I really like the Kindle app on my iPhone, but I only buy books that I already have physical copies of.

Yeah, but people with not so great vision (which is a lot of people over 40, and most people over 60) are not going to want to read novels on an iphone. My wish list: Put an e-ink screen as a second screen on a netbook. Run skype on that and you really have some device consolidation going on.

The main reason I got a Kindle was so I could make the text larger. Some books just seem to have teeny, tiny text!

I struggled for a long time on whether to get a Kindle or not (I'm like Giles where I enjoy the physical experience of books... the feel, the smell, etc.) I'm glad I finally did though. I love that I can sample books before I buy them. I love that as soon as I finish a book, I can turn around and order another one and have it on my Kindle almost instantly. I love that I can have tons of books without taking up a ton of space anymore. I love that typically the Kindle version is significantly cheaper than the hard copy version. And it amazes me how many free books they offer - not just new authors trying to get some buzz, but classics like Little Women, Dracula, The Art of War, etc. I even love the dictionary feature (if I don't know what a word means, I just put the cursor on it and the definition shows up!)

The Nook wasn't available when I finally broke down and got my Kindle, but it looks really neat. It probably would have made my decision harder!

jane austen blog that I read did a review of

these old shades

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I perhaps need an intervention. A train of Twilight thought that started at "Why do some vampires clearly think there's something morally or ethically wrong about killing humans, and others don't see a problem with it?" just ended up at "Why isn't there a vampire version of PETA? VETH?" I need to find some other book to feed my brain.

I like that. Maybe True Blood will go there.

Question for people who've read George RR Martin's Ice and Fire books.

Will there be anyone I like left alive at the end of Storm of Swords? I'm just over halfway through and WAY too many of the Wrong People have died.

Some worthwhile survivors go on to suffer in the following two books, at least.

If someone wanted to take my Kindle, they'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. It was amazing for traveling this past summer (I couldn't buy wirelessly while we were at sea, but I just loaded it up ahead of time), and I use it now for my trashy pleasure reading at night. I suck at going to the library (I know, I know), so this is a good alternative for me for books I don't feel the need to physically own. I still buy real books for school/research. Drew bought it for me in February, and I have over 100 books on there I've read since then. Way cheaper than buying normally--for example, I re-read the whole Anne of Green Gables books, and most of them were $2.

Thanks, t.