Seriously. That was my life up until recently.
It seemed my car was always filled with books. The boat had them crammed into her shelves willy-nilly, while my canned goods were relegated to a dark and scary cabinet.
It wasn't pretty, readers. It wasn't pretty at all.
But all that changed recently.
No, I didn't stop reading. Oh no. I got an iPod touch. And discovered the Amazon Kindle application.
My mother has had a Kindle for years and for years the darn thing has cramped my style.
"Oh that book?" Mom would say when I inquired after the sixth book in a series we both read. "I read it on the Kindle."
And then my hopes for not having to buy that particular book were dashed.
Now, I can download and read books.
Now I know what you're thinking. I've always been a purist, too. I love the feel of paper in my hands and the flutter of the pages.
But the eBook? It rocks for liveaboards. It's the perfect solution.
I can have hundreds of books in a space that isn't even 6 inches square. Romances, mysteries, fiction, non-fiction, Shakespeare... it's all there for my reading pleasure.
And if there's nothing that meets my reading whims? I can download something else.
It's amazing.
Of course the screen my iPod is pretty small, so I won't lie, I'm holding out for one of these:
But we can't have everything can we? Oh well... Christmas is coming, right? All joking aside, this is a great solution to the age-old entertainment problem. You're cooped up in a tiny boat with no TV and limited Internet and you're running out of books... the eBook comes to the rescue.
It's also great because you can have a newspaper delivered. Any other liveaboards out there miss having a paper delivered every morning? Now you can have papers delivered to your eBook and you can read from the comfort of your vee-berth without arguing with the newspaper delivery people at The Sun over why they should toss a paper 100 yards from the production plant and into the boat. Not that I've done that. Lately.
Now, I think I'll dial up a vampire mystery. I mean, why not?
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love your blog!! Didn't even know you had one til today but will become a regular reader.
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Christmas is coming :) Have you been a good girl?
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, Allie. I'm one step closer to buying a Kindle.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patti, Mom, Mr. Lonely and Leonard. :)
ReplyDeleteI will check your blog when I get some time, Mr. Lonely. Thanks for stopping by!
You should go into sales. I want a kindle now...
ReplyDeleteI'm holding out for that iPad :look:
ReplyDeleteSurprised that Apple allows a Kindle application. Been thinking one of those contraptions'd make sense on the road, as well as on the water...
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