Kindle

I've now been reading on my Kindle for about three weeks, and it appears to be making quite a difference to my reading habits. I find it so very readable. I become totally unaware of the medium, and see only the message - more so than with certain physical books, such as tightly-bound paperbacks or heavy hardbacks. I can slip it into my handback whenever I go out, and can read it one-handed, so I'm reading so much more than I used to - while waiting for the kettle to boil at work; while eating soup at my desk; while stirring a sauce; while standing in a long queue. I'm also buying a lot more books, some of them ones I've always half-intended to try. I've been very aware of finite bookshelf space, but the Kindle offers me loads of very cheap books that I can acquire in an instant, without the "cost" of storage. It's making me more adventurous and ready to buy on spec.

I'm still not sure how I'll like the Kindle when it comes to rereading. I'm quite fond of doing a skimming reread of old favourite books, jumping from favourite passage to favourite passage, and the Kindle doesn't appear to lend itself to this so well. It's also annoying not being able to pass the book on to Pellinor afterwards. About half of the books I read, he goes on to read, too, but if I start reading almost entirely on the Kindle, while he's still with hard copy books, I can see our reading matter having much less overlap in the future, which is a shame.