Kindle V Book
Hi,
This is something relatively new for me, reading either my iPad Kindle or now my actual Kindle.
When we were going to Europe, last year, for six weeks, I went, "I can't fit that many books into my case and have clothes too!" (I can read up to three books a week. You can see my problem.) My solution was to download the iPad Kindle app and then heaps of books. Yes, I know Europe and I wanted to read, but there is the very long flight to and from and the domestic ones as well, not to mention relaxing by the pool on Santorini.
I enjoyed reading but found the iPad got to be very heavy and hard to hold. This last trip, to the USA, I ran out of storage space on the iPad and in San Francisco purchased a Kindle. I love it, it's light easy to hold, the light doesn't hurt my eyes and fits into my handbag.
Now the problem. I'm still a book girl at heart, the bookcases, in the study will vouch for that. I love the smell of a new book, browsing a bookshop, either a large chain or an independent store, the enjoyment of turning the pages, finding one of my many bookmarks to use and the weight of a book in my hand. It is a different type of weight, than an iPad or Kindle.
I can see the Kindle will become my travelling bookcase and that I'll read an actual book at home.
But I'm still reading three books a week and using both the Kindle and books. It seems I now have the best of both worlds, a book to sit and enjoy and the Kindle to read as I travel.
What is you preference and why? I'd love to hear from you.
Happy Reading,
Lilian
This is something relatively new for me, reading either my iPad Kindle or now my actual Kindle.
When we were going to Europe, last year, for six weeks, I went, "I can't fit that many books into my case and have clothes too!" (I can read up to three books a week. You can see my problem.) My solution was to download the iPad Kindle app and then heaps of books. Yes, I know Europe and I wanted to read, but there is the very long flight to and from and the domestic ones as well, not to mention relaxing by the pool on Santorini.
I enjoyed reading but found the iPad got to be very heavy and hard to hold. This last trip, to the USA, I ran out of storage space on the iPad and in San Francisco purchased a Kindle. I love it, it's light easy to hold, the light doesn't hurt my eyes and fits into my handbag.
Now the problem. I'm still a book girl at heart, the bookcases, in the study will vouch for that. I love the smell of a new book, browsing a bookshop, either a large chain or an independent store, the enjoyment of turning the pages, finding one of my many bookmarks to use and the weight of a book in my hand. It is a different type of weight, than an iPad or Kindle.
I can see the Kindle will become my travelling bookcase and that I'll read an actual book at home.
But I'm still reading three books a week and using both the Kindle and books. It seems I now have the best of both worlds, a book to sit and enjoy and the Kindle to read as I travel.
What is you preference and why? I'd love to hear from you.
Happy Reading,
Lilian
Give me a real book any day. I love the smell and feel of the paper For travel you can't beat ebooks which I now read on my phone because, like you, I found my tbalet too heavy.
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