Amazon Kindle

January 16th, 2009
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I resisted as long as I could. $399 seemed like more money than I should spend on an electronic book. Even a perpetual reader hesitates to spend money sometimes. Then two things happened: Amazon lowered the price to $359 and my wife gave me $500 for my Birthday. I made the jump!

That was just over six months ago. So how do I like it? What are my reactions? Do I regret my purchase?

I love it! And here’s why:

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Books Read - 2008

January 16th, 2009
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As a hint of the breadth of my reading interests, here are the books I’ve read so far this year:
32. You Don’t Love Me Yet,  Jonathan Lethem
31. The Reader, Berhard Schlink 
30. In the Pool, Ha Jin
29. The Red Leather Diary, Lily Koppel
28. The English Major, Jim Harrison 
27. The Starfish and the Spider, Rod A. Beckstrom
26. Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett 
25. Those Who Save Us, Jenna Blum
24. Not Quite What I was Planning, Rachel Fershleiser
23. Thunderstruck, Erik Larson
22. Reading Lolita in Teheran, Azar Nafisi 
21. Beginner’s Greek, James Collins 
20. Grand Obsession, Perri Knize 
19. 1491, Charles C. Mann
18. Little Chapel on the River, Gwendolyn Bounds
17. The Sea, John Banville
16. Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsey
15. The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill 
14. Big Russ and Me, Tim Russert
13. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
12. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
11. Idyll Banter, Chris Bohjalian 
10. ‘Tis, Frank McCourt
9. Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt
8. On All Sides Nowhere, William Gruber 
7. The Whispering Season, Ivan Doig
6. The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner
5. The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson
4. The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Claude
2. Darkness Visible, William Styron
1. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett

I can’t promise I’ll write a review on each, but I will at least make a comment. The trick is going to be not having blogging slow down my reading too much.

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Hello World!

November 8th, 2008
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The default post name for WordPress seemed appropriate for my first post on my first blog. So, Hello World!

I hope to share my love for reading with everyone and stimulate discussions with my comments.  I really am a perpetual reader. It may be books, magazines, my Kindle, or the Web, but I always seem to be reading. My plan is to include links to interesting things I’ve read, make any comments that come to mind and solicit blog readers’ opinions. I may not always post complete reviews of books, but I’ll share my thoughts on what I’ve read. I also hope to comment on reading and purchasing in all formats (paper, Kindle, Web, etc.).

Please join in the conversation if you have comments on what I’ve written or if you have your own opinions of my subjects.

Thanks for stopping by,

Glenn

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