Bibliophile

Last year at this time, I bought myself a pair of diamond (very, very small diamonds) and onyx earrings as a personal reward for not quitting my job or braining my boss during a high stress project.

This year, as a reward for the same project (it's an annual thing), I bought a Kindle (the Kindle cost more than the earrings, which tells you just how small those diamonds really are).

Honestly, I've been hankerin' after the Kindle since they first came out...more books in a smaller format, less storage space needed, super long battery life.  And just plain cool.

The verdict after two weeks of use?  Love, love, love it (no connection with Amazon, did not receive any consideration for a review, yada, yada, et cetera, et cetera). The e-ink is remarkably easy to read, even with eyes that are old and fatigued from staring at a computer screen under fluorescent lights for ten hours a day.  Page turns, bookmarks, notes, moving around within a book or between books and organizing your content is all easy to do and fairly intuitive. There are a number of other cool features, but in terms of it's core function as a reader, it is absolutely stunning.

But the best thing?  This announcement yesterday: later this year, Kindle owners will be able to "check out" kindle editions of books from 11,000 public libraries! 

So many books, so little time.  It's a good thing that launch won't take place for a while.  It gives me some time to get through the nine ten twelve?! physical books in the reading stack, plus the four or five currently in the queue on the Kindle.