What Evil Hath I Wrought?!

Oh, I did not inflict suffering on others. I may have concerned a few people, but they are reassured. No, what I have done is upon myself alone.

I got my state refund first this year (surprisingly fast). It is a fairly big return. Thus, I was tempted by a sale I saw in a store (not revealing) that had the Kindle 3G/Wi-Fi available for half its $120 price tag. I could no longer refuse that. Yes, I'm still paying the taxes "early" on books I read through that e-reader, but I had to face a few facts: (1) I can't get my ass down to the local bookstore (Barnes and Noble) for any physical paper book; (2) I wanted to read books.

So I bought one, charged it up that evening, and then bought The Forever War the following afternoon as a breaking in book. I heard good things about the military sci-fi book.

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I could not put the book down. I stopped for dinner and doing some chores around the house for two hours, then returned to the book. When I was done it was one in the morning. The first thought was that the book was good. The next thought is that THE KINDLE IS EVIL AND WILL SUCK MY SOUL OUT OF MY BODY!

Of course that statement is false and a stab at a joke, but the fact is that I was not bothered by the Kindle's flatness nor the flash of the screen as I "flipped" to the next page. Sure, I pressed the right arrow button at the edge of the pad a good four or five hundred times, but the construction is fine and the sensation to the touch is not unnerving.

The next day I bought (again, through the Kindle) Kris Longknife: Mutineer and I can report confidently that I am hooked. I will still get paper books, but when I can't get to the book store properly I will buy through the Kindle.

I rediscovered my addiction to books and I have no regrets!

--HardWearJunkie