E-reader dependent/addicted?

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Walter Oobleck

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I've had a kindle for a few years, have a second now, Kindle Fire I think it is called, more bells & whistles than the first one. Some stories are not available on the kindle so I look for those used at Amazon, new if that is all that is available and I want to read it. I've enjoyed reading over a thousand stories, the kindle saves space that we do not have. There's some other nice options available with the kindle...some kind of sharing capability that I haven't tried to use as yet. I don't think I'm addicted to the kindle, enjoy reading, and I'll take a story any way I can get it. With the kindle, there's no wait, there's no screw-up like the last paper book I tried to buy--seller sent the wrong one, did make a refund. I should check with the local high school library, see if they offer some sort of borrowing system for the kindle. Lately, kindle or Amazon has had these offers, stories for 1.99, normally more, and I've taken the bait.
 
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staropeace said:
Cozy mysteries are like comfort food for me. I love them.
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Like comfort food is a perfect description for cozy mysteries :). I've read the first three novels in the Liz Talbot Mysteries series by Susan M. Boyer and the first three novels in the Country Club Murders series by Julie Mulhern. They're fun. They're relaxing. They could almost be considered therapudic :) Not that I need therapy... or maybe I do and just don't know it lol.

Do you have any favorite cozy mystery authors?
 
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Kindle fan all the way. Once I got my first one about 6 or so years ago I have rarely gone back to reading a hard copy book. The Kindle is just so convenient, especially for commuting. I can pretty much reading, including "turning pages" with one hand while holding on to something with the other when forced to stand on a train. Also, I just can't live without the built in dictionary and search functions now that I am so used to them. The last time I read an actual book ( a couple of months ago) I literally found myself reaching to tap on a word to look up its definition as I would do with my Kindle!

And... before anyone calls me a philistine, I love physical books, still buy all SK in hard copy as well as e-book, love the printed word, I have my teaching degree in English Literature, etc., etc., etc. I just personally find the Kindle a great tool for reading.
 
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carrie's younger brother said:
Kindle fan all the way. Once I got my first one about 6 or so years ago I have rarely gone back to reading a hard copy book. The Kindle is just so convenient, especially for commuting. I can pretty much reading, including "turning pages" with one hand while holding on to something with the other when forced to stand on a train. Also, I just can't live without the built in dictionary and search functions now that I am so used to them. The last time I read an actual book ( a couple of months ago) I literally found myself reaching to tap on a word to look up its definition as I would do with my Kindle!
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I've done that to turn the page on occasion. :smile:
 
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Absolutely LOVE my Kindle!
Have it synch with my Iphone Kindle app so when I get home I can re-jump right in!

My wife bought me my first Kindle about 5yrs ago.
She was tired of picking up pages that had fallen out of my many,many books(I read them to tatters)
Now Im a pretty "old school" guy.Love the smell of books
I went into it a bit Leary but thought I have to give it a chance.
First book I downloaded?
UR of course!
Now I have just about all of Kings books on my Kindle!!
 
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I just have to make a stand (once again) for the search function on the Kindle. It is probably the MOST useful tool invented for the reader since the invention of the printing press. If like me you have problems remembering people or places introduced early in a book and not heard from again until much later on, the search function was made for you! All you have to do is type in the character or place name and the search brings up every instance of that word/word combination in chronological order. Tap on the first entry and there is the first time that person or place was mentioned. Reread that section and then you are up to speed. I can't tell you how many times this has come in handy!
 
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