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Date: 22 February 2014. Kindle Reads.

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I do not own a television, and have not since 1993. Quite frankly, when I read the synopsis of TV "hits" I wonder just how prevalent drug usage is in America. I cannot believe that sane and sober people would waste their time with the idiots portrayed on these shows. In my mind, if I would not have you over for dinner I certainly do not want you in my home, and that includes via broadcast television shows. Thus, I do quite a bit of reading.
 

Books are my primary form of amusement though I do have a DVD player and watch movies. Actually of late I have been having a lot of fun revisiting my past, reading books I read many decades ago.  On the Kindle, they are often free which suits my budget perfectly. Books I could not afford in paperback (out-of-print/hard-to-find) are in the public domain. What fun!


For free books my favorite place is Gutenberg. (http://gutenberg.org)
 


Last night I started The Swiss Family Robinson many decades after the initial read-through. Plus I downloaded a bunch more including Do and Dare by Horatio Alger. Gosh, I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying having the Kindle. I even bought the entire Earth's Children series (by Jean Auel) and the Harry Potter eBooks were a gift from my daughter for Christmas. My Kidlet gives great gifts.
 

Though a Kindle theoretically holds thousands of books I have chosen to be quite selective. I would rather have a couple hundred books I love than 50,000 so-so stories that do not interest me. Years ago, when I was younger I would have opted for everything but have become more discriminating as I grow older. 
 


In checking my Archived items I see I've read 76 novels since October that I chose not to keep. That's a heap of paperbacks I didn't have to find, buy, read and donate.  Now, in retrospect, I wish I had knuckled down and spent the $69 for a Kindle years ago when I first considered it.
 

If you are planning on being a cruiser or simply like to read, even though I hate to part with perfectly good money, I would strongly suggest the purchase of one of these gems.  The good is that your waterline will be grateful. The bad is that lots of the newer books I like/want cost $5 a piece, so for those I opt for a paperback. A Kindle is not the be-all and end-all of reading, but aboard Seaweed my Kindle is a component of my happiness quotient. I am glad to own it.
 

Do you have an eReader for each person onboard?
Do you reread old favorites or do you prefer to only read new-to-you books?
 

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