence ~ With a Single Spell
Watt-Evans, Lawrence ~ Unwilling Warlord, The
Watt-Evans, Lawrence ~ Blood of a Dragon, The

Plus a couple more I haven't quite got around to adding to the reading database.


Jane
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